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PTO and World Triathlon introduce T100 Tour pathway with new Contender Rankings

The Contender Rankings are set to replace the PTO World Rankings in relation to financial compensation
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The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon are set to introduce “a clear pathway” to compete on the T100 Triathlon World Tour via a new Contenders Rankings system – which will begin this weekend in Singapore.

The initiative will provide up to three men’s and women’s Wildcards at every T100 race based on their ranking, as well as offering five contracts for the 2026 T100 Triathlon World Tour and $560,000 USD in prize money to a total of 80 athletes; 40 women and 40 men.

Financial compensation from performance will now be attached to the T100 Contender Rankings rather than the PTO World Rankings – although the latter will continue as a standalone rating system without prize money.

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Incentivising the T100 Tour

“One of the things that was clear to ourselves and the PTO Athlete Board after the first season of the T100 Tour, was the need to find a clear way to promote and incentivise a path onto the tour for those athletes not yet eligible,” said PTO CEO Sam Renouf.

“The new T100 Contender Rankings does exactly that and is underpinned with a compelling prize money structure that sits beneath it. This is crucial as we seek to build on the positive momentum of our first season and look to establish the T100 as the world’s premier triathlon series.”

The PTO's CEO Sam Renouf
The PTO’s CEO Sam Renouf explains the new T100 Contender Ranking [Photo credit: PTO]

PTO Board member Ruth Astle added: “Whilst the PTO World Rankings provide a fair and transparent assessment of an athlete’s performance over a season and will remain important to do that, what they didn’t do was actively signpost or encourage a way for aspiring T100 athletes to go about making it onto the tour.

“What we needed to do was show unambiguous support for those athletes who are prioritising their ambitions to race the T100 Tour.”

How The T100 Contender Rankings Works

  • Any eligible PTO Member Athlete who is ranked in the PTO World Rankings will be included by default in the T100 Contender Rankings‌
  • Athletes who have previously held a T100 Contract in 2024 and declined a new contract for 2025 are ineligible for the T100 Contender Rankings
  • ‌Athletes who previously held a T100 Contract and declined a new contract for 2025 due to injury (where the injury would have restricted them from meeting their contract terms) or maternity leave will still be eligible for the T100 Contender Rankings
  • ‌Athletes included in these rankings will be known as ‘Contenders’
  • ‌An athlete’s five best scores using the PTO World Rankings Points System will be used to determine an Athlete’s T100 Contender Ranking, with a maximum of two full-distance events counting towards their total.
  • The 5% bonus on an athlete’s single best Gold tier or lower race performance still applies for the T100 Contender Rankings.
  • ‌The 2025 T100 Triathlon World Tour will take place across nine races, including a return to Singapore this weekend, to start the new series, then San Francisco (31 May-1 June), Vancouver (13-15 June), France (27-29 June), London (9-10 August), Valencia (20 September), Lake Las Vegas (TBC), Dubai (15-16 November) and Qatar (12-13 December) for the first Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final.
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Age-Group World Championships

PTO and World Triathlon have also announced the qualification system that will enable Age-Group athletes to compete in their own age based categories of the T100 Triathlon World Championships.

Amateur athletes across standard triathlon age brackets will be able to race for the glory of being crowned a T100 Age Group World Champion when the T100 Triathlon World Championships take place in Qatar from 12-13 December, 2025.

Lucy Charles-Barclay at T100 Triathlon World Tour launch 2024
Lucy Charles-Barclay at T100 Triathlon World Tour launch

In the 2025 Qatar T100 Age Group World Championships, amateur athletes can qualify by:

  • Finishing in a top 10 position within the specific Age-Group and gender on a T100 distance mass participation race in any T100 Triathlon World Tour events that take place prior to, but in the same calendar year as, the 2025 Qatar T100 Age-Group World Championship Final; or
  • An internal selection process established by athletes’ respective National Federations (consistent with all other World Triathlon Age-Group selection processes).
Stuart Dick
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Stuart is a graduate of the University of Sunderland with a masters' degree in Sports Journalism. He spends a lot of his time running and cycling around West Yorkshire, England.
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