Triathlon racing franchise Podium Racing has unveiled what is billed as ‘a pioneering team structure’ for Supertri League 2025, which includes newly created Team Captain roles and John Anthony taking on an owner-manager position.
In an off-season move, Tim Don left Podium Racing to take the helm at Brownlee Racing for Supertri League 2025. This left John Anthony, the man behind the Podium Racing franchise, to reassess the best way to run the team and to try and marry triathlon savvy with management experience in the corporate world to deliver success.
One key change is the creation of Team Captain roles for loyal stalwarts Kenji Nener and Jeanne Lehair, which will give them the opportunity to input into the team’s development, as well take on leadership roles.
Podium Racing owner and manager, John Anthony, said “While I give Tim credit for helping launch Podium Racing and getting us to an overall second place in the league in 2024, it’s no secret that I am very disappointed by the manner of his departure. However, this has also opened an opportunity to do things in a different way.
“First, I have developed a team of amazing athletes who truly believe in the overall mission of Podium Racing. Second, I have evolved our team structure to give Jeanne Lehair and Kenji Nener leadership roles as Team Captains.
“Finally, I am using my experiences as a product leader at organizations like WHOOP, Google and Oura to take a ‘full stack’ leadership perspective to reshape how we think about triathlon teams – which, in part, means taking on the role of team manager for the 2025 season.
“While I don’t desire to be the team manager for Podium Racing in the long term, I feel it is the right move for 2025 as we bed in this new culture and deliver our objectives of both building a successful franchise and creating a pipeline for athletes to develop their talents with us. I am very excited both for this year and beyond.”
Each team in Supertri League 2025 can name four male and four athletes at each event. All points accrued by the athletes count towards the teams’ league position over the course of the season.
Podium Racing 2025 line-up
- Women: Jeanne Lehair, Léonie Périault, Zuzana Michalickova, Vittória Lopes, Roksana Slupek
- Men: Kenji Nener, Dorian Coninx, John Reed, Tayler Reid, Alberto González Garcia
The athletes get their first taste of Supertri action this year in Toronto on July 26, before tackling the other venues so far announced for 2025, which include Chicago (August 23), Jersey (September 21) and Toulouse (October 5).
Podium Racing are the final Supertri League team to be announced for 2025 after Stars & Stripes Racing, Brownlee Racing and Crown Racing.
John Anthony added “With the support of Enve Composites, we are able to support John Reed and Zuzana Michalickova as our ‘Enve Next-Gen Athletes” – giving them the opportunity to race with the best in the world while reducing financial barriers in what is otherwise a very expensive sport.”
