GP du Morbihan Femmes: Grace Brown uses solo breakaway for victory

LIEGE BELGIUM APRIL 23 Grace Brown of Australia and Team FDJSuez competes during the 7th Liege Bastogne Liege 2023 Womens Elite a 1428km one day race from Bastogne to Lige UCIWWT on April 23 2023 in Lige Belgium Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images

Grace Brown (FDJ-SUEZ) on a solo attack (Image credit: Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

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Grace Brown (FDJ-SUEZ) soloed to victory at the Grand Prix du Morbihan Femmes on Saturday. Cédrine Kerbaol (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling) and Dominika Wlodarczyk (MAT ATOM Deweloper Wroclaw) rounded off the podium 20 seconds later, with Kerbaol outsprinting the young Polish rider for second place.

Brown, who was third in the French one-day race last year, stole away with 50km to race and was never contested for her third win of the season.

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).