Codemo Machinery Services are proud to sponsor BiciSport to the Tour of Bright 2026
Tour website : www.tourofbright.com.au
RACE DATES & 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 26 is technically just two days (the Sat & Sun) with a separate inner city twilight criterium on the Friday night (4 Dec) before in central Bright … so an optional criterium on the Friday night then the main event being TOB 26 over the Saturday & Sunday
Note the start & finish locations on Stages 1 & 3
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 26
TBC
Bright Training Rides - contact MOR on 0417 403 244
Training rides all start from the BiciSport Hargraves House
Thurs
9.30am - for Buckland Valley ITT recce
3.00pm - Team Meeting @ Hargraves House
3.30pm - Team photo @ Hargraves 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 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 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 new finish at the Mt Buffalo Chalet
Bici team @ Porepunkah roundabout @ 7.00am (not 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
BiciSport Dudley House (TBC)
In Wed 2 Dec 26 out Fri 11 Dec 26
Hargraves Team House - booked 27 Dec 25
In Tues 1 Dec 26 out Tues 8 Dec 26
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 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
Discussion points
Playing group 2026 - TBC
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, Presentations
