Al Mamzar, Dubai: Hayden Wilde will headline the men’s T100 in Dubai, following confirmation of the start list by the Professional Triathletes Organisation and World Triathlon for the race now happening at Al Mamzar on Saturday 14 November.
It follows the announcement earlier this week that the Saudi Arabia T100 event, due to take place in Jeddah on 27 November, will become part of the 2027 calendar on 16-17 April.
Wilde (NZL) is the current T100 Race To Qatar series leader and defending T100 World Champion and will be taking on second placed Jake Birthwhistle (AUS) and third placed Lasse Nygaad Priester (GER), as well as a returning Mika Noodt (GER) and a rejuvenated Kyle Smith (NZL).
The Olympic star is also planning to take part in the World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) Abu Dhabi Sprint distance race on the Friday afternoon [13 November], in another of his daring doubles.
“I’m looking forward to getting back to racing,” said Wilde. “I enjoy coming to Dubai to train and race, so next week will be no different. If there’s a chance to have a crack at both the WTCS Abu Dhabi and Dubai T100, then I’m all in. Doing the shorter race first should actually help. On the French Riviera last year it was the other way around. But we’ll see how we go.”
The men will go off at 1003 local time on Saturday, 5 minutes ahead of the women’s T100 race at 1008, with both races shown live on the PTO’s global broadcast network.
The start list includes the following, with two further names to be added:
- Hayden Wilde (NZL)
- Jake Birtwhistle (AUS)
- Lasse Nygaard Priester (GER)
- Rico Bogen (GER)
- Gregor Payet (LUX)
- Menno Koolhaas (NED)
- Kyle Smith (NZL)
- Kurt McDonald (AUS)
- Henry Rappo (EST)
- Mika Noodt (GER)
- Will Draper (GBR)
- Antonio Benito Lopez (ESP)
- Jannik Schaufler (GER)
- Andrea Salvisberg (SUI)
- Kieran Storch (AUS)
- Filipe Azevedo (POR)
- Thomas Davis (GBR)
- Quentin Barreau (FRA)
The Dubai T100 Triathlon weekend runs from 13–15 November as part of the 10th Dubai Fitness Challenge. Alongside the professional race there are amateur Sprint, Olympic and T100 races, plus Sprint and Olympic relays. For more information visit: https://t100triathlon.com/dubai/participate/event-info/
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How the 2026 T100 Triathlon World Tour works:
- Athletes score 35 points for first place to 1 pt for 20th place at each of the races; 2nd – 29 points; and 3rd – 26 points
- The Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final has increased points to up the ante (55 pts down to 4 pts)
- Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will count towards the women’s and men’s T100 World Championship titles
- $275,000 USD prize fund at each T100, totalling $2,750,000 across the nine races (1st place – $50,000k; 2nd – $40,000; 3rd – $30,000 at each race)
- The series winners following the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will be crowned T100 Triathlon World Champion and collect $100,000 USD from an additional total prize pool of $1,450,000 (2nd – $80,000; 3rd – 75,000)
- Between the T100 race prize fund and T100 Triathlon World Tour pool, the series provides $4,200,000 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
- For more details, visit https://t100triathlon.com/pro-racing/
For Further Information:
PTO – Frankie Draper E: [email protected]
About Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO)
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 tour for long distance triathlon’. This is part of a 12-year strategic partnership with the sport’s international governing body to develop the sport and it will grow further in 2027 with the launch of the new Triathlon World Tour. 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. In 2026, the T100 Tour has already visited: the Gold Coast (21-22 March), Singapore (25-26 April), Spain (23-24 May), San Francisco (6-7 June), Vancouver (15-16 August) and the French Riviera (19-20 September), with Dubai (13-15 November) & Qatar (10-12 December) for the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final to come. 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
World Triathlon
World Triathlon is the international governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all related multisport disciplines around the world, including hybrid racing, duathlon, aquathlon, cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the sport to be extraordinary.
