The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have announced a number of revisions to the 2026 T100 Triathlon World Tour. These include an adapted competition schedule, removal of season-long contract commitments and increased event prize money.
This new format will take place over a nine race ‘T100 Race To Qatar’ in 2026 with the PTO and World Triathlon also confirming the return dates for the Singapore T100 on April 25-26, 2026, and the Vancouver T100 on August 15-16, 2026; which are added to the Gold Coast T100 in Australia on March 21-22, 2026.
Revisions to 2026 T100 Tour
The revisions to the T100 competition format include:
- Adapting the event schedule to allow for fewer mandatory races for professional women and men: instead of hosting joint female and male T100 race weekends, they will each race four individual dates before coming together for the Qatar T100 World Championship Final in Doha. Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the final will count towards the women’s and men’s T100 World Championship titles.
- Removal of season-long contracts: Moving to a ranking-based selection of events, providing athletes with more flexibility throughout the season; in the lead up to each event, PTO will simply issue invitations to the best female and male professionals. For the first race this will be based on their 2025 T100 Race To Qatar finishing position [top 10]; the top 5 from the Contender Rankings and 5 Wildcards. After that, it will be the top 10 in the 2026 T100 Race To Qatar, along with the next 8 from the PTO World Rankings System and 2 Wildcards.
- Increased prize money per race: Each T100 race in 2026 will offer a US$275,000 prize fund, more than double the prize fund per race this year, starting with US$50,000 for first place, US$40,000 for second, US$30,000 for third, down to US$3,500 for 20th place. The series prize pool will be worth US$1,450,000 split equally between women and men, with US$100,000 to each series winner.
PTO CEO Sam Renouf said “What is clear and supported by our professional athletes’ feedback and actions over the last 18 months, is that getting the pros to compete across all the legs of a nine stop series has been a challenge, for a variety of reasons.
“Equally, we know from the feedback from our commercial partners, that if triathlon wants to elevate itself and compete with the many other forms of sport and entertainment in the world, we need to deliver a season-long calendar that has enough volume to ‘cut through’. By adapting our competition format to keep our race calendar intact, while incorporating the feedback of the professionals, we believe we can deliver the best of both worlds.”
He continued, “We also recognize the impact our racing has on our other stakeholders, be that the fans who tune-in and spectate, the hosts who close their roads and the broadcasters who dedicate their valuable airtime to the competition.
“An unanticipated impact of our calendar in 2025 was a professional product that sometimes extended to six or seven hours – far longer than we’d ever anticipated when creating the T100 as the optimum distance to professionalise the sport. By adapting to this single race format, we can deliver the ideal product for all our stakeholders in a 4-hour event window consistent with other major professional sports, making our events for both genders even more competitive, rewarding and exciting for everyone involved.”
World Triathlon President, Antonio Arimany, said “World Triathlon is really proud of the strong partnership and collaborative spirit we share with the PTO. By listening to our key stakeholders, especially the athletes, we are confident that the evolution of the T100 series will result in an even more compelling and successful circuit in 2026. Together, we are committed to elevating the sport and providing the best possible platform for our athletes to shine.”
A statement from the PTO Athlete Board, added that “Establishing the T100 Triathlon World Tour has been a significant step forward for our sport, leading to a better broadcast product, that for the first time has incorporated RaceRanger as well as live biometric athlete data for sports fans around the world.
“Our professional athletes are also being looked after in a way that has elevated the professionalism and care of professional triathletes – through increased athlete remuneration & minimum payments, airport transfers & accommodation, access to training facilities, bike mechanics, & massage, and, in general, a pro athlete focused set up at all T100 events.
“We have seen how this environment has produced a world class tour and adapting the competition format to ensure the quality and consistency remains, while also searching for improvements for all stakeholders was paramount in deciding these changes. We are as excited as ever to see how the 2026 T100 Tour will unfold.”
The remaining six events for 2026 will be announced in the coming weeks, around the final events of the 2025 season, which include Wollongong (October 18, 2025), Dubai (November 15-16, 2025) and the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final in Doha on December 12-13, 2025.
The PTO also announced last week that the World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) will return to London in 2026 at the London T100 Triathlon weekend (July 25-26,2026). The PTO and World Triathlon deciding to switch out the professional T100km distance races for 2026 for the shorter WTCS format. Whilst the amateur part of the weekend will continue to feature the PTO’s signature 100km triathlon (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run) as well as Olympic, Sprint and Relay options.
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