I expect Daniella de Francesco to go top 5 to T2 too (OW swim at international standard and pro cycling palmares). Pasting an image so the commentators can recognise her.
Are you talking about the location or the strength of the field, because I’m talking about the location.
oh yea you’re right a 4 lap course is much better than a single lap on an undulating bike course.
Again, not talking about the race. We’re talking about just the location and that month of the year.
ohhhh so we are just talking about physical locations on a map and seasons. Got it..
Come on Kyle you’ve been mocking Danielle’s wildcard slot for a bit now. Not a good look shading on another female athlete.
Grow up. The graphic on last American to win was created by a female nobody was taking shots at anyone. I questioned them selecting Danielle as a wildcard. And a post about men doesn’t need to be clarified as men. Such a petty thing to even try and turn into a gotcha moment.
Man, we’re celebrating Trevor Foley ending a 27-year American men’s drought at Ironman New Zealand and you’re still auditing Instagram posts from months ago. Might be time to log off.
Kate has withdrawn
Lilli Gelmini added (was #15 in Wollongong last year)
also lisa-maria-dornauer from the waiting list.
Knibb still there!
Yikes, this start list is looking thin.
Lots of capable women leaving lots of money on the table.
I wonder if athletes are starting to reorganize their seasons knowing they won’t want to be involved in the Middle East portion of the T100 tour.
But still, go grab some money in Australia to start the season.
To be fair, Kate is injured and Ash is pregnant
For the rest, I suspect they turn an invite down largely because it’s too early in the reason for many, a very long way to travel. Not sure if PTO even provide hotel stays and transfers as well
I think the mid season races will be very competitive, if they are not, not sure what else they can do to the series
to be honest since the series price money was roughly halved the series is not that important. on the plus side there is a lot of atheltes smiling as they potentially will earn their biggest one day cheque in tri next week , 9th place is 10k
On the revised Gold coast waiting list, Clarke is now effectively top of the pile (she is on the Geelong start list btw. Gelmini is on the start list and they’ve burned through a pile.
I see a ‘late entry’ chancer at the bottom:
who was #2 in last week’s Hell and #4 in Wanaka.
#9 is $11k. [edited] #14 at Gold Coast will get $5k and that’s the same as #2 at Geelong or Oceanside. And I assume the PTO are still hosting athletes with the same accommodation all found package as previous. As an aside: won’t feel the same with ‘just the women’ or ‘just the men’ I’m afraid.
T100 Triathlon World Tour Pro Racing – 2026 Season T100 Triathlon World Tour Pro Racing – 2026 Season
I read this as 10 k for 9 th and 3.5 k for 17 th ?
Apologies - you’re right: had not seen that.
Back when the PTO announced $275k total they merely said 50 40 30, and 3.5 so I made a stab at the likely payouts from #4 to #20 (on my spreadsheet). The PTO looks to have chosen a steep drop after ninth place and rewarded the top 7 more and #11-#19 less cf my guess. I think the principle that a place better earns the athlete more, even down in the lowest quartile has merit (ie my ‘guess’).
| Pos’n | Guess (Nov 2025) | Race 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 275000 | 275,000 |
| 1 | 50000 | 50,000 |
| 2 | 40000 | 40,000 |
| 3 | 30000 | 30,000 |
| 4 | 20000 | 25,000 |
| 5 | 16000 | 21,000 |
| 6 | 14000 | 18,000 |
| 7 | 13000 | 15,000 |
| 8 | 12000 | 13,000 |
| 9 | 11000 | 10,000 |
| 10 | 10000 | 7,500 |
| 11 | 9000 | 6,500 |
| 12 | 8000 | 6,000 |
| 13 | 7000 | 5,500 |
| 14 | 6500 | 5,000 |
| 15 | 6000 | 4,500 |
| 16 | 5500 | 4,000 |
| 17 | 5000 | 3,500 |
| 18 | 4500 | 3,500 |
| 19 | 4000 | 3,500 |
| 20 | 3500 | 3,500 |
Lauren Hume has been added to the Gold Coast start list.
As an amateur she won the 25-29 World LD Champs in 2024, and went pro last year.
So that’s the top 3 from the Waiting List: Gelmini, Clarke and Hume.
20 athletes listed.
Lauren Hume definitely won’t be racing
