Pontevedra, Spain – Presentations at the World Triathlon Congress in Pontevedra this week revealed more details on the upcoming Triathlon World Tour, including 30 more T50 and T100 races below the Championship top tier.
Addressing National Federations, the Executive Board and voting members ahead of the season’s World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) Finals this weekend, World Triathlon President Antonio Arimany and PTO CEO Sam Renouf announced:
- Initial T50 Cup and T100 Challenger calendars featuring 30 races with professional and amateur racing.
- Plus a return to Quiberon on 19-20 June for the T50 World Championship Tour and confirmation of a date in Frejus-St Raphael for the third French Riviera T100 World Championship race on 15 May. Together with the Championship level races already announced on 24 July, this means 48 races are now in the 2027 calendar, with several more to be added before the end of the year.
The initial T50 Cup races for 2027 (15):
- 6-7 March – Lanzarote Triathlon (ESP)
- 20-21 March – Sanya Triathlon (CHN)
- 10-11 April – Tarragona Triathlon (ESP)
- 1-2 May – Melilla Triathlon (ESP)
- 8-9 May – Beijing Triathlon (CHN)
- 12-13 June – Huatulco Triathlon (MEX)
- 3-4 July – Tiszaújváros Triathlon (HUN)
- 24-25 July – Munich Triathlon (GER)
- 14-15 August – Rio de Janeiro Triathlon (BRA)
- 28-29 August – Karlovy Vary Triathlon (CZE)
- 16-17 October – Chengdu Triathlon (CHN)
- 23-24 October – Tongyeong Triathlon (KOR)
- 23-24 October – Iquique Triathlon (CHI)
- 30-31 October – San Pedro de la Paz Triathlon (CHI)
- 30-31 October – Hong Kong Triathlon (HKG)
The initial T100 Challenger races for 2027 (15):
- 19-20 February – Wanaka Triathlon (NZL)
- 17-18 April – Gran Canaria Triathlon (ESP)
- 24-25 April – Florianópolis Triathlon (BRA)
- 8-9 May – Salou Triathlon (ESP)
- 15-16 May – Cesenatico Triathlon (ITA)
- 22-23 May – Šamorín Triathlon* (SVK)
- 29-30 May – Korea Triathlon (KOR)
- 19-20 June – Gdańsk Triathlon (POL)
- 26-27 June – Kaiserwinkl-Walchsee Triathlon (AUT)
- 21-22 August – Samarkand Triathlon (UZB)
- 28-29 August – Fortaleza Triathlon (BRA)
- 9-10 October – Vieux-Boucau Triathlon (FRA)
- 16-17 October – Peguera-Mallorca Triathlon (ESP)
- 23-24 October – Forte Village Triathlon (ITA)
- 6-7 November – Xiamen Triathlon (CHN)
*The Championship
The T100 Challenger events announced today come from the Challenge Family series and will race under Triathlon World Tour names from 2027, with their existing organisers and host cities.
Talking about the initial T50 Cup and T100 Challenger calendars, Sam Renouf said: “The Triathlon World Tour will put triathletes at the heart of one bigger, clearer and more connected sport. So we are excited to announce the inclusion of events from the World Triathlon circuit and Challenge Family. As well as being fantastic events in their own right, they will ensure the history, emotion and strong sense of community that makes our sport special remain at the heart of triathlon’s future growth.”
World Triathlon President Antonio Arimany said: “This is a landmark moment for our sport. Our partnership with the PTO is about building something bigger than either organisation could deliver alone: a unified, professional structure that gives triathlon the platform it deserves. By working together, we are making our sport more attractive to broadcasters, sponsors and commercial partners, while keeping athletes and fans at the heart of every decision. The Triathlon World Tour is proof of what can happen when the sport comes together with a single, ambitious vision for its future.”
Challenge Family CEO Jort Vlam said: “Becoming part of the Triathlon World Tour is a milestone for Challenge Family. For more than twenty years our races have been built around the athlete experience. Now, as part of one unified structure, we can help bring triathlon to a much wider audience and inspire more people to take on their own challenge. Bringing the events into the Challenger tier also gives professional athletes a clear pathway from our start lines to the top tier Championship events. Meanwhile our long distance races, headlined by Challenge Roth, remain the home of Challenge full-distance racing. Every athlete, every challenge: that doesn’t change.”
The concept of the Triathlon World Tour was originally announced by the PTO and World Triathlon in December 2025, in response to a fragmented ecosystem in the sport that was holding back growth; a point highlighted by a Deloitte Report commissioned by World Triathlon to assess the sport and reimagine its future and sustainable growth.
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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 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 will deliver its 9-stop T100 Race To Qatar to: the Gold Coast (21-22 March), Singapore (25-26 April), Spain (23-24 May), San Francisco (6-7 June), Vancouver (15-16 August), French Riviera (19-20 September), Dubai (12-15 November), Saudi Arabia (November) & Qatar (11-12 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
About 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 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.
About Challenge Family
For over 20 years, Challenge Family has been at the pinnacle of quality long distance racing. With spectacular courses in iconic destinations, no Challenge Family race is like any other. Focusing on delivering the experience of a lifetime to athletes of all ages and abilities, Challenge Family races provide unforgettable experiences that capture all the excitement and emotions of this inspirational sport for competitors, friends, family and supporters alike.
In 2026, Challenge Family became part of the PTO group, and a number of its former events now form part of the Triathlon World Tour’s Challenger tier. Further events may be added to the Cup and Challenger tiers when the remaining 2027 calendar is announced in Qatar.
The Challenge Family brand continues as the home of long distance racing, headlined by the iconic DATEV Challenge Roth.
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