Amateurs to also toe the T100 Start Line, as PTO announced a significant relaunch of its PTO Tour, now known as the T100 Triathlon World Tour
Amateur triathletes and athletes from Singapore will have the chance to participate and compete in the rebranded T100 Triathlon World Tour, formerly known as the PTO Tour.
Slated to take place in Singapore from 12-14 April 2024, the Singapore T100 made a huge impact in its debut at Marina Bay Sands in August 2023, and is expected to continue in the same vein as part of a 8-city tour that spans three continents and witness some of the world's finest triathletes toe the start line in the lion city state.
At London’s City Hall last week, the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) announced the significant relaunch of its PTO Tour, now known as the T100 Triathlon World Tour, and 40 of the world’s best triathletes who will be part of an expanded 2024 calendar that features eight races.
Starting in Miami on March 9, the rebranded series will finishing with a Grand Final at a soon-to-be announced location at the end of November, where the women’s and men’s World Champion will be crowned.
The full T100 Triathlon World Tour calendar for 2024 is as follows:
March 9 – Miami T100
April 12-14 – Singapore T100
June – California T100 (date to be confirmed)
July 27-28 – London T100
Sept 28-29 – Ibiza T100
Oct 19-20 – Lake Las Vegas T100
Nov 16-17 – Dubai T100
Nov 29-30 – Grand Final (location to be confirmed)
Two-Time Olympic Champion Alistair Brownlee could make Singapore debut at Singapore T100
Two-time triathlon Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee is likely to make his Singapore debut at the 12-14 PTO Asian Open alongside Tokyo Olympics women’s triathlon gold medallist Flora Duffy after the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) unveiled their stellar athlete line-up and full calendar for the season in London on Tuesday (Jan 30).
The evolution of the PTO Tour to the T100 Triathlon World Tour follows the PTO’s partnership agreement with World Triathlon in August 2023, which designated it the official World Championship tour of long distance triathlon.
The contracted athletes are required to compete in a minimum of five races as well as the Grand Final. 32 athletes qualified as a result of their PTO World Ranking at two points during 2023, with eight additional spots granted to women and men whose past results and future potential will bring excitement to the series.
The women’s line-up includes all the top PTO World Ranked athletes: current #1 Anne Haug (GER), #2 Ashleigh Gentle (AUS), #3 Taylor Knibb (USA), #4 Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR), #5 Laura Philipp (GER), #6 Kat Matthews (GBR), #7 Paula Findlay (CAN), #8 Daniela Ryf (SUI), #9 Imogen Simmonds (SUI), #10 Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR), #11 Chelsea Sodaro (USA), #12 Marjolaine Pierré (FRA), #13 Skye Moench (USA), #14 Tamara Jewett (CAN), #15 India Lee (GBR), #17 Amelia Watkinson (NZL) #22 Holly Lawrence (GBR), #25 Lucy Byram (GBR), Taylor Spivey (USA) and Flora Duffy (BER) [1].
The men’s line-up also features the very best athletes: current #2 Magnus Ditlev (DEN), #3 Jason West (USA), #5 Pieter Heemeryck (BEL), #6 Mathis Margirier (FRA), #7 Rudy Von Berg (USA), #8 Leon Chevalier (FRA), #9 Sam Long (USA), #11 Daniel Baekkegard (DEN), #12 Bradley Weiss (RSA), #13 Sam Laidlow (FRA), #14 Frederic Funk (GER), #15 Clement Mignon (FRA), #16 Aaron Royle (AUS), #17 David McNamee (GBR), #23 Ben Kanute (USA), #26 Rico Bogen (GER), #31 Alistair Brownlee (GBR), #174 Max Neumann (AUS), #205 Marten Van Riel (BEL) and #267 Javier Gomez (ESP)[2].
Brownlee, who emerged triumphant at London 2012 and Rio 2016, could race in Singapore for the first time when the series reaches Marina Bay in April. He was forced to sit out most of the 2023 PTO Tour season after injuring his ankle.
Alongside the introduction of the new T100 brand and the athletes, the PTO confirmed the following:
● 20 female and male athletes are contracted across the season (40 in total)
● Contracted athletes will race a minimum of 5 races plus the Grand Final. Although racing obligations for athletes who’ve qualified and will compete in the Olympics have been reduced
● A discretionary number of Wildcards at each event based on remaining spots
● Athletes to score 35 points for first place to 1 point for 20th place at each race
● The Grand Final has increased points to up the ante (55 points down to 4 points)
● A US$250,000 prize fund at each T100, totalling $2,000,000 across the eight races (1st place - $25,000k; 2nd - $16,000; 3rd - $12,000 at each race)
● The series winners following the Grand Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and will win $210,000 from an additional total prize pool of $2,000,000
● Between the athlete contracts, T100 race prize fund and T100 Triathlon World Tour pool, the series provides more than $7,000,000 in athlete compensation, and is distributed in a way that not only rewards the winners, but also recognises the significant achievement of racing at this level
Full details are available on the T100 Triathlon World Tour website.