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The Herald Sun Tour won't be returning in 2026 after all

The Herald Sun Tour won't be returning in 2026 after all

It seemed as if everything was progressing as planned.

The last time the Herald Sun Tour was run, in 2020, Jai Hindley won the men's race overall.

Six months after announcing that the Herald Sun Tour would finally be returning after a five-year hiatus, the event's owners – Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper – have revealed that, in fact, the event won't be returning.

A brief article in Friday's edition of the Herald Sun announced that "a challenged environment for sponsorship and business has made it unviable to stage the tour and to deliver it to the elite, world-class standard required."

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