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Sophie Smith

Opinions split on location change to Australian Road Championships

Australian Road National Championships men's road race at Buninyong in 2024.

The signal for a new era for Australian cycling was confirmed Monday when AusCycling confirmed the Australian Road National Championships would be held in Perth for three years from 2025.

In 2011, when respected former race organiser John Craven told now-retired sprint champion Robbie McEwen to ride “off into the sunset and let the young men take over” following objections to the fixed course and location of the event at Buninyong, Craven's comments were even picked up by the Australian football, rugby and cricket-obsessed mainstream media. 

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