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The T100 Triathlon World Tour, the Professional Triathletes Organisation’s (PTO) premier series, gets under way today (Saturday April 5) as superstar triathletes from across the distance spectrum and globe head to South East Asia.
The season opener begins with the T100 Singapore women’s race today, with the men’s race taking place a day later on Sunday, April 6.
A strong women’s field will be on the start line but US middle-distance behemoth Taylor Knibb will now not feature after pulling out for personal reasons. That leaves the likes of multiple T100 race winner Ashleigh Gentle, former IRONMAN World Champion Lucy Charles-Barclay and short-course stars Flora Duffy, Jessica Learmonth and Taylor Spivey to take centre stage.
The 100km distance, which has become a focus of PTO racing, allows both short- and middle-distance triathletes to compete with each other with an extremely healthy prize purse on the line.
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 women’s race will take place today (Saturday April 5) at 14:15 local time. This corresponds to 08:15 in Central Europe, 07:15 in the United Kingdom, 02:15 on the US East Coast, 01:15 US Central and 23:15 (Friday) US Pacific Standard Time.
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 also be streaming the broadcast online, with the event also streamed on T100’s YouTube channel outside of Europe. Just click below to watch live.
Who is racing at T100 Singapore?
US sensation Knibb had been set to start a hot favourite to rule again before her unfortunate withdrawal. She won the T100 world title at a canter in 2024, earning a maximum 160 points, and is gaining an aura of invincibility over the 100km distance. Her absence here does though open up a window of opportunity for others.
The last woman to win the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship before Knibb began her threepeat, British superstar Charles-Barclay, is one of the sports true greats and is highly capable over any distance.
Australian Gentle is another triathlete who has excelled over the 100km distance. Since the PTO introduced the format she has claimed five race wins and finished second on two further occasions. She enjoyed success in Singapore last April and also won in London in June.
Great Britain boasts four further contenders in addition to Charles-Barclay – Learmonth, Lucy Byram, India Lee and Kate Waugh. Lee was the T100 Miami victor last March – the season opener of the 2024 Triathlon World Tour.
Learmonth, a hotshot selection, has two IRONMAN 70.3 races under her belt after finishing third in Lanzarote in 2022 and second in Kraichgau last year. In the latter she was only bested by the formidable Laura Philipp, who went on to win the IRONMAN World Championship in Nice in September.
Switzerland’s Julie Derron – who was runner-up in three T100 races last term after her Olympic silver at Paris 2024, Bermudian Olympic champion Duffy and swim front-runner Spivey are also not to be ruled out.
Note that it will now be a field of 19 rather than 20 as Germany’s Caroline Pohle posted on Instagram: “Unfortunately, I got sick few days before my departure to Singapore for the first race of the @t100triathlon, so I couldn’t fly to Singapore or compete on Saturday.”
T100 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 Celsius expected, wetsuits will not be permitted in the 2km 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.
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