CAMPERDOWN export Grace Brown is stamping herself as one of the nation's finest cyclists after finishing as the top Australian rider at the La Course by Le Tour.
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The 28-year-old crossed the line in 40th overall on Saturday night, unable to trouble Brit Elizabeth Deignan as she stormed to victory.
Another south-west export - Portland-raised Shannon Malseed - did not finish the 96-kilometre race which started in the French city of Nice.
Brown finished 16 places higher than the next-best Aussie, Rally Cycling's Chloe Hosking, and 36 places behind Mitchelton-Scott teammate Annemiek van Vleuten.
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Nick Ansell
Nick Ansell is a sports journalist at the Warrnambool Standard.
Nick Ansell is a sports journalist at the Warrnambool Standard.
