Grace Brown wins a super-aggressive stage of the Ceratizit Challenge

The Australian takes a clever sprint win from a two woman sprint, while Van Vleuten retains the GC lead

Grace Brown (FDJ-SUEZ-Futuroscope) was stage 3 of the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta
Grace Brown (FDJ-SUEZ-Futuroscope) was stage 3 of the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta
(Image credit: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno)

Australian Grace Brown won the third stage of the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta with a clever sprint from a two woman group.

The FDJ-SUEZ-Futuroscope rider attacked with Elisa Chabbey (Canyon-SRAM) inside the final 10km of the 96km stage, the two holding off a chasing group of more than 20 women.

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Owen Rogers is an experienced journalist, covering professional cycling and specialising in women's road racing. He has followed races such as the Women's Tour and Giro d'Italia Donne, live-tweeting from Women's WorldTour events as well as providing race reports, interviews, analysis and news stories. He has also worked for race teams, to provide post race reports and communications.