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Olympic triathlon star Georgia Taylor-Brown plans ‘scary but exciting reset’ with cycling next

Georgia Taylor-Brown loved her time on a recent pro cycling training camp and tells us the next step is now "to enter some bike races".
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She’s the most decorated female Olympic triathlete in history with the full set of medals, but what does the future hold for Britain’s Georgia Taylor-Brown?

It’s a question she freely admits herself she doesn’t yet know all the answers to, but she says the year after the Paris 2024 Olympics is one in which she “needs to try something shiny and new”.

We’ve reached out to her to find out more and there’s a strong chance that could involve some bike racing, with the first steps coming recently when she joined the EF-Oatly-Cannondale women’s pro cycling team at a 10-day training camp near Girona.

They are at the start of their second year in the pro ranks after making a big splash in their debut season in 2024 with stage wins at the Vuelta and the Giro, as well as top fives in the Tour de France.

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Back-to-back Olympics

For Taylor-Brown, 2025 is a rare chance to be able to step off the WTCS treadmill, which has been pretty much non-stop since the build-up to the Tokyo Olympics.

She won individual silver and mixed team relay gold in Japan in 2021 but it was then straight into the next Olympic cycle given those Games were delayed by a year because of the global COVID pandemic.

A serious calf tear for GTB made things even tougher but she was able to return just in time for Paris last summer where she was again part of the Team GB mixed relay squad which bagged a bronze after that thrilling three-way battle for gold.

In the individual event she finished sixth, with her very best form just coming a little later as she went on to again win the overall supertri title, looking unstoppable for much of that series and twice holding off Olympic champion Cassandre Beaugrand in nailbiting finishes.

Georgia Taylor Brown wins supertri Toulouse 2024
Georgia Taylor Brown takes the win in Toulouse [Photo credit: supertri]

And at the end of the year she then made a sensational middle-distance debut, running away with the victory at IRONMAN 70.3 Bahrain.

Giving cycling ‘a whack’

Plenty of the top WTCS athletes are electing to do something a little different in 2025 – fellow Brit Alex Yee tackling the London Marathon being a prime example.

And Taylor-Brown first gave an update on her thinking – as it stands – via an Instagram post.

She said: “So Georgia, what are your 2025 plans?

“What do I know? I do know I love cycling and have wanted to give it a whack. So I had a very fortunate opportunity to join @efeducation.oatly on their training camp for 10 days! It was for sure a shock to my unfit system but I learnt so much, met some really lovely ladies, worked hard and hopefully left a bit fitter 😴 thank you for welcoming me into your world 🥰

“What I don’t know? In all honesty, there’s a lot I don’t know 🤣 I don’t know what my future looks like and that’s scary but exciting! I might dip in and out of triathlons, I might try bike racing, I’m just going with the flow. But I need this year as a reset & to try something shiny & new 🪩

“So, you might see me race triathlons, but you might not, confused? Me too 🫣 I’m a girl & I change my mind a lot 🤣 just bear with me!

“Let’s see what happens … G x”

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GTB outlines her next step

We got in touch to find out a little more about the cycling aspect and it’s abundantly clear she got plenty out of the camp with EF-Oatly-Cannondale.

She told us: “It was very cool to be invited to train with the pros! I really enjoyed my time on the bike there and especially getting back into some harder work, that’s always nice, especially when I got to be around some of the best and learn from them!

“I’m definitely excited to enter some bike races and see how they go! So that’s the next step because I’ve never done a bike race before so I have to start there and then see how it feels!”

And asked what were the main things she took out of the 10 days, she added: “I think the biggest thing I learnt from the camp is just how important communication is in cycling!

“It’s a team sport so it relies heavily on communication but I think that’s just an important skill in any sport! It was just nice to join cycling for a little and see how important the team is and how much they have to trust each other, work together and problem solve!”

Whatever and wherever she races in 2025, we wish Georgia all the best and look forward to following her journey.

Georgia Taylor Brown Vincent Luis IRONMAN 703 Bahrain winners 2024 Photo credit: IRONMAN 70.3 Bahrain
Georgia and partner Vincent Luis rounded out 2024 with wins in Bahrain [Photo credit: IRONMAN 70.3 Bahrain]
Jonathan Turner
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Jonathan Turner
Jonathan Turner is News Director for both TRI247 and RUN247, and is accustomed to big-name interviews, breaking news stories and providing unrivalled coverage for endurance sports.  
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