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UCI Road World Championships ends in Wollongong and honours it with Bike City status

The Road World Championship crowds have dissipated and the elite racing bicycles are packed away, but Wollongong is enjoying its newfound identity as an official Bike City, the first in the southern hemisphere awarded the title.

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Mathieu van der Poel charged with assault before Road World Championship race

Dutch cyclist retires early from Wollongong race following alleged night-time altercation with teenagers at hotel

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Shocked Van Vleuten rides through pain to cap stellar year with road race gold

Annemiek van Vleuten stole the show with a stunning victory in the road World Championships that cemented her place as one of the all-time great women cyclists

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Van Vleuten stuns with cycling world title

Dutch cycling legend Annemiek van Vleuten has overcome an elbow fracture to claim a stunning women's world road race title at Wollongong.

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Cycling journalist believes governing body blocked him from world championships for critical reporting

Iain Treloar says Union Cycliste International blacklisted him after he examined its links to a Turkmen autocrat and a Russian billionaire

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UCI Wollongong cycle race fails to bring big hospitality boost

A world cycling event that has taken over the streets of Wollongong is so far failing to attract an expected boost in patronage to some bars, cafes and restaurants.

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Norway win again at cycling road worlds

Soren Waerenskjold has won the men's under-23 time trial at the world road cycling championships, giving Norway a second gold medal in Wollongong.

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‘It was terrifying’: swooping magpies alarm world road championship cyclists

It is swooping season in Wollongong and several top riders at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships have been scared by the local birds’ behaviour

The Guardian - AU

Road World Championships: Tobias Foss shocks favourites in men’s time trial

Tobias Foss beat a field containing Stefan Küng, Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel and Filippo Ganna to claim an unlikely title in Wollongong, Australia

The Guardian - UK

Foss the boss claims shock world title

Norwegian Tobias Foss has stunned a star-studded field to win the men's elite time trial on day one of the world road cycling championships in Wollongong.

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Australia's Grace Brown wins silver at world road cycling championships

Grace Brown earns a podium finish in the women's time trial at the world road cycling championships in Wollongong.

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Road cycling worlds promise thrilling racing against scenic backdrop

The event returns to Australia for the first time in 12 years but getting the peloton to Wollongong has not been without headaches

The Guardian - AU

Midway keen for West Best Bloc Fest catch-up

Taking a leaf out of the book of Wollongong surf rockers Hockey Dad, the pair have forged ahead as a power duo since early 2021.

Newcastle Herald

2022 UCI Cycling Road World Championships puts Wollongong on the world stage

The world's best cyclists have converged on Wollongong as it hosts the UCI Road World Championships, but what will its lasting legacy be for the town and the participants?

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Jaskaran Singh and Arpan Sharma sentenced over Wollongong CBD death of Libby Ruge

Libby Ruge was killed in 2020 after Arpan Sharma pulled the handbrake of a car being driven by Jaskaran Singh. Her mother says it's time to stop referring to acts of "stupidity" as "accidents".

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Life jackets to be made mandatory for rock fishers along Wollongong coastline

Life jackets will soon be made mandatory for rock fishers along the Wollongong coastline, including at Hill 60, where six anglers have died in the past two years.

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Historic Warrawong 'half house' set for auction in Wollongong as theories abound

With the original building plan for a full-size home, it remains a mystery how one of Wollongong's famous "half houses" came to be. But theories abound as its days appear numbered.

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Wollongong Resources eyes Russell Vale coal mine extension after South32 shelves Dendrobium plan

If approved an extension to the Russell Vale coal mine will see the company continue to build its workforce in the Illawarra region as production increases, chief executive says.

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BlueScope to repurpose historic Port Kembla buildings as part of plan to lease 200ha of unused land

Among more than 200 hectares of unused land owned by BlueScope in suburban Wollongong are several significant and historical structures that are abandoned relics of by-gone eras of the steelmaking business.

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Dragons topple Gold Coast in NRL try-fest

St George Illawarra have overcome a second-half send-off to beat Gold Coast 46-26 in a high-scoring NRL shootout in Wollongong.

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Everything you need to know about UCI Wollongong 2022, one of the world's biggest cycling events

The NSW city of Wollongong is preparing to host one of the biggest sporting events in the world. But what does it mean if you live, work or travel to the area? We've broken it down for you

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Future unclear for Wollongong SES headquarters after flood report recommends RFS merger

Questions are being raised about the future of the facility's 200 staff and what a "back office" merger between the two agencies would look like.

Daily Mirror

Chilling note found at scene where 10-year-old boy died has heartbreaking implication

A 10-year-old Australian boy tragically died at his primary school in Wollongong, New South Wales and a note was found at the scene where paramedics were unable to save him

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Wollongong Roller Hawks wheelchair basketball team founders reflect on seven titles and producing Paralympians

Wollongong's most successful national sporting team is loaded with international stars and has won seven titles, but you may not have heard of them.

Newcastle Herald

Waax breaking free with national album tour

MAZ DeVita is undoubtedly one of the most captivating frontwomen on the Australian rock scene and audiences will have the chance to catch her live when Waax launch their massive album tour in October. On August 12 the Brisbane punk four-piece will release their second album At Least I'm Free,…

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