Hayden Wilde Surges To Statement Win in Singapore T100 Triathlon

April 6, 2025

Singapore, 6 April /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Amid a stacked men’s field at the season-opening Singapore T100, Olympic silver medallist Hayden Wilde showed his mettle and fired a warning to his competitors. In what was his first T100 race, the New Zealander delivered a stunning performance to come from behind to win the season opener on Sunday (6 April) in Marina Bay and take an early leading in the T100 Race To Qatar.

Having emerged 15th after the swim, Wilde rose through the ranks on the bike leg and traded the lead with Rico Bogen throughout the 80km. But during the final leg, it was Wilde who showed his endurance and strength as Bogen ran out of steam and only managed 10th. Sauntering up to the finish line, Wilde even took the time to exchange celebratory high-fives with the cheering spectators before claiming the tape.

Paris 2024 bronze medallist Léo Bergère, also making his T100 debut, and reigning T100 Triathlon World Tour champion Marten Van Riel’s late surge saw them finish second and third respectively.

The top 10 of the Singapore T100 are as follows:

1. Hayden Wilde – 3hr 18min 11sec
2. Léo Bergère – 3:20:45
3. Marten Van Riel – 3:21:33
4. Youri Keulen – 3:22:05
5. Gregory Barnaby – 3:22:30
6. Mathis Margirier – 3:22:58
7. Antonio Benito Lopez – 3:24:34
8. Sam Long – 3:24:59
9. Mika Noodt – 3:25:18
10. Rico Bogen – 3:25:34

Over 7,000 amateur participants took part in the multi-sport Singapore T100 Triathlon across the weekend in four distances – 100km triathlon for experienced amateurs, Standard Duathlon, Long Duathlon and The Music Run.

How The Race Unfolded

New to the series but no stranger to racing hard, Vincent Luis (FRA) came out firing in Singapore’s sweltering Marina Bay, blasting the start of the 2km swim and instantly stretching the field. Behind him, a hot chase formed: Wildcards Max Stapley (GBR) and Tyler Mislawchuk (CAN), Menno Koolhaas (NED), reigning T100 World Champ Marten Van Riel (BEL), and Olympic bronze medallist Léo Bergère (FRA) were all in the hunt.

That lead pack hit T1 with an 8-second cushion on the next wave, led by Rico Bogen (GER) and including heavy hitters Youri Keulen (NED), Hayden Wilde (NZL), and Jelle Geens (BEL) in close pursuit. Last year’s runner-up Sam Long (USA) was already staring at a 3-minute deficit by the halfway mark of the swim – a disadvantage that would swell to 5min 37sec by the time Luis led out the water at 2km.

Once on the bike, Bogen turned up the heat, pulling clear solo while a chase pack formed behind him – Koolhaas, Wilde, Van Riel, Bergère, Keulen, Gregoy Barnaby (ITA), Stapley, Mathis Margirier (FRA), and Luis all in the mix.

Wilde made his move around 30km into the bike to get Bogen in his sights by the halfway mark. Margirier sat 40 seconds off, with a scattered group – Van Riel, Barnaby, Bergere, Geens, Mika Noodt (GER) and others – strung out behind him. Luis was losing ground, his gap now 3:24 back and growing.

At 66km, Margirier bridged to Bogen and Wilde, climbing a full 12 spots since T1 but couldn’t hold the pace as Wilde and Bogen pushed hard to hit T2 with a full minute on the Frenchman. Bogen posted the day’s fastest bike split of 1:49:40. Meanwhile, Noodt was 1:48 back, with the likes of Bergère, Van Riel, and Barnaby hitting the transition just past the 2-minute mark.

On the run, Wilde wasted no time, attacking early and prying open a gap on Bogen. By 6km, the Kiwi was 24 seconds clear and running fast with apparent ease. Behind them, Margirier held 3rd but was being hunted down.

At around 7km in, Lake Las Vegas T100 winner Geens stopped at the edge of the course in visible pain before calling it a day with a DNF – 0 points added to his T100 Race To Qatar standings tally.

Halfway into the run, Wilde led by two minutes. Behind him, Bergère was flying, overtaking Margirier for third and closing fast on Bogen. Van Riel and Barnaby ran shoulder to shoulder another 30 seconds back.

With 6km to go, Bergère surged into second, leaving Bogen struggling and destined for a 10th place finish. Van Riel soon reeled in the German too, moving into third and eyeing the podium.

With 2km to go, Wilde had the win in hand, Bergère and Van Riel in the remaining podium places. Meanwhile, Barnaby and Keulen were locked together in a battle for 4th.

Wilde celebrated early, soaking in the crowd’s energy and taking plenty of high-fives before coasting down the blue carpet to take his first T100 victory in 3:18:11 – pocketing US$25,000 and a crucial 35 T100 Race To Qatar Standings points. Despite slowing near the finish, the Kiwi secured the day’s fastest run split of 1:01:46.

Bergère was next home, 2:35 behind but also getting his T100 career off to a flyer with 29 Race To Qatar points and US$17,000.

Grimmacing as he gave it all to secure 3rd place, Van Riel crossed the line 3:22 to earn US$13,000 and 26 points.

In the battle for 4th, Keulen came out on top, the defending Singapore T100 Champion thrilled with his finish, adding an extra US$10,500 to his coffers and 23 points.

Barnaby rounded out the top-5 for US$9,000 and 20 points.

Key Quotes:

Hayden Wilde

“It’s really nice to win my first T100 race on my debut. It’s nice the hard work in winter went well but for this sort of race, it’s really hard to know where you are in a sense – it’s super hot and once you go over the line, it’s hard to recover. The next few races will be a lot different, but I’m just really happy to take this one and set the season off to a really good high. We were quite lucky to start a little later than the women. On the run, we got a nice little bit of cooler breeze – it was nice to get the heart rate down a little bit. The ride was really hot – the sun was out and it was hard to control the heart rate. But the legs felt good out there today, just keep driving, fueling and making sure to put water on. The first few laps (of the cycle) was super up and down, there’s a lot of people who wanted space and a lot of the red lights were flashing for the drafting, it was super hard to find a position but after a few laps it started to ease off a little bit and I just kind of raced my own race, race my own power and heart rate. I think that’s super important in that sort of race. It’s not a good idea to probably go and chase the race – just do your own race and hope that it’s enough.”

Leo Bergere

“I’m feeling better now that it’s over. It hurts a lot in these conditions, but to be honest, I enjoyed the race, the course and the people on the side of the course cheering for us, that was a great atmosphere. I can’t wait for the next time in Singapore. At the moment, it’s winter in France, so I had to train indoors, in a special room where we put on a heater and a device for humidity as well. I was doing this for 1-1.5 hours every day for 2 weeks before flying to Singapore.

“The experience in Singapore was great. You know, when you have a good race, it’s always better than having a bad race and you keep really good memories. I’ve been to Singapore once in 2019 to race a shorter distance event, and I enjoyed it a lot as well. Also because it’s winter in France, it’s really warm here so when we come, we put a t-shirt on and it’s really nice to have a break from the winter in France, and come to a warm place.”

Marten van Riel

“In these hard conditions, with the heat and humidity, it’s a race where you have to be patient and it’s only when you’re at the finish line that it’s over. So much can happen because in these conditions, it’s so easy to overdo it. So I tried the whole day to pace myself a little bit and in the run I still had quite a lot of people to catch to reach the podium but I was patient and I tried to do my own pace. I can’t believe that I ended the day on the podium. I’m super happy I could start my season like this in the T100. This sets up super well for the rest of the season because if I’m being honest, I didn’t expect to be on the podium. To have this podium finish, it’s an amazing start to the year. Only three more good scores needed then it’s the final in Qatar so it’s always good to have your first podium in the bag. But the boys up front, Hayden and Leo, showed they’re going to be very strong competitors so I’m going to have to up my game in the next races.”

The T100 Triathlon World Tour continues in San Francisco on 31 May.

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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About the Professional Triathletes Organisation

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. In 2025 these will include: Singapore, San Francisco, Vancouver, France, London, Valencia, Lake Las Vegas, Dubai and then Qatar for the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final. 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

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