Codemo Machinery Services are proud to sponsor BiciSport to the Tour of Bright 2024

Tour website : www.tourofbright.com.au

• TOB 24 - BiciSport race dates

  • Race dates - 29 Nov-1 Dec 2024

    • TOB 24 is two days with a separate inner city twilight criterium on the Friday night before in downtown Bright … so an optional criterium on the Friday then the main TOB 24 over the Saturday & Sunday

• Weather Forecast

  • Tues - 17-22 @ 80% chance of rain @ 10mm-20mm

  • Wed - 14-23 @ 70% @ 5mm-10mm

  • Thurs - 12-22 @ 60% @ 5mm-10mm

  • Fri - 12-23 @ 60% @ 1mm-5mm

  • Sat - 11-23 @ 40% @ 5mm-10mm

  • Sun - 13-23 @ 90% @ 1mm-5mm

• Discussion points

  • Pre Circuit checks - pothole checks (all circuits), Feed Zones support tbc, team clothing, ITT equipment, support cars with roof racks, Flanders tent, team accessories

  • Efforts - nothing heavy on Thursday or Friday

  • Strategies - Field of Play, Break formations, Rosewhite, 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

• Bright Training Rides - contact MOR on 0417 403 244

  • Training rides all start from the Dudley House

    • Tues 26 Nov - Dudley House to Harrietville & return … depart 3.30pm from Dudley House

    • Wed 27 Nov - to be confirmed

    • Thurs 28 Nov - to be confirmed

    • Fri 30 Nov

      • 10.00am - for Buckland Valley ITT recce

      • 3.30pm - Team Meeting @ Dudley House

      • 4.00pm - Team photo @ Dudley House driveway

    • Sat 1 Dec - no ride planned

    • Sun 2 Dec - no ride planned

    • Mon 3 Dec - 10.30am for Harrietville via Bike Path

    • Tues 4 Dec - 9.30am for Buckland Valley

    • Wed 5 Dec - no ride planned

• Racing in Bright

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

  • No spares vehicles are provided during any stage - riders need to carry own spares

  • Saturday Road Race has Feed Zones

• Friday

  • Team photo is at the Dudley House @ 4.00pm

  • Friday Night Criterium in Bright town centre (optional)

    • 5.00pm - Junior race

    • 5.30pm - C+D grade

    • 6.15pm - A+B grade

  Saturday

  • Tour Stage 1 is an early Saturday morning road stage over 92k (finishing atop Tawonga Gap). Feeding Zone support - TBC

  • Stage 2 - a Saturday afternoon Individual Time Trial over 17.5k in the nearby Buckland Valley

    • Stage 1 … Masters C - Riders tbc @ 7.45am

      • stage time benchmark 3 hrs + 25 minute peloton envelope

    • Stage 1 … Masters 6+ - Riders tbc @ 8.05am

    • Stage 1 … Women C - Riders tbc @ 8.15am

    • Stage 2 … ITT at Buckland Valley - Start sequence

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

      • Sequence - Mens B, Masters B, Men C, Masters C, Masters 6+, Wom B, Wom C, Wom A, Masters A, Elite A

• Sunday

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

  • Start times - Masters 6+ 7.15am, Wom A 7.25am, Wom B 7.35am, Wom C 7.45am, Masters A 8.00am, Men B 8.10am, Masters B 8.20am, Men A 8.30am, Men C 8.40am, Masters C 8.50am

• Dudley House

  • Brown (D - Wed to Wed), Hoskin/Wright (T - Tues to Sun), Holland/Pager (T -Thurs to Mon, Tues to Wed), Figg (S - Tues to Wed), Cooke (S - Thurs to Mon + Team bits)

• MOR House

  • MOR (D - from Tues), Grant + 1 (D - Wed to Mon), Signor (D)

• Team personnel + roof racks

  • O’Reilly (Manager). Figg (Soigneur), Signor (Soigneur), Cooke (Driver)

    Accommodation

    • MOR House

      • Tues 26 Nov out Mon 2 Dec 2024 - 3 br - 1 = 1 x D + on suite, 2 & 3 = 1 x D, 1 x Double Bunks

    • Dudley House

      • Tues 26 Nov/out Wed 4 Dec 2024 - 5 br - 1 x double + 4 x split singles

Dinners :

• Sat - Porepunkah Pub - @ 7.00pm

• Sun

  • Presentations 3.00pm @ Bright Brewery, Dudley House + Pannatone Award @ 5.00pm

• BiciSport contact : Mike O’Reilly on 0417 403 244

Friday Twilight Criterium - see maps below

Tour stages 1 & 3 - start at the Bright Tennis Club Oval on Coronation Ave Bright (just a 5 minute pedal from the Bright town centre) - see maps below

Enter via Gate 1 and head for parking zone 3 & 4

Bright Friday Twilight Criterium - a separate race to the ToB 24 this Friday twilight crit is really unique & entries open 9 September 2024

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

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 !.