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Patrick Eddy beats Luke Plapp to elite men's Australian road race title after Jayco AlUla's strength in numbers fails in dramatic final kilometre

Patrick Eddy Luke Plapp Jayco AlUla Luke Durbridge Ben OConnor Oliver Bleddyn AlUla Jayco Oscar Chamberlain Jay Vine Brennan
Patrick Eddy wins the AusCycling Road National Championships elite men's road race.

Continental rider Patrick Eddy (Team Brennan) claimed the elite men's title in a dramatic Australian road race on Sunday, beating Luke Plapp to the line after Jayco AlUla went from a winning position to settling for the medals in the space of a kilometre.

With one kilometre to go, defending champion Luke Durbridge was still in the lead after nearly 40km out front, and was caught by Eddy and Plapp, who had been chasing with Ben O'Connor and Oliver Bleddyn (Team Brennan).

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