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Simone Giuliani

Riders to watch at Australia's 2026 Road National Championships – Chapman and Plapp face tough time trial challenge, Jayco-AlUla holds trump card laden hand for road races

and Luke Plapp Jay Vine Australia U23 Brodie Chapman National Championships Felicity WilsonHaffenden Liv AlUla Jayco JaycoAlUla
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 12: The peloton in action during the Men's Elite Road Race as part of the 2025 Road Nats on January 12, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Stefan Gosatti/Getty Images).

The chase for Australia's national titles at the Westbridge Funds Road National Championships is opening up the summer block of racing. Competitors from the WorldTour are coming back home from Europe and lining up with the best of the domestic scene in Western Australia to see who will get the honour of wearing the green and gold striped jerseys of a title holder for the rest of 2026.

The competition opens with the time trials, the U23 men among the opening acts as they set out to take on the race against the clock on Wednesday January 7, with the U23 and elite women's and elite men's time trials unfolding on Thursday January 8.

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