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

Tour website : www.tourofbright.com.au

• CHANGES IN 2025

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

  • STAGE 3 finish is now at the Mount Buffalo Chalet

• TOB 26 - BiciSport race dates

  • Race dates - TO BE CONFIRMED

    • TOB 26 is technically just two days (the Sat & Sun) with a separate inner town centre twilight criterium on the Friday night before in central Bright … so an optional criterium on the Friday night then the main event being TOB 26 over the Saturday & Sunday

• Stage start location for Stages 1 & 3

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

• Long Team Short Team

  • Hoskin, MOR, M1, Signor, Cooke, Pager, Haines, Grant, Robb, Block, Holland, Figg, Wright

• Weather Forecast @ 30 Nov 26

  • TBC

• Bright Training Rides - contact MOR on 0417 403 244

  • Training rides all start from the BiciSport Dudley House

    • Thurs

      • 9.30am - for Buckland Valley ITT recce

      • 3.00pm - Team Meeting @ Dudley House

      • 3.30pm - Team photo @ Dudley House

    • Fri - 8.30am @ Harrietville for coffee

    • Sat - Race day (RR & ITT)

    • Sun - Race day (RR)

    • Mon - TBC

    • Tues - TBC

• Racing in Bright

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

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

  • Saturday race stage has Feed Zones near Tawonga (not recommended)

• Friday

  • Team photo at the Dudley 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 30 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 finish at the Mt Buffalo Chalet

  • Bici team @ Porepunkah roundabout @ 7.00am sharp

  • Start times

    • Masters C grade - 7.49am @ Pager

    • Masters 6+ - 8.22am @ Hoskin + Grant

• Days in (all tbc)

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

• BiciSport Dudley House (TBC)

  • In Wed 2 Dec 26 out Fri 11 Dec 26

  • D x 3, Twin x 2

• BiciSport contact : MOR on 0417 403 244

Bright Friday Twilight Criterium - a separate race to the ToB 26 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. .

Stage start is in Railway Ave central Bright