PTO Postpones T100 French Riviera Race Date for Second Time, Now to End of August

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Originally published at: PTO Postpones T100 French Riviera Race Date for Second Time, Now to End of August - Slowtwitch News

The 2025 T100 World Tour calendar kicked off this past weekend in Singapore, and with it, seemed to have locked in the schedule for the year: nine professional events, with seven opportunities for age groupers to race in T100 branded events.

This morning, that changed, as the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) announced that their French Riviera race, originally scheduled for May 16-19, then re-scheduled for June 27-29, will now move again to the end of August. The re-re-scheduled dates are August 30-31.

The change is to accommodate adding the World Triathlon Championship Series to the race — the first WTCS event in France since the Series launched in 2019. It will also mark the first time that World Triathon’s two Championship Series — WTCS and T100 — will run alongside one another.

“We are incredibly excited to bring the World Triathlon Championship Series to France and together with a T100 event,” said World Triathlon President, Antonio F. Arimany. “France has a rich history and deep connection with triathlon, and this addition emphasises our commitment to expanding the sport. Furthermore, our collaboration with PTO continues to thrive, demonstrating our collective efforts in promoting triathlon.”

The change now gives the WTCS calendar a race in the nearly two month gap it had in its schedule between Hamburg in July and Karlovy Vary in September, giving this year’s WTCS eight events — the largest schedule it has had since the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the remaining professional T100 calendar now stands as follows:

Race Location Date
San Francisco, CA, USA May 31
Vancouver, BC, CAN June 13-15
London, UK August 9-10
French Riviera, FR August 30-31
Valencia, ESP September 20
Lake Las Vegas, NV, USA TBD
Dubai, UAE November 15-16
Doha, Qatar (Grand Final) December 12-13

The French Riviera revised date has moved back to “registering interest” for age group athletes after previously showing the June dates as open for registration. Chief Executive Officer of the PTO Sam Renouf said in a statement, “We appreciate that the delay in being able to confirm the French Riviera T100 course and the change of date hasn’t been ideal. But we’re very confident that this breathtaking course will have been worth the wait.”

The French Riviera race is not the only one that has seen scheduling issues. The London event, for instance, was moved from its originally announced date on August 2-3 back a week. The race in Valencia was originally scheduled for Ibiza. Lake Las Vegas is yet to have a confirmed date. And there were the struggles last year to confirm a Grand Final, which wound up taking place in Dubai.

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I gotta say that it is marginally unfair, but very funny that the only T100 stories that make the front page are the ones that make them look like a clown show.

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T100 performances were part of our weekend race coverage over here: Ups and Downs From the First Big Race Weekend of 2025 - Slowtwitch News

Also, apparently: athletes who had registered for French Riviera’s previous date may defer to 2026, transfer to another event, or request a refund.

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I appreciate that this quote is addressing potential T100 amateur athletes (for whom the described 80km course promises to be spectacular (but hopefully not “breathtaking”) btw) but I fervently hope the PTO take advantage of the hills so close to FrĂ©jus to give the athletes some decent climbing to split things up.
Like this using la Rte du Gargalon as the ‘link’?

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As stated in other thread, I kinda like the new date more for Age Groupers, as June has anyway too many races and there is s lack of racing flatter courses in August/September. You have Vichy, then Royan followed by Bayman anf Challenge Vieux Boucau in October, so really nice to have an alternative to Vichy and Royan post Holidays. Waiting on the WC 70.3 announcement to see whether I might want to do Vichy or T100 or neither.

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So now you’re covering T100 :smiley:

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European law forces them to offer a refund! But T100 did put their customer first.

We heard this might be happening. It is a good thing for triathlon having a WTCS and T100 at the same venue at the same time. However, it is the last week of school holidays in France and Europe so accommodation will be expensive.

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but I guess its fair that they point that out. what is not so great is that when they had a financial interest in last weeks challenge race they tried to hide and mitigate the issues the race had.
( they did outline that there was a conflict of interest but still not the best look )

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I’m totally baffled by their explanation of the 80km bike route. They definitely haven’t “explained” anything about it. All it says is about the views and backgrounds, but the “returning via Saint-Aygulf” bit has confused me as that is South West of Frejus, away from all the sites mentioned above.

I guess we may know more when they actually release the entries


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I noticed the Bike route is out on the website and I’m quite impressed.

Coastal route for half, then a climb up the Col du Testanier. 3k ft of ascent.

Be surprised if they just have the one loop for the pros
 But why not eh?

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