Oropesa Del Mar, Spain: Belgian Olympic star Jelle Geens may be on top of the T100 Race to Qatar rankings, but he says he needs to beat New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde in this Saturday’s Spain T100, being hosted in Oropesa Del Mar.
Already a two-time winner on the T100 Triathlon World Tour, Geens was many people’s favourite to win the T100 World Championship this season, but the arrival of Wilde on the scene has changed all that.
With three T100 victories to his name already this season – in Singapore, London and last time out on the French Riviera – the Kiwi looks a cut above the rest.
“I definitely need to beat him,” said Geens in the build up to T100 Tour’s visit to the historic town in Castellón, located just 45 minutes from Valencia and which offers an exceptional setting along with a well-regarded course. “I’ve beaten him before. I want to be him quite badly to be honest. There’s a fire in me.”
With Germany’s Rico Bogen looking to rediscover his winning formula from San Francisco; New Zealander Kyle Smith trying to return to form; and Youri Keulen and Mathis Margirier attempting to take their performances up another level – we’re all set for another very competitive race.
The women’s T100 series has seen five different winners in five races, with this race bringing together three of them – Australian Ashleigh Gentle [French Riviera T100 Champions] and British stars Kate Waugh [Singapore T100 Champion] and Lucy Charles-Barclay [London T100 Champion]. In what promises to be another close fought race, victory for either one of them could catapult them to the top of the T100 Race To Qatar rankings. The full start lists are here.
How To Watch
Tune in live from 0845 CEST on Saturday 20 September for free globally on PTO+, or watch on our partners channels such as Eurosport 2 in Spain, Max or Discovery+ in Europe, or beIN in North America. For a full breakdown of where to watch, please visit: https://t100triathlon.com/spain/pro/
The men’s race starts at 0900 local time with the women’s race going off at 1010. Stay up to date with Live Data here.
Notes To Editors
How the 2025 T100 Triathlon World Tour works:
- Athletes score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each of the nine races, with increased points for 2nd (up from 28 to 29 points); 3rd (up from 25 to 26); and 4th (up from 22 to 23), to encourage more competitive racing
- The Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts) as well as a similar upweight of points from 2nd (now 46 points from 45) to 13th position.
- Each athlete’s best four T100 race scores plus the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will count towards the women’s and men’s T100 World Championship titles
- $250,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $2,250,000 across the nine races (1st place – $25,000k; 2nd – $17,000; 3rd – $13,000 at each race)
- The series winners following the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $200,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $2,940,000
- The T100 Contenders Rankings will pay 1st to 40th place from a total prize pool of $560,000 (1st place – $16,000; 2nd place – $15,000; 3rd place – $14,000 down to 40th place – $3,000)
- Between the athlete contracts, T100 race prize fund, T100 Triathlon World Tour pool and the T100 Contenders Rankings, the series provides more than $8,000,000 in athlete compensation, and is distributed in a way that not only rewards the winners, but also recognises the significant achievement of racing at this level and a pathway that feeds into the T100 series
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For Further Information
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The PTO is a sports body that is co-owned by its professional athletes, seeking to elevate and grow the sport of triathlon and take it to the next level. Its T100 Triathlon World Tour was introduced in January 2024 and is designated by World Triathlon as the ‘official World Championship for long distance triathlon’, which is part of a 12-year strategic partnership with the sport’s international governing body. The T100 Triathlon World Tour is a season-long schedule of World Championship level races competed over 100km (2km swim, 80km bike and 18km run), where the world’s best triathletes go head-to-head in iconic locations on a global broadcast showing the races live around the world in 195+ territories, courtesy of the PTO’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as well as a range of other international, regional and local broadcasters. So far in 2025 these have included: Singapore (5-6 April), San Francisco (31 May-1 June), Vancouver (13-15 June) and London (9-10 August). Following the French Riviera T100 will be the Spain T100 in Oropesa de Mar (20 September), the Wollongong T100 (18 October) and the Dubai T100 (13-16 November). The first Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will take place on 12-13 December. T100 weekends are ‘festivals of multisport’ and feature a range of opportunities for amateur athletes of all levels to get involved. From experienced amateurs tackling the 100km distance to first-time swim, bike and run participants taking on single discipline, untimed events. For more information visit www.t100triathlon.com
