There is not even a hint that taking to the second step of the podium at a home Road World Championships time trial in Wollongong in 2022 and equalling the best-ever women’s elite result for Australia in the race for rainbows means job done for
Grace Brown. If anything, the pull of the rainbow jersey seems to have become even greater with proximity.
"The time trial is a really big goal this year at Worlds," Brown told Cyclingnews last month. "After coming second last year, we are hoping that maybe we can pull it together to win it. That's exciting – it's also daunting, but that's what time trialling is always like."