I think I heard on the IM Talk podcast that in order to win the triple crown you had to win all 3 events. I am not 100% sure and the IM Talk guys weren't either but they said that's what they heard. Not sure if the rules are even out but with that HUGE bonus I would guess you'd have to win all 3 that way they try to nudge top athletes to base their seasons around those races...but at the same time if you don't win the first you're out, so maybe it is best finish! Either way really cool bonus for the events!

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I think it was inspired by the Oleg Tinkoff tweet trying to get one GC rider to win all 3 major tours. Nothing is confirmed though of course!

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IMO it makes no sense to announce a huge bonus noone will earn, 9 out of ten years... How many tennis players have won all 4 Grand Slams in the same year?

If this is the case, it is plain wrong, and almost a joke IMHO

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Yeah but I would not compare this to tennis. The distances are the same, courses seem similar, location in the same "general" area. The grand slam of tennis is played all over the world on clay, grass, and asphalt (I think) so those play to the strengths of some and not of others. These races already have a huge prize purse so I am wondering if by saying "if you win them all you make an extra million" they want ALL of the big guns to show up and forget about Kona. Or at least get some of them to focus on Dubai then see. If it is winner takes all I would bet that Torenzo and Ryf will be making sure they are in top condition for Oman, I think that is next. I would hope that they would put a bigger prize purse to the series winner as well if no one wins all 3. But either way it is really nice to see people pumping money into triathlon. Now I just hope that type of money and publicity makes it over to the US.

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Win all 3.

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The article on competitor says "They will each take home $65,000 of a total $300,000 prize purse, and more importantly are the only two athletes eligible for the $1 million bonus up for grabs if any athlete can win all three races in the Triple Crown Series."

I understand why they set it up that way, but it's a major loss of incentive for a lot of great triathletes.

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In the "winner takes all" case, the Triple Crown chase went from the full start list & is now down to 1 each (M & F) after the first event, provided that Bozz & Ryf win the other two.

I think highest aggregate finish (Yellow Jersey) makes more sense

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I think it's a way to say "We will pump $3,000,000 into the sport this year" even though it's highly unlikely to ever reach that payout amount. Yes they will have $1,000,000 in prize purses and if the event goes on for a number of years they may have to pay that $1,000,000 bonus out at some point. It's the classic "draw the names using a carrot" trick. If it were me I'd be racing Oman and Bahrain this year as well so I knew what to expect. Next year when I have a legitimate shot to win again I'd be more prepared and not cut the courses.

Think long term not short term and pray the Royal family keeps pumping money into the sport. That being said Ryf has a solid shot at becoming a millionaire this year if her form stays like it has in the past few years. Hell I would have expected Chrissie Wellington to return for this one. Natascha Badmann was winning world championships @ 38 so why can't she?!

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Financially, the "win all three" scenario makes more sense for Challenge and/or whoever's backing the prize money. The "win all three" approach allows them to take out an insurance policy for the value of the purse at a very significant savings. There's probably no risk that they'll have to pay the million no matter what happens.

If someone wins the first two legs, I can see some serious some serious bribes being offered for that third race ala what happened in Philly.