Bretagne Ladies Tour: Grace Brown wins stage 3 time trial, takes overall lead

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Grace Brown (FDJ-SUEZ) stormed to the stage 3 victory at the Bretagne Ladies Tour, winning the day's 19.5km time trial in Plouay.

The Australian time trial champion won the stage with the fastest time of 26:57, beating runner-up Maaike Boogaard (AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep) and third-placed Coralie Demay (St Michel-Mavic-Auber93), who both posted times that were 1:09 slower.

She has had consistently strong performances in the discipline that included a gold medal in the time trial at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, defending her title in the time trial at the Australian Championships (winning gold in 2019, 2022 and 2023), and a silver medal in the time trial at the 2022 UCI World Championships in Wollongong, while also winning the overall title at the 2023 Women's Tour Down Under.

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