{"id":146014,"date":"2025-09-18T20:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/146014\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T20:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:24:16","slug":"georgia-taylor-brown-heads-to-supertri-jersey-on-back-of-spectacular-gravel-bike-display-elite-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/146014\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Taylor-Brown heads to Supertri Jersey on back of SPECTACULAR gravel bike display – Elite News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Georgia Taylor-Brown<\/a>, the most decorated female triathlete in Olympic terms, returns to one of her favourite Supertri venues this weekend on the back of a brilliant second place at the British Gravel Championships where she animated the race with an incredible solo break.<\/p>\n

GTB<\/a> has been trying out plenty of new challenges in what she\u2019s called a \u201cgap year\u201d<\/a> in between Olympic cycles.<\/p>\n

And the latest of those came in wet and chilly conditions in the Women\u2019s Elite race in Dalby Forest in Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

Out on her own<\/p>\n

Taylor-Brown, not racing for a trade team, wasted no time asserting herself in the race, powering clear in the first of four 30km laps to establish a 90-second lead, which ballooned to over three minutes by halfway. <\/p>\n

\"GeorgiaGeorgia Taylor Brown shaped the race [Photo credit: Red On Sports \/ James York]<\/p>\n

A determined chase group of Abi Smith (Team Picnic PostNL), Sophie Wright (Ribble Outliers) and Elizabeth Hermolle (DAS Hutchinson) fought valiantly, but Taylor-Brown appeared untouchable heading into the final lap.<\/p>\n

Yet as the race reached its closing stages, Hermolle delivered a masterclass in pacing and grit. Eating into the lead over the rolling Dalby terrain, she halved the deficit and then pressed on as Taylor-Brown began to fade in the freezing conditions. <\/p>\n

With just 3km remaining, Hermolle surged past the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medal holder, powering away to claim a career-defining victory, with GTB<\/a> just 37 seconds behind.<\/p>\n

You can watch the race in full via the video embed below (it starts at around 5:27).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u2018Now it\u2019s back to some triathlon\u2019<\/p>\n

And posting on her Instagram page<\/a>, Georgia \u2013 being a bit harsh on herself \u2013 said: \u201cBritish Gravel Champs; How not to win a race \ud83d\ude43<\/p>\n

\u201cTactically, I\u2019m stupid but that\u2019s just me! I like to go hard from the gun & see what happens! Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn\u2019t haha!<\/p>\n

\u201cI really did enjoy my solo 90km at British Gravel Champs though! It wasn\u2019t planned but I found myself alone and just tapped away, until I got sooooo cold with a lap to go & it then just became survival \ud83e\udd76<\/p>\n

\u201cCaught with 3km to go by the much smarter British Champ haha \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb<\/p>\n

\u201cNow it\u2019s back to some triathlon x\u201d<\/p>\n

That triathlon is Supertri Jersey where she will look to go one better than her second place in the last Supertri race in Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since then she has notched a win too \u2013 in the Lindahls Pro+ Triathlon Series in France.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile in the Men\u2019s Elite Race at Dalby Forest, triathlon legends Alistair and Jonny Brownlee<\/a> were 15th and 18th respectively behind INEOS Grenadiers pro rider Connor Swift.<\/p>\n

Chatting to us earlier this week, Jonny said it \u201cwas one of the hardest things I\u2019ve ever done in my life on my bike!\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\t