T100 Spain results 2026: Georgia Taylor-Brown charges to first T100 victory

Georgia Taylor-Brown, the most decorated female Olympic triathlete, powered to a hugely impressive first T100 victory in Spain on Saturday.

The Briton was 12th on her T100 debut last year and followed that with a ninth, a fourth and then a second in the Grand Final in Qatar and she went one better in some style in Pamplona as she surged past Julie Derron (SUI) on the run and never looked back.

A minute and 20 seconds separated them on the line, with Taylor Spivey (USA) rounding out the podium in third – all three of them short-course stars.

Pamplona, in the Navarra region, is best known globally for its historic old town and famous San Fermín bull run and here’s how the swim, bike and run action played out…

Swim – Home advantage for Pérez Sala

The calm waters of Alloz reservoir provided the stunning setting for the out-and-back swim, with an Aussie exit at the far point.

Water temperature was 20.8 degrees Celsius at the start time of 12:05 local time, with the air temperature 24 degrees and on the rise.

And there was drama right at the start when a stumble from Lotte Wilms (NED) saw her cross the line a fraction early which would cost her a 30-second penalty in T1.

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It was no surprise to see Sara Pérez Sala (ESP) delight the home crown in northern Spain with her customary strong swim to lead things out.

However when they exited the water for the first time just 12 seconds separated the leading 12 athletes – with Sophie Evans (GBR) second, Spivey third and then Natalie Van Coevorden (AUS), Taylor-Brown, Bianca Bogen (GER), Nicole van der Kaay (NZL), Holly Lawrence (GBR), Imogen Simmonds (SUI), Derron, Hanne De Vet (BEL) and Wilms in that order.

And that pattern continued on the swim back to T1, with Pérez Sala out of the water first in 26:12, ahead of Spivey and Evans and just 25 seconds between first and 12th.

Evans was one of the few to start taking off her wetsuit on the run to T1 and that proved a good call as she was through transition rapidly and right next to Pérez Sala when they started the bike.

Bike – Siffert puts the power down

Swiss uber-bikers Alanis Siffert at +2:25 and Cathia Schär at +3:02 had work to do on what was a point-to-point 80km bike course heading towards Pamplona.

Meanwhile the front group was soon down to 11 as Wilms took her penalty and within a couple of minutes Taylor-Brown had powered to the front but Derron and De Vet were right behind her and that trio would trade the lead over the first 20km.

But fastest on the course was Siffert as she was wiping out that initial two-and-a-half minute deficit in impressive style.

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And two thirds of the way through she powered past Derron and into the lead, with Taylor-Brown not far behind.

But she wasn’t able to charge clear as Derron stayed with her and Taylor-Brown looked to be riding a calculated race in third.

Arriving at T2 Siffert was only 10 seconds ahead of Derron, with GTB 32 seconds back and Simmonds at +2:18 in fourth.

Run – Perfectly-judged from GTB

It was noticeable how calm and deliberate Taylor-Brown was in T2 as she got everything in order for the run in what were now searing hot temperatures.

The good news is that there was plenty of shade on the run course but the bad news was that the transition area was literally about the only flat section on what were three 6km laps!

All of which meant Siffert was out first on the run course, just ahead of Derron, with nearly a minute back to GTB.

Simmonds was fourth, Lizzie Rayner (GBR) was fifth, Lawrence sixth and Evans in seventh – meaning four Brits and three Swiss in the top seven.

Derron – silver medallist at the Paris Olympics – is one of the sport’s fastest runners but on the first lap she was made to look pedestrian by Taylor-Brown who first whittled down her lead and then flew past her on what was the biggest hill.

And in terms of the race win, that was pretty much it as she never looked threatened after that point as she put down a real marker in what was her first victory since joining a new training group in Spain over winter.

She had started the race by dancing the Macarena start line and she finished it with a skip as she eased down before the line and let the victory sink in.

Georgia Taylor Brown wins T100 Spain 2026 [Photo credit: T100 | PTO]

But there was plenty happening in behind – Derron stayed strong in second but Spivey cut through the field from 10th after the bike to take third place, while Lawrence was fourth and Siffert fifth.

The win puts Taylor-Brown second in the T100 Race To Qatar behind Simmonds with two races down and three to go. The best three finishes plus the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final count towards the final rankings.