‘This is the training race … but it doesn’t mean that I’m not going to go all out’ – Brodie Chapman chases intensity at Tour of Bright ahead of key January goals in Australia

It all started while perched on a gutter drinking coffee in Spain. The group was discussing the Australian summer of racing ahead, and Brodie Chapman asked Luke Plapp, one national time trial champion to another, what he thought was the best way to get ready for the January targets.

The answer from the Bright local, who isn’t shy about singing the virtues of his home race, was perhaps a predictable one: “He said, crits and Tour of Bright”, recounted Chapman, who didn’t hesitate for a second to throw herself into the race organised by the Alpine Cycling Club.