Codemo Machinery Services are proud to sponsor BiciSport to the Tour of Bright 2026

Tour website : www.tourofbright.com.au

• DETAILS FOR 2026 TO BE CONFIRMED

• CHANGES IN 2025

  • STAGE 1 & 3 start is now Railway Ave in central Bright

  • STAGE 3 finish is now at the Mount Buffalo Chalet (veer left ! ! !) … not the veer right to the car park

• TOB 26 - BiciSport race dates

  • Race dates - TO BE CONFIRMED

    • TOB 25 is technically just two days (the Sat & Sun) with a separate inner city twilight criterium on the Friday night (5 Dec) before in central Bright … so an optional criterium on the Friday night then the main event being TOB 25 over the Saturday & Sunday

    • Note the new start & finish locations on Stages 1 & 3

• New stage start location for Stages 1 & 3

  • Now Railway Avenue in central Bright (the Friday criterium finish near the old Railway Station)

• Weather Forecast @ 30 Nov 25

  • 1 Dec - 6-11 @ 90% rain

  • 2 Dec - 3-17 @ 5% drizzle

  • 3 Dec - 6-22 @ 5% drizzle

  • 4 Dec - 10-27 @ 5% cloudy

  • 5 Dec - 14-28 @ 5% cloudy

  • 6 Dec - 14-21 @ cloudy

  • 7 Dec -9-20 @ drizzle & cloudy

• Bright Training Rides - contact MOR on 0417 403 244

  • Training rides all start from the BiciSport Hargraves House

    • Fri

      • 10.00am - for Buckland Valley ITT recce

      • 3.00pm - Team Meeting @ Hargraves House

      • 3.30pm - Team photo @ Hargraves House

    • Sat - Race day (RR & ITT)

    • Sun - Race day (RR)

    • Mon - 10.00am for Harrietville via Bike Path

    • Tues - 7.30am for Buckland Valley

• Racing in Bright

  • Note - a new start location on Stages 1 & 3 in central Bright

  • Riders need to attach a static tail light for all stages

  • No spares vehicles are provided during any Sat or Sun race stages - riders need to carry their own spares

  • Saturday race stage has Feed Zones near Tawonga (if required)

• Friday

  • Team photo is at the Hargraves House @ 3.30pm

  • Friday Night Criterium in Bright town centre

    • 4.00pm - Men C grade

    • 4.40pm - Wom B grade

    • 5.15pm - Mens B grade

    • 5.55pm - Wom A grade

    • 7.00pm - Mens A grade

  Saturday

  • Tour Stage 1

    • is an early Saturday morning road stage over 90k (finishing atop Tawonga Gap).

    • Stage 1

      • Masters C grade - 7.45am - ETA @ 10.30am + peloton envelope @ Craig Pager

      • Masters 6+ grade - 8.05am - ETA @ 10.45am + peloton envelope @ Dudley Hoskin & Ian Grant

      • Stage 1 ride time benchmark approx 2 hrs 40 min + 25 minute peloton envelope

  • Stage 2

    • is a Saturday afternoon Individual Time Trial over 17.5k in the nearby Buckland Valley

      • start Egglestones Lane, down to the bridge and finishing back at Harris Lane

        • Individual Time Trial Start Times - to be confirmed

          • Hoskin - TBA

          • Grant - TBA

          • Pager - TBA

• Sunday

  • Stage 3 is a short sharp Bright-Mt Buffallo Road stage on the Sunday morning

  • A new finish at the Mt Buffalo Chalet

  • Bici team meets Porepunkah roundabout @ 7.15am

  • Start times

    • Masters C grade - 7.49am @ Pager

    • Masters 6+ - 8.22am @ Hoskin + Grant

• Days in

  • JR, CP - Mon, IG - Tues or Wed, DC - Wed, MOR - Wed, DH - Wed or Thurs, FS - Fri @ 1pm, PF - see MOR

• Bakers Gully Team House

  • In Fri 5 Dec 25 out Mon 8 Dec 25

    • Cedar Holiday Apartments Bright

    • MOR, Signor (in Fri, out Mon), Hoskin

      • 3 bedrooms - 1 x Q, 1 x triple, 1 x triple

• Hargraves Team House

  • In Mon 1 Dec 25 out Tues 9 Dec 25

    • 5 Hargraves Rd, Bright

    • Cooke, Grant, Pager, Robb, Hoskin + MOR

      • 2 x Double (Cooke x 1, Dudley x 1), 2 x Triple Single (spare, Grant, Robb) + (spare, spare, Pager), 2 x Couch

• Team personnel

  • MOR (Manager). Figg (Manager)

  • Signor (Soigneur), Cooke (Soigneur), Robb (Soigneur)

• BiciSport contact : MOR on 0417 403 244 + Peter Figg on 0448 924 871

Bright Friday Twilight Criterium - a separate race to the ToB 24 this Friday twilight crit is really unique

Stage 1 - Gaps Loop Road Race Bright to Tawonga Gap @ 93k

Stage start is in Railway Ave, central Bright

Ride to the start. then a flat stage profile out of Bright towards Ovens village. Turning right at Ovens village its along an undulating valley to the Rosemount climb, then descending into the Kiewa Valley. Turn right along the flat Kiewa Valley, again turning right at Mt Beauty, then finishing atop the Tawonga Gap climb for the 93k.

Some riders prefer the neutral cool down ride back into Bright before the afternoon ITT @ 2pm. BiciSport rider support will be located at both the stage finish at Tawonga Gap finish and the ITT finish.

Stage 2 - An individual time trial over 17.5k in the Buckland Valley

Start Egglestones Lane then finish Harris Lane on the Buckland Valley Road just 5k from Bright.

Don’t forget your tail lights !.

Stage start is in Railway Ave central Bright

Discussion points

Pre Circuit checks

Thru axle warm up trainer for the ITT (Dudley)

Pothole checks (all circuits), Feed Zones support tbc, team clothing, ITT loaner bikes & equipment, support cars with roof racks, Flanders tent, team accessories

Race start protocols

Agreed pre start timings sequences posted on team car & team marquee

Spare wheels for Frank & MOR

Rider food post stage finish

Efforts - nothing heavy on Thursday or Friday

ITT FTP warm up protocols (Figg File)

Strategies - Field of Play, Break formations, Rosewhite - 3 levels then veer right, Sprint and/or KOM options, Sprint locales

Start Times - Pre start roll out, Team accom to start line timings (RR - 15 min, ITT - 20 min), Sign On, Spares Vehicles (no), Littering, Race Flashing Lights, Presentations