Keulen (Race Ranger edition), for sure. And some WPRO fish.
The drafting king! It would be so funny for him to be the first person penalized in a PTO event.
3.2. Start lists will be created the first Tuesday before 30 days before the event.TickâŚtickâŚtick⌠. . . . Wait for it . . . 11 days to go
HoldâŚ
3.2. Start lists will be created the Tuesday before . . . . .TickâŚtickâŚ
tick⌠. . . Wait for it . . . 11 days to goHoldâŚContracted and racing, in PTO ranking order:
Haug LCB (is fit?) Matthews Findlay Ryf Simmonds EPB Moench Jewett Lee Lawrence Byram. And then wildcards
3.2. Start lists will be created the Tuesday before . . . . .TickâŚtickâŚ
tick⌠. . . Wait for it . . . 11 days to goHoldâŚContracted and racing, in PTO ranking order:
Haug LCB (is fit?) Matthews Findlay Ryf Simmonds EPB Moench Jewett Lee Lawrence Byram. And then wildcards
8 wildcards? There will be a few surprises!!!
In ProTriNews they suggest that Gentle might actually race (@35:00)
https://podcasts.apple.com/...ri-news/id1559781865
â20 is the right size of fieldâ
âAttraction for a non-contracted athlete is not prize money, itâs the chance to get great points towards 2025 qualification.â
âPhilipp planning to miss both Miami and Singapore. So sheâll HAVE to race every other T100.â (Comment: heading for Nice and needs to validate first.)
âNational Governing Bodies are saying âwe are the gatekeepersâ for agreeing wildcard choices (with a veto).â (1:04:00)
Qualification
2.1. The specific Qualification Criteria for the T100 Triathlon World Tour are outlined on the World
Triathlon website under the following link:
https://www.triathlon.org/about/downloads/category/qualification_criteria
3. Ranking
3.1. The specific Ranking Criteria for the T100 Triathlon World Tour are outlined on the World
Triathlon website under the following link:
https://www.triathlon.org/about/downloads/category/ranking_criteria
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Nice. But isnât that only 12 of 20.
Nice. But isnât that only 12 of 20.
From the PTO website: âWith 12 of the 20 athletes contracted to the T100 Triathlon World Tour deciding to race in Florida, it means there is an opportunity for 8 wildcards, which the PTO will announce in the coming days.â
With 8 wildcard invitations (including several of the athletes I suggested I hope) there will be 20 on the start line. Am surprised they have chosen to list only the Contracted 12. Maybe the media strategy (part driven by struggle/time to get âyessesâ) is to dribble those out.
LCB alone out front would be a poor spectacle, however I expect some wildcard fish to be there, eg: Buckingham (#40), Perez Sala (#27), maybe Chura (#35) to fill a chasing pack not far behind her.
About T100 Triathlon World Tour Wildcards
https://protriathletes.org/media-releases/pto-announces-stellar-line-up-for-first-t100-womens-race/
There are four main categories of athletes who will be considered for a wildcard selection:
Current well performing athletes, who have had great performances outside of the ***T100 Tour ***and have moved up the PTO World Rankings.Athletes whose rankings, because of injury, maternity or other reasons, do not accurately reflect the quality of their historical performances and who have demonstrated that they are capable of being in-form for the event.Up and coming athletes who have shown the ability to be competitive with the qualifying field, but have not yet had the opportunity to establish a sufficiently high ranking to be an automatic qualifier.Short course athletes who have a sufficiently high World Triathlon ranking so as to expect that they would be competitive in the event.
I do not have a final start list from T100 as we are focused on operations. Since they are not wearing bib numbers we donât have any specifics to print so itâs fine by me. This suggests that T100 athletes are going to have their names on their trisuits. Excellent! Hope they have national identity too: so many women sporting the Union Flag (thatâs the 1707 Union btw).
Menâs start list (no wild cards revealed; 3 needed, as Funk, van Riel (at WTCS Abu Dhabi) and Neumann missing):
https://www.instagram.com/p/C38HACdM9v-/
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Menâs start list (no wild cards revealed; 3 needed, as Funk, van Riel and Neumann missing):
https://www.instagram.com/p/C38HACdM9v-/
Ali gomez woop woop lets go!
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Jackie Hering is one of the Wildcards
Menâs start list (no wild cards revealed; 3 needed, as Funk, van Riel (at WTCS Abu Dhabi) and Neumann missing):
https://www.instagram.com/p/C38HACdM9v-/
Sam Laidlow and RVB together. Will there be a Tanya Harding moment?
In ProTriNews they suggest that Gentle might actually race (@35:00)
https://podcasts.apple.com/...ri-news/id1559781865
â20 is the right size of fieldâ
âAttraction for a non-contracted athlete is not prize money, itâs the chance to get great points towards 2025 qualification.â
âPhilipp planning to miss both Miami and Singapore. So sheâll HAVE to race every other T100.â (Comment: heading for Nice and needs to validate first.)
âNational Governing Bodies are saying âwe are the gatekeepersâ for agreeing wildcard choices (with a veto).â (1:04:00)
Qualification
2.1. The specific Qualification Criteria for the T100 Triathlon World Tour are outlined on the World
Triathlon website under the following link:
https://www.triathlon.org/about/downloads/category/qualification_criteria
3. Ranking
3.1. The specific Ranking Criteria for the T100 Triathlon World Tour are outlined on the World
Triathlon website under the following link:
https://www.triathlon.org/about/downloads/category/ranking_criteria
Replying in general
I think itâs entirely appropriate that WT gets to work some machinations behind the scenes to fill out the rest of the wild cards. No matter what you do, there will be accusations of favortism and politics, whether itâs the PTO doing it or WT. At least WT will have some degree of a transparent procedure and accountability. And if they give those slots out to their deserved WT insiders, I see no problem with that. Itâs a fair trade off for the recognition the PTO is asking for and it also provides a fair way for unrecognized (to long course fans at least) talent to come into the T100 and turn some heads.
Disagree. National federations can fuck right off. Leave long course athletes alone and let them interact directly with the PTO.
My disposition is definitely inclined more towards the private sector than any governmental type bodies. ButâŚ
The PTO has asked for and received some kind of World Triathlon title for their series.
The PTO has already spent several years paying and developing the top long course talent as well as paying quite a bit of not-top long course talent.
Itâs not unreasonable to provide an additional avenue to race the PTO through the federations and the fast short course athletes. It gives them a chance at a paycheck (if you check their bank accounts, are they not also empty?) and notoriety. Itâs not like this ITU athletes are chumps who canât race. Letâs take Gwen Jorgensen. No idea if sheâs interested (assuming Olympics doesnât pan out). But she has raced her tail off under the US banner, and if a slot trickles down to USAT to give to one of their athletes, Iâd much rather have it go to her, or another athlete who has been grinding away at the chance to race the Olympics only to have the by-nature limited field of the Olympics leave that athlete out in the cold. Gwen is high profile enough that the PTO would likely offer her a chance at some point anyway, so pick one of the other male or female USA athletes who have been spending several years on a much more exhausting tour than any long course racer goes on.
I would be all in agreement with telling the federations to take a hike if they wanted to control the majority of the slots. But the long course racers already had an avenue to get into the PTO. The ones that succeeded and accepted are there. We shouldnât forget that these less well known athletes are no less hard working or deserving than the next group of 10-20 long course athletes in the rankings.
My disposition is definitely inclined more towards the private sector than any governmental type bodies. ButâŚ
The PTO has asked for and received some kind of World Triathlon title for their series.
The PTO has already spent several years paying and developing the top long course talent as well as paying quite a bit of not-top long course talent. Itâs not unreasonable to provide an additional avenue to race the PTO through the federations and the fast short course athletes.
I would be all in agreement with telling the federations to take a hike if they wanted to control the majority of the slots. But the long course racers already had an avenue to get into the PTO. The ones that succeeded and accepted are there. We shouldnât forget that these less well known athletes are no less hard working or deserving than the next group of 10-20 long course athletes in the rankings.
Wildcard selection
This will be less important after Miami and Singapore as the number of wildcards in San Francisco and London will be small, a tick up in Ibiza and Las Vegas with some of the IMWC Nice athletes not racing and none of the men racing days before Kona, and then almost no wildcards after that.
Iâd like to know more about the (?French and one other) NGB machinations influencing wildcard invitations.
Lemieux on PTN raises this succinctly @58:59 on https://podcasts.apple.com/...ri-news/id1559781865
Is this why Pierre is not on the start list (even though a contracted athlete)? Will there be any French wildcards? (answer = No)
Whatâs going on?
https://www.triathlon.org/...ia_2024_20240219.pdf
2. T100 Pro Competitions:
2.1. Start Lists will contain a maximum of 20 athletes.
2.2&3. 20 Athletes are offered a permanent qualification slot at every T100 event in 2024.
2.4. Any non-utilized slots at events will be allocated based on procedures under point 3,
and include Invitation Athletes (Wildcards) and Waiting List Athletes.
3.7. There is no maximum quota per National Federations.
3.8. No more athletes are approved in the start list until the invitation (Wildcard) process is
completed.
3.10. . . invitations (Wildcards) are awarded by a panel composed by PTO and World Triathlon.
This appendix is really poorly drafted (as Iâve said upthread) and smacks of careless staffing both by the PTO and WorldTri. Kyle Smith says that the PTO and WorldTri docs are in conflict and confusing.
Given that in 2.4 and 3.8 âInvitation Athletes (Wildcards)â will be allocated a start before any âWaiting Listâ athletes are considered, that list is effectively meaningless (if it exists at all! - link?).
https://www.triathlon.org/...s/Waiting_lists9.pdf (Stapley still on the AD one updated 90 mins ago btw).
So âinvitations (Wildcards) are awarded by a panel composed by PTO and World Triathlon.â
Is Lemieux saying that WorldTri are vetoing some invitation picks (assembled in pri order per the PTO criteria I shared upthread)? He suggested this might be because an athlete had rubbed their NGB up the wrong way and was ânot in good standingâ (cf Skipper with BriTri?). Are there medical hurdles (which will cost the long course athlete not NatFed money to jump through) which are barriers?
T100 Miami WPRO Wildcards: Perez Sala, Chura, Buckingham, Hering, Kivioja, Diedriks, Sanchez, Stimpson (so a start list from 9 different nations). I wonder why Philipp and Pierre have chosen to pass. Mignon is on the menâs start list.
T100 Miami MPRO Wildcards: Keulen RR, Koolhaas and Barnaby - straight off the PTO rankings list #18 19 20
So I Skipper officially racing under ITU flag to then transition to US next year when he races any WT sanctioned start procedure events (PTO + WT LC worlds). IM racing doesnââŹâ˘t care but if he wants to race T100 is he under itu flag this year?
I really wish they didnââŹâ˘t go in with National federations controlling, even if it means pto does some ââŹĹfunny businessââŹÂ with who they do (or donââŹâ˘t) invite. I hope eventually itââŹâ˘s just straight from a ranking system (seems most logical).
For all intent purposes pairing w WT to be an ââŹĹofficial world championshipââŹÂ is way more for press release to validate its standing in the sport than an actual format that they now must follow.
So is Skipper officially racing under ITU flag to then transition to US next year when he races any WT sanctioned events (PTO + WT LC worlds). IM racing doesnââŹâ˘t care but if he wants to race T100 is he under itu flag this year?
I really wish they didnââŹâ˘t go in with National federations controlling, even if it means pto does some ââŹĹfunny businessââŹÂ with who they do (or donââŹâ˘t) invite. I hope eventually itââŹâ˘s just straight from a ranking system (seems most logical).
For all intent purposes pairing w WT to be an ââŹĹofficial world championshipââŹÂ is way more for press release to validate its standing in the sport than an actual format that they now must follow.Skipper wonât get T100 invites anyway so the issue is moot. And unless he pays his Ibiza WTLD Champs entry debt (assumed), BriTri will be neutral at best.
I canât see how NGBs are going to exert influence except via WorldTri, the latter in partnership with the PTO when the wildcard invite list is assembled. Thatâs why Iâd like to understand what intel Lemieux is relying on when on PTN he expresses his concern. Is this a âgood standingâ thing and if so what is/are the issue(s)?
PTO text (which seems super reasonable) below:
About T100 Triathlon World Tour Wildcards
https://protriathletes.org/...st-t100-womens-race/
There are four main categories of athletes who will be considered for a wildcard selection:
Current well performing athletes, who have had great performances outside of the ***T100 Tour ***and have moved up the PTO World Rankings.Athletes whose rankings, because of injury, maternity or other reasons, do not accurately reflect the quality of their historical performances and who have demonstrated that they are capable of being in-form for the event.Up and coming athletes who have shown the ability to be competitive with the qualifying field, but have not yet had the opportunity to establish a sufficiently high ranking to be an automatic qualifier.Short course athletes who have a sufficiently high World Triathlon ranking so as to expect that they would be competitive in the event.