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Annual international cycling competition
The UCI Gravel World Championships are the world championship events for gravel cycling organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Competitors ride on courses with mostly unpaved roads, distinct from other cycling disciplines like road, cyclo-cross, and mountain biking. The championships are held in October at the end of the UCI Gravel World Series, which serves as a qualifying event.
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Colloquial term usually referring to Australia and New Zealand
Down Under is a colloquialism differently construed to refer to Australia and New Zealand, or the Pacific island countries of Oceania collectively. The term originally referred solely to Australia and gradually expanded in scope. It comes from the fact that Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere, therefore located "down" and "under" almost all other countries on the usual arrangement of a map or globe which places cardinal north at the top.
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