World Champions Lucy Charles-Barclay And Jelle Geens Announced As Final Contracted Athletes On 2025 T100 Triathlon World Tour

January 21, 2025

London, UK (January 21, 2025) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) and World Triathlon have confirmed the remaining contracted athletes who will be racing on the 2025 T100 Triathlon World Tour.

Lucy Charles-Barclay leads the final eight female athletes who have earned contracts. The British star led the T100 standings after two races in 2024 following second place finishes in Miami and Singapore, but her campaign fell away after pulling up in London due to injury and not being able to race again that year. The eight are:

1. Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR)
2. Caroline Pohle (GER)
3. Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR)
4. Ellie Salthouse (AUS)
5. Els Visser (NED)
6. Marta Sanchez (ESP)
7. Grace Thek (AUS)
8. Hannah Berry (NZL)

They will join the other twelve women already announced, including: Taylor Knibb (USA), Ashleigh Gentle (AUS), Julie Derron (SUI), Flora Duffy (BER), Lucy Byram (GBR), India Lee (GBR), Imogen Simmonds (SUI) and Paula Findlay (CAN). Plus Hotshots: Taylor Spivey (USA), Kate Waugh (GBR), Jess Learmonth (GBR) and Laura Madsen (DEN).

“Last year, I started the T100 series on a high note with solid performances in Miami and Singapore,” said the 2023 Ironman World Champion. “Unfortunately, an injury in London cut my season short, which was a tough setback. While it was heartbreaking at the time, it gave me a chance to reset and focus on coming back stronger. This year, I’m looking forward to giving my best and seeing how far I can go in the 2025 T100 series. I’m excited to embrace the journey and take it one step at a time.”

Lake Las Vegas T100 winner and 2024 Ironman 70.3 World Champion Jelle Geens leads the final eight male athletes who secure season-long contracts to race in the second year of the new global series, thanks to his PTO World Ranking. The other seven men have been chosen in World Ranking order, so the line-up is:

1. Jelle Geens (BEL)
2. Mika Noodt (GER)
3. Justus Nieschlag (GER)
4. Gregory Barnaby (ITA)
5. Antonio Benito-Lopez (ESP)
6. Nicolas Mann (GER)
7. Menno Koolhaas (NED)
8. Jason West (USA)

They will join the other twelve men already announced including: Marten Van Riel (BEL), Kyle Smith (NZL), Rico Bogen (GER), Sam Long (USA), Mathis Margirier (FRA), Pieter Heemeryck (BEL), Youri Keulen (NED) and Fred Funk (GER). Plus Hotshots: Hayden Wilde (NZL), Léo Bergère (FRA), Vincent Luis (FRA) and Morgan Pearson (USA).

“My T100 debut as a wildcard in Las Vegas couldn’t have gone any better,” said Geens, who inflicted T100 men’s World Champion Marten Van Riel’s only T100 defeat of last season. “So I’m very excited to earn a contract for the full season and give myself the opportunity to test myself against Marten and the best triathletes in the world on a consistent basis. I really believe I’ve got a great chance in the series over the 100km distance, but looking at the full athlete line-up it will be super tough, as I think it’s even more competitive than 2024.”

2024 saw the PTO launch the new 7-leg T100 Triathlon World Tour, which featured the world’s top 20 female and top 20 male triathletes compete head-to-head in a series of iconic locations – including Singapore, San Francisco, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas and then Dubai for November’s T100 Triathlon World Championship Final.

The PTO has so far announced seven T100 events for 2025, including: Singapore (5-6 April); San Francisco on 31 May-1 June; London (9-10 August); Ibiza (September TBA); Lake Las Vegas (TBA); and Dubai on 15-16 November. For further details, visit: www.t100triathlon.com

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For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

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’, 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 with 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. In 2024 these included: Singapore, San Francisco, London, Ibiza, Lake Las Vegas and Dubai. T100 weekends are ‘festivals of multisport’ and feature a range of opportunities for amateurs 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