The T100 season roars back into action on Saturday after a mini break as a stellar women’s field lines up in Vancouver.
The women haven’t raced since May when Georgia Taylor-Brown claimed her first T100 success in superb style in Spain.
She’s back for more this weekend against what is the strongest start list of the T100 campaign so far with home favourite Paula Findlay, ‘fresh’ from her winning IRONMAN debut in Lake Placid among those taking her on.
Canada, hosted the first ever PTO Tour event in Edmonton in 2022 while last year saw Taylor Knibb and Jelle Geens come out on top in Vancouver.
It’s just the women racing this time around and here’s all you need to know…
Start time and how to watch live
The race begins at 1100 local time on Saturday 15 August, which corresponds to 1900 in the UK or 2000 CEST. For US viewers it is 1100 Pacific or 1400 Eastern.
You can tune in live for free globally on Triathlonlive.tv, or watch on partner channels such as Discovery+ and Eurosport in Europe, Asia Pacific and Indian sub continent while it’s TNT Sports in the UK. It’s DAZN in North America, Middle East, Africa, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Full details here.
We will also embed the live stream here – not available in Europe – nearer the time so you don’t have to leave this page.
Who’s racing
Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) has to be the favourite here based on that performance in Spain. Her T100 progression has been underlined by her results – 12th, 9th, 4th 2nd and then 1st and the way she powered past Julie Derron, who reopposes here, on the run in Pamplona was seriously impressive.
GTB has since taken that speed back to WTCS racing with top 10 finishes at Alghero, Quiberon and London.
But no fewer than eight of the top 10 in the T100 standings take part this week.
Derron is in fourth place, two spots behind Taylor-Brown, and she comes here after winning IRONMAN Switzerland last month on home roads where she saw off compatriot Imogen Simmonds, who leads the way in the T100 rankings.
Another Swiss star also making the trip is brilliant Challenge Roth winner Alanis Siffert who was in action as recently as last Wednesday when she won the Alpe d’Huez Long Distance Triathlon.
Nicole Van der Kaay (NZL), Taylor Spivey (USA), Bianca Bogen (GER) and Sara Perez Sala (ESP) are the others in the top 10, with the last-named a strong contender to lead out what should be a competitive swim.
And another name that leaps off the start list is Kate Waugh (GBR) who returns to T100 action after bossing this format last season, rounded off with victory in the Grand Final in Qatar.
She’s obviously something of an unknown quantity in terms of current form having only raced WTCS Yokohama and a World Cup race in May.
And there’s also the welcome return of another Brit in Lucy Byram in her first event since an emotionally-challenging appearance in Qatar.
Add in Paula Findlay after that Lake Placid performance and it’s clear this is a race to savour.
Start list in full
| Number | Athlete | Nationality | T100 Standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imogen Simmonds | SUI | 1 |
| 2 | Georgia Taylor-Brown | GBR | 2 |
| 3 | Alanis Siffert | SUI | 4 |
| 4 | Julie Derron | SUI | 5 |
| 5 | Nicole Van der Kaay | NZL | 7 |
| 6 | Taylor Spivey | USA | 8 |
| 7 | Bianca Bogen | GER | 9 |
| 8 | Sara Pérez Sala | ESP | 10 |
| 9 | Kate Waugh | GBR | – |
| 10 | Ellie Salthouse | AUS | 15 |
| 11 | Hannah Berry | NZL | – |
| 12 | Paula Findlay | CAN | – |
| 13 | Lizzie Rayner | GBR | 14 |
| 14 | Lotte Wilms | NED | 12 |
| 15 | Daisy Davies | GBR | – |
| 16 | Audrey Merle | FRA | 17 |
| 17 | Lena Meißner | GER | – |
| 18 | Rebecca Anderbury | GBR | – |
| 19 | Lucy Byram | GBR | – |
| 20 | Lydia Russell | USA | – |
Prize Money and Points
Racing for a total prize purse of $275,000, plus valuable T100 Tour points, there is plenty at stake. On race day, the winner takes home $50,000 and 35 points, with the prize money and points for each position outlined below.
| POSITION | PRIZE MONEY | POINTS |
| 1 | $50,000 | 35 |
| 2 | $40,000 | 29 |
| 3 | $30,000 | 26 |
| 4 | $25,000 | 23 |
| 5 | $21,000 | 20 |
| 6 | $18,000 | 18 |
| 7 | $15,000 | 16 |
| 8 | $13,000 | 14 |
| 9 | $10,000 | 12 |
| 10 | $7,500 | 11 |
| 11 | $6,500 | 10 |
| 12 | $6,000 | 9 |
| 13 | $5,500 | 8 |
| 14 | $5,000 | 7 |
| 15 | $4,500 | 6 |
| 16 | $4,000 | 5 |
| 17 | $3,500 | 4 |
| 18 | $3,500 | 3 |
| 19 | $3,500 | 2 |
| 20 | $3,500 | 1 |
Vancouver T100 course
The Vancouver T100 begins with a two-lap 2km anti-clockwise swim in the Pacific Ocean at Locarno Beach, with an Aussie exit midway through.
The 80km bike course starts with a 7.64km section which takes the athletes onto five 14.11km laps and it’s then rounded off with 1.82km on gravel!
Actually that last bit is more nuanced – it’s being used because of some road construction work but will be covered by a hard surface on race day.
But the 18km run course is a mix of surfaces – six fast and scenic out-and-back 3km laps along the beach pathways with sweeping ocean and city skyline views.
