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2022 UCI Road World Championships head back to Australia

Wollongong in New South Wales confirmed as host city 12 years after Geelong in Victoria

The 2022 UCI Road World Championships have been awarded to the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, in Australia.

It will be the second time that Australia has hosted the event, following Geelong and Melbourne in 2010, which also marked the first time they had been held in the Oceania region.

The host city, which has a population of 290,000, is located some 100 kilometres south west of Sydney and at the foot of Mount Keira on the south coast of New South Wales.

The announcement means that the host regions for the next five editions have now been identified – although the actual host cities for the 2020 and 2024 events, both of which will be held in Switzerland, are yet to be confirmed.

2019 UCI Road World Championships: Yorkshire (Great Britain)

2020 UCI Road World Championships: Cantons of Vaud and Valais* (Switzerland)

2021 UCI Road World Championships: Flanders region (Belgium)

2022 UCI Road World Championships: Wollongong (Australia)

2024 UCI Road World Championships: German-speaking region of Switzerland*.

UCI President David Lappartient said: “In 2022, our leading annual event will again take place outside Europe after five editions organised on the continent.

“This is particularly pleasing as it shows that our UCI Road World Championships have become truly universal, not only as far as participation goes, but also when it comes to their location. This global trend will be further strengthened when they are held in Africa in 2025.

“When the 2023 UCI Worlds for road cycling – which for the first time will bring together multiple disciplines – are awarded, in principle by the next Management Committee meeting at the latest, we will know where all our UCI Road World Championships will be taking place during the 2020-2024 Olympic cycle.

“This will enable optimal planning by National Federations and their riders for these important fixtures.”

He added: “I am confident that Wollongong will organise a very high-quality event, in a region which has become known as true cycling territory.”

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Tommytrucker | 6 years ago
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Whoosh!

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brooksby | 6 years ago
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Just watch out for all the Australian drivers -   - closed road event, I hope??

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nigerian prince replied to brooksby | 6 years ago
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brooksby wrote:

Just watch out for all the Australian drivers -   - closed road event, I hope??

 

 

why would there be drivers on the course?? That doesnt make sense. 

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PRSboy replied to nigerian prince | 6 years ago
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nigerian prince wrote:

brooksby wrote:

Just watch out for all the Australian drivers -   - closed road event, I hope??

 

 

why would there be drivers on the course?? That doesnt make sense. 

You'd think not, but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWOhWRvDHRk

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nigerian prince replied to PRSboy | 6 years ago
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PRSboy]</p>

<p>[quote=nigerian prince wrote:

brooksby wrote:

Just watch out for all the Australian drivers -   - closed road event, I hope??

 

 

why would there be drivers on the course?? That doesnt make sense. 

You'd think not, but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWOhWRvDHRk

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I did not see that one coming. . . . 

 

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iso2000 replied to brooksby | 6 years ago
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