The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have confirmed the remaining contracted athletes who will be racing on the 2025 T100 Triathlon World Tour.
Lucy Charles-Barclay leads the final eight female athletes who have earned contracts for the elite triathlon series. The British star led the T100 standings after two races in 2024 following second place finishes in Miami and Singapore, but her campaign fell away after pulling up in London due to injury and not being able to race again that year. The eight confirmed athletes are:
Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR)
Caroline Pohle (GER)
Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR)
Ellie Salthouse (AUS)
Els Visser (NED)
Marta Sanchez (ESP)
Grace Thek (AUS)
Hannah Berry (NZL)
They will join the other 12 women already announced, including: Taylor Knibb (USA), Ashleigh Gentle (AUS), Julie Derron (SUI), Flora Duffy (BER), Lucy Byram (GBR), India Lee (GBR), Imogen Simmonds (SUI) and Paula Findlay (CAN). Plus Hotshots: Taylor Spivey (USA), Kate Waugh (GBR), Jess Learmonth (GBR) and Laura Madsen (DEN).
Lake Las Vegas T100 winner and 2024 IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Jelle Geens leads the final eight male athletes who secure season-long contracts to race in the second year of the new global series, thanks to his PTO World Ranking. The other seven men have been chosen in World Ranking order, so the line-up is:
Jelle Geens (BEL)
Mika Noodt (GER)
Justus Nieschlag (GER)
Gregory Barnaby (ITA)
Antonio Benito-Lopez (ESP)
Nicolas Mann (GER)
Menno Koolhaas (NED)
Jason West (USA)
They will join the other 12 men already announced: Marten Van Riel (BEL), Kyle Smith (NZL), Rico Bogen (GER), Sam Long (USA), Mathis Margirier (FRA), Pieter Heemeryck (BEL), Youri Keulen (NED) and Fred Funk (GER). Plus Hotshots: Hayden Wilde (NZL), Léo Bergère (FRA), Vincent Luis (FRA) and Morgan Pearson (USA).
In partnership with World Triathlon, 2024 saw the PTO roll out its seven-leg T100 Triathlon World Tour, which featured many of the world’s top 20 female and top 20 male triathletes competing head-to-head in a series of locations – including Singapore, San Francisco, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas and then Dubai for November’s T100 Triathlon World Championship Final.
The PTO has so far announced seven T100 events for 2025, including: Singapore (5-6 April); San Francisco (31 May-1 June); London (9-10 August); Ibiza (September TBA); Lake Las Vegas (TBA); and Dubai on 15-16 November.
