Gentle is still on the PTO published list, but Kivioja (who was top of waiting list) has been added to the World Tri start list (total = 20), which does not list Gentle.
That means that Gentle, Simmonds and Matthews (3 of top 5 in standings) are not racing.
Knibb, LCB and Philipp need all to get another score (Knibb ftw; the other two for a top 4 in the final standings post GF).
always hard to know how clued in world tri really is , world tri still has gomez on the start list when noodt has already replaced him .
5 Oct: âWomen wildcards: Hering Chura Thek de Boer
But also Visser, Pohle, Madsen
Kivioja and Sanchez (#5 in Nice) head [the wait] list.
https://stats.protriathletes.org/athlete/marlene-de-boer
Winner of IM Sweden, 70.3 Poznan and Challenge Almere (record time 8:22)â
From the World Tri start list (accessed today), the following wildcards who were there, now arenât:
Kivioja, Madsen, Visser, and I canât see Pohle there anymore either (she flamed in Tallinn and Zell-am-See for a double win but was ill for her first T100 (wildcard) start in Ibiza).
Looks as if these athletes have been pulled up from the wait list:
Bendix Madsen, Curran, Sanchez Hernandez
Curran was #15 in Ibiza and has 5 scores in the IM Pro Series (5 x 70.3s)
Bendix Madsen was #2 in Boulder and recently won 70.3 Gdynia
Sanchez Hernandez was #5 in IMWC (Nice) and then last weekend (14 day gap) won IM Barca in 8:32. Tough ask to race 100km in Las Vegas 13 days after that. A top 10 result would likely get her into the top 20 and a start in the Grand Final in Dubai next month.
For whatever itâs worth this far out, the long term forecast now shows a substantial cooling trend leading up to the T-100 Lake Las Vegas race day. Highs on the 19th are only hitting the low 70*sF. by the end of the womenâs race and higher 70s for the menâs race. Additionally the dew points are forecast to be in the teens so cooling should not be a problem for anyone. It ought to be a very reasonable day to race.
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Well now the World Tri start list (20 named) no longer includes Bendix Madsen nor Sanchez.
Iemmolo and De Vet have been added, pulled up from the wait list.
Iemmolo: Podium at the World Tri LD Champs (Townsville) and lead swim pack in Nice.
De Vet: Three 70.3 podia this year, in her first full long course pro season. Has raced a couple of SC sprints this year, for Belgium.
Heading the up-to-date wait list are Stimpson and Rayner in case of any further drop outs.
Derron is listed (way down) but assume she will be racing WTCS Final in Spain that weekend. Racing Las Vegas and Dubai with podium finishes would be far more lucrative. I estimate two #3s would be worth $60k plus into the top 6 in the PTO Rankings at year end, for another $50k. She still has Taupo, mind.
Has there been any confirmation that there is a PTO ranking year-end bonus? No one has specifically talk or mentioned it in a while? Donât see any tables that show the money involved beyond 2023 as well?
Yes, there wil continue to be a year-end PTO bonus as well as a T100 bonus
Source ?
The PTO contract referred to EoY PTO Ranking bonuses as part of the âcompensationâ package. But Iâve not seen anything more (this year) as @asianzone says/asks.
The minor change to the scoring was to do away with the +10% for an athleteâs best full distance (excluding Roth and IMWC) and offer +5% for an athleteâs best âGoldâ or lower tier race.
The current state of WPRO rankings do suggest the predictions of a T100 âclosed leagueâ is not the case. I estimate for the top 10 [Edit T100 rankings] (whoâll be offered a âGoldâ contract) about 40% of their scores will be from âotherâ (than T100) races (best 3 scores to count). The remaining ten 2025 contracts (six mainly on PTO Rankings; four as âhotshotsâ (PTO chosen) will be more open, with IM and Challenge race results playing their part (+ Derron).
Results in Taupo may change things slightly, but not if Knibb blows everyone away (as seems likely (temperature, bike climb)).
I thought it was Top 10 finishers in the series that will get gold contracts and the next 6 loosely based on PTO rankings
They will be similiar but not identical as for e.g I donât think Haug will finish in the top 10 in the series.
Yes: top 10 in the T100 Rankings after the GF (Dubai) get the first 10 contracts (which pay more btw).
Of all the top ranked WPRO athletes at end 2023 I thought Haug was one who would concentrate on long course and not sign a 2024 T100 contract. In the event she signed but did not honour it, for a succession of reasons/circumstances (helped by missing the first two giving her no wriggle room).
I think she may not be offered a contract next year: would be a clear favourite for the IM Pro Series (joint with Matthews if latter attempts it again).
Same (no offer) goes for Sodaro who will finish way down in both rankings. Will be interesting to see how her LLV race goes in 7 days time.
I guess Hering will stick with IM Pro Series and not T100.
Pohle needs one more good race to secure a contract (as one of the 11-16 offers).
Derron will score decent points in both Dubai and Taupo so will have to choose whether to graduate for next year (from SC).
I assume that both (happy mum) Lawrence and 33 week Moench will be offered two of the four available âhot shotâ contracts (17-20).
MPRO T100 LLV:
Smith and Bogen have dropped out. Replaced by Sperl and Teagle. Appleton was on wait list: no idea why.
Next up (on wait list) is Bishop.
Sperl recently #8 in Ibiza. Another top ten result will get him a start in the Grand Final (Dubai).
Teagle has DNFâd his last three races. A finish here will get him back into the PTO Rankings top 40.
Smithâs absence means that Van Riel will be able to lock down the World Championship âLongâ Distance Tour 2024 win with two podium performances in Las Vegas and Dubai (doesnât have to win either).
Smith always said winning WC in his home town is his top priority so not surprised here and wouldnât be if he skips Dubai too
Would have expected Bogen to show up. No reason not too considering he solely focuses on middle distance
Smith cannot improve his best 3 significantly so I can see thereâs less incentive to race LLV. He will get #2 if he beats Ditlev and Laidlow in Dubai (is likely).
If Smith chooses not to race the final in Dubai, I estimate it will cost him about $50k or more.
(He has a chance of #2 and #4 for sure. Remaining on his current points of 76 will give him (my estimate) #9.
Small beer I guess. Taupo is a long way off. Will a 100k race a month before be deleterious?
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Iâd call a 100k race a month before a half darned good training but thatâs my take on it.
YMMV
Hugh
Letâs be honest: the T100 Final race will, in its importance & SOF & prestige, be the second most important event in the middle & long distance triathlon this year. Kona & Nice beat it, but hardly does 70.3 WC - many pros wonât travel to NZ because itâs just too far away (and therefore too expensive) and too late in a season.
I think itâs more the travel and how it disrupts training. So can understand not going all the way to the US, then back to Europe, then to Dubai, then to New Zealand. At least Europe to Dubai to New Zealand makes sense (breaks up the long travel and time zone difference) but going the other way to the US first can be a bit disrupting.
Iâd agree on those points but I was only referring back to Smith who already is ditching Las Vegas so only would be doing or not doing Dubai too before Taupo so not nearly as much total travel involved in his case. In other news although perhaps itâs already been mentioned, this morning I no longer see LCB on the Las Vegas start list.
Yes the trek to Nevada for Smith is a disruption to a decent training block (and with limited advantage on offer given his current 3 T100 scores) but the gain from racing Dubai has to be worth the candle, wherever Smith is based these next few weeks.
LCB was on her pre-race routine (rice etc) in the last 40 hours before Nice so clearly hoped to race, Iâm surprised she didnât ace the swim and beast the bike and then DNF after exiting T2.
I suspect she hoped sheâd be OK for LLV with time but pulled out the day before she had to fly (tomorrow, Tuesday) when not right. Maybe thereâs more than one issue with one or other leg.
If she canât race Dubai she will not get a âtop tenâ 2025 contract. Even if she canât race Taupo her 2024 race scores will get her a contract offer for 2025 (top 16 in PTO rankings is a key element).
Sodaro has also disappeared from the start list too (no surprise)
Two call ups (WPRO): Pohjalainen (https://triathlon.org/athletes/profile/139680/tiina_pohjalainen/)
Perez (https://triathlon.org/athletes/profile/25176/cecilia_perez/)
Both those are from the wait list (and the next up is Astle!!)
Derron not (but has come off WTCS Final Torremolinos start list)!