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It was a spring to remember for sports fans in Australia. The post-pandemic revelry has meant big events and moments are finally back in the mainstream for everyone to enjoy. For the passionate and the passers-by, all were impressed by the world’s best road cyclists who descended on Wollongong for the UCI Road World Championships.

Race organisers say more than 200,000 people attended events across the week-long festival of bike racing, with more than 100,000 attending the final event, the Men’s Elite Road Race. It was beamed into 70 nations, millions of fans experiencing our country from their loungerooms. They

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