WATCH AGAIN: T100 French Riviera 2025 as Gentle and Wilde star

This is a preview of the event – click on the names to read more about terrific wins for Ashleigh Gentle and Hayden Wilde.

The T100 Triathlon World Tour heads to the Cote d’Azur for the first time this weekend for T100 French Riviera.

After the drama of London and those fairytale wins for Hayden Wilde and Lucy Charles-Barclay, we now have a double header in Frejus with the T100 races on the Saturday and then the latest round of the WTCS on Sunday.

And Wilde, fully recovered after that horror crash earlier this year, is among those planning to take in both events!

In our preview piece below, you can find everything you need to know about the T100 races, including start times, how to watch live and who’s on the start lists…

Start times and how to watch live

In Frejus, the men go first – at 07:05 local time on Saturday 30th August. This corresponds to 06:05 in the UK, 01:05 on the East Coast and 22:05 (Friday) on the West Coast.

The women’s race sets off just seven minutes later at 07:12.

The broadcast is available globally on Discovery+, Max, Eurosport and TNT Sports – full details here.

It’s also available for free on the PTO+ livestream.

The course

The French Riviera T100 swim course is a 2km ocean swim set at Base Nature Plage in Fréjus, offering a stunning single-loop route through the clear, calm waters of the Mediterranean.

A spectacular one-lap 80km bike course has been promised for the pros. Described as “hilly” there’s much more on that here.

And the run takes place entirely within the scenic Base Nature François Léotard in Fréjus, offering a flat, fast, and spectator-friendly route on a mix of paved paths and compact gravel trails.

Men’s race – Hat-trick for Wilde?

No doubt about who the favourite is here. If Hayden Wilde could do what he did in London less than 100 days after his crash, then with three weeks more training he has strong claims of a third T100 win of 2025 – and no one else, male or female, has won more than one.

Belgium’s Jelle Geens is world ranked #1 and outran Wilde on home turf to win the IRONMAN 70.3 World title in Taupo at the end of last year.

Geens’ last three T100s have seen him take second in San Francisco, win in Vancouver and then finish third in London so he should be vying for the title come Qatar.

No fewer than 11 of the top 14 in the ‘Race for Qatar’ standings are set to line up here, though not top-placed Mika Noodt who said on his Instagram account: “No @t100triathlon French Riviera for me! We made the call to skip this one, take a short break now, and already prepared a decent plan to be in peak shape for the Grand Final in Qatar. It’s of course tough to sit out while the form is great, but we believe this is the smart move for the bigger picture 👊 “

And Youri Keulen has made a similar decision but with the likes of San Francisco winner Rico Bogen, Antonio Benito Lopez and hot shots such as Leo Bergere and Morgan Pearson there’s plenty of firepower on show.

Women’s race – a new 2025 winner beckons

We’ve had four different winners so far – Kate Waugh, Julie Derron, Taylor Knibb and Lucy Charles-Barclay but none of those now travel to the south of France this week.

In their absence it opens it up for others and top of the revised start list is hot shot Jess Learmonth who has been animating pretty much every T100 she takes part in and when her run gets back to 100% she’s going to be a threat to all.

Ashleigh Gentle will feel she has a point to prove as she aims to regain her PTO / T100 standing from a couple of years ago – and she along with India Lee are now the only other former winners – while Lucy Byram caught the eye in London and is getting closer to the podium spots.

Paula Findlay has to be massively respected too on a course which will test everyone’s biking skills – as does Georgia Taylor-Brown, fresh from second place at Supertri Chicago over the weekend, and no doubt hoping for better luck on her second T100 start after a puncture wrecked her chances in London.

Prize Money and Points

Racing for a total prize purse of $250,000, plus valuable T100 Tour points in Frejus, there is plenty at stake. On race day, the winners will take home $25,000 and 35 points, with the prize money and points for each position outlined below.