The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has revealed new professional and amateur courses for its Ibiza T100 Triathlon on September 28-29, 2024.
Continuing to test its T100 elite athletes in environments that offer different terrains and conditions, the professional course will start with a 2km sea swim in Mediterranean waters off Figueretas Beach in Ibiza, Spain, with two laps around off-shore buoys before heading back to the beach and T1.
The 80km pro bike course will be made up of three laps: two of 31km – including a 3.1km link from T1 – that takes the athletes across to Santa Eulalia City and back, before a final lap of 14.9km.
There will be a testing mix of climbs, technical sections and head-down TT bike sections, before a fast and flat run course with seven laps of a 2.57km course around Ibiza old town. This weaves into the World Heritage area of the city before finishing on the port front.
Age groupers taking on the 100km challenge will face a similar course, starting with a 2km swim around the island ‘Illa de Ses Rates’. The bike course takes a slightly different route across the island compared to the professionals, consisting of three laps of 25km with a 2.3km link from T1 and back to T2, before concluding the race on a similar run course.
As well as the professional and amateur 100km triathlon, the PTO has also introduced a range of open water sea swims – in keeping with its aim to encourage and cater for participants of all abilities and make the most of the surroundings. More details of further amateur races will be released soon.
The amateur 100km race over the weekend will include two fields. An Open event that anyone can race in, and then the Middle Distance Spanish Cup for Elite and Age Group categories, which includes a prize fund of more than €15,000 for the top individual finishers as well as for the best represented clubs.
“We are excited to announce these courses,” said Sam Renouf, CEO of PTO, which has worked closely with both the Spanish Triathlon Federation (FETRI) and Ibiza to build on last year’s event.
“We had stellar start lists in Ibiza last year with three Olympic champions – Jan Frodeno (2008), Alistair Brownlee (2012 & 2016) and Kristian Blummenfelt (2020) – taking part in the men’s race, and then all of the world’s top 10 PTO-ranked female athletes.
“But we expect the athlete start lists this year to be even stronger, due to the contracted T100 athletes who will need to join the start line in this fifth race of the new T100 series. For example, the appearance of Spanish superstar Javier Gómez Noya will be very much anticipated by a fervent home crowd.”
FETRI President José Hidalgo said “In the Spanish Triathlon Federation we are very pleased to continue our partnership with the PTO and hold their new T100 races in Ibiza and also include our Middle Distance Spanish Cup at the 100km distance.”
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