This was our preview of the men’s pro race at T100 Singapore 2025 – you can click here for a full report and results on how New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde romped to a brilliant victory.
The Professional Triathletes Organisation’s (PTO) flagship series, the T100 Triathlon World Tour, begins this weekend as the world’s best short and middle-distance triathletes battle it out in the first of nine races.
T100 Singapore hosted the women’s race on Saturday April 5, with the men’s race taking place today on Sunday April 6.
The men’s event boasts a 20-strong field – Jannik Schaufler has been added following the withdrawal of US triathlete Morgan Pearson following a bike crash – with defending T100 champion Marten Van Riel, IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Jelle Geens and the ‘Big Unit’ Sam Long among the leading contenders.
They will take on the 100km distance synonymous with PTO racing, which offers short course and middle-distance athletes an opportunity to go head-to-head in a format that can benefit both styles of triathlete.
The 2025 season boasts a pool of $2million+ in race prize money, with an additional $3million paid out at the end of season. Contracts for the current campaign total $2million+ with races across the globe, culminating in the Qatar T100 Final in December.
Start times and how to watch live
In Singapore, the men’s race will take place today – Sunday April 6 – at 15:15 local time. This corresponds to 09:15 in Central Europe, 08:15 in the United Kingdom, 03:15 on the US East Coast, 02:15 US Central and 00:15 US Pacific.
The live broadcast will begin 15 minutes beforehand and is available in a multitude of ways. The event will be broadcast on Discovery+ in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Indian Sub-Continent – excluding the UK, on Max in the US and Europe – excluding UK, Germany and Italy, on Eurosport in Europe, Asia Pacific and Indian Sub-Continent – excluding UK and on TNT Sports in the UK and Ireland.
PTO+ will be streaming the broadcast online, with the event also streamed on T100’s YouTube channel outside of Europe. We have embedded that right here so you can watch without leaving TRI247.
Who’s in contention at T100 Singapore?
Defending T100 world champion Van Riel returns for the series opener having won three of his four starts on the Tour in 2024 in San Francisco, Ibiza and Dubai. The lone blemish on his copybook last year was a P2 finish in Las Vegas, but those performances have earned him the number one spot in the PTO world rankings.
However, it is still to be seen how the Belgian recovers from his second-place finish at a testing IRONMAN South Africa just seven days prior. He finished four-and-a-half minutes behind his big rival Magnus Ditlev in a 7+ hour head-to-head, which could be extremely draining a week before the T100 opener.
2024 T100 Singapore champion Youri Keulen outlasted the field a year ago with a consistent performance across all three disciplines. He competed in six T100 races last term securing four top 10 finishes, but was unable to challenge at the head of the field in the final four races of the year.
Someone who will be keen to etch his name on the winners’ list is Long. He was runner-up in Miami and Singapore last year, finishing further down the field in the latter part of the season. In the 100km format, his swim will make or break his race and has been a focus during the off-season.
One of the favourites for the race is sure to be Belgium’s Geens who has won three consecutive middle-distance races – T100 Las Vegas, the IRONMAN 70.3 Worlds and March’s 70.3 victory in Geelong.
With so much middle-distance talent, it’s easy to look past the plethora of superstars synonymous with short course, namely New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde and the French duo of Vincent Luis and Leo Bergere. Wilde is the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship runner-up and former 70.3 Melbourne winner.
Bergere also finished on the podium in Taupo at the 70.3 World Championships and prior to that had three successive wins over the middle-distance, albeit over a 24-month span. Luis is also two wins from three over the 70.3 distance with a pair of wins in Bahrain. It promises to be an epic battle.
A German quintet of 2024 T100 Tour bronze medallist Rico Bogen, Frederick Funk, Mika Noodt, Justus Nieschlag and Nicholas Mann can’t be ruled out either, while T100 Tour runner-up Kyle Smith of New Zealand also lines up.
Prize Money and Points
Racing for a total prize purse of $250,000, plus valuable T100 Tour points in South East Asia, 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.
| POSITION | PRIZE MONEY | POINTS |
| 1 | $25,000 | 35 |
| 2 | $16,000 | 28 |
| 3 | $12,000 | 25 |
| 4 | $9,000 | 22 |
| 5 | $8,000 | 20 |
| 6 | $7,000 | 18 |
| 7 | $6,500 | 16 |
| 8 | $6,000 | 14 |
| 9 | $5,500 | 12 |
| 10 | $5,000 | 11 |
| 11 | $2,500 | 10 |
| 12 | $2,500 | 9 |
| 13 | $2,500 | 8 |
| 14 | $2,500 | 7 |
| 15 | $2,500 | 6 |
| 16 | $2,500 | 5 |
| 17 | $2,500 | 4 |
| 18 | $2,500 | 3 |
| 19 | $2,500 | 2 |
| 20 | $2,500 | 1 |
Singapore course
The 100km (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km run) course starts with a swim in the iconic Marina Bay. With a water temperature of 29 degree Celcius expected, wetsuits will not be permitted in the 2k one-lap swim.
The bike leg consists of five loops of 16km, beginning and ending at the Singapore Grand Prix F1 Track. The course also features a 900m stretch from the transition area to the start of the bike lap. The course totals 700m of elevation gain with three ascents on each circuit.
The run begins with a 1.6km stretch bridging the F1 track to the start of the 4.1km run loop at the Bayfront Event Space. This flat loop is completed four times on smooth pavement and tarmac.
