Self-Arrival

Please make your own arrangements to arrive at our hotel in Lorne today. Our team will be available to meet you at the hotel.

Melbourne Airport Transfers

If you are flying in today, then you can book one of our airport transfers today. Fly into Melbourne Airport today and our team will meet you. The transfer takes just over 2 hours. The airport transfer can be added when you make your booking and costs £XXX per person for transfer of you with your luggage and your bike. We will run two transfers: one late morning at 12.00 and another one late afternoon at 18.00.

Our hotel

We are staying at hotel TBC in Lorne. Your stay will be for 6 nights and will be on a bed and breakfast basis so with breakfasts included. You will have an early breakfast on event days.

What about my bike?

You can bring your own bike as we have planned to transport bike boxes on our airport transfers. Our mechanic will be available this afternoon at the hotel to assist you with building your bike after travel. Bikes can be safely stored at the hotel.

If you want to arrive at any other time, then we also offer private transfers on request. Please contact us for a quote

Please contact us if you require a private transfer. 

After breakfast today we will continue to assist those who didn’t build their bikes yesterday.

If you are taking part in the ITT

After breakfast, our team will lead you on a short, guided ride of the Time Trial course. You can also register for tomorrow’s event and collect your race pack and attend the official riders briefing.

All other riders

Today we offer an optional guided ride which will take in parts of the Gran Fondo Course. More details on today’s full itinerary will be published later.

If you are taking part in the ITT

After breakfast, please make your way over to the Time Trial start. We offer private warm up areas with turbo trainers to warm up and get ready for your slot. This afternoon the podium ceremonies take place in Lorne.

All other riders

Today we offer an optional guided ride which will take in parts of the Gran Fondo Course. More details on today’s full itinerary will be published later.

The team relay is an event where mixed teams from various countries challenge for the title.

If you are taking part in the Criterium

After breakfast, please make your way over to the Criterium start. We offer private warm up areas with turbo trainers to warm up and get ready for your slot. This afternoon the podium ceremonies take place in Lorne.

All other riders

Today we offer an optional guided ride which will take in parts of the Gran Fondo Course. More details on today’s full itinerary will be published later.

After breakfast, please ensure that you register for tomorrow’s event.

We also offer a guided ride on the Gran Fondo route. A short coffee spin to keep your legs moving, but nothing too strenuous the day before the Gran Fondo.

After the ride, please make your way to the event expo in to collect your race pack and attend the technical briefing for tomorrow’s Gran Fondo.

Event Registration – TBC

• 09.00 – 18.00 Registration and collection of race packs
• 14.00 – 15.00 – Technical briefing for Gran Fondo

Today is the day!

Getting to the start

It’s just a short roll out from each of our hotels to the start line. Please make your own way to the start this morning, based on your own start time. Our staff will be on hand this morning if you have any last-minute mechanical issues, or if you need directions to the start line.

• Timing – 07:30am
• Start Location – Mountjoy Parade, Lorne – Victoria, Australia
• Distance – 131km

Age Groups – 19-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+ (Age on 31 Dec 2025)

After you finish our team is available to assist you with re-packing bikes before travel.

Departure after breakfast. We offer airport transfers back to Melbourne airport at set times today.
If you want to depart at any other time, please contact us if you require a private transfer.