The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has confirmed sweeping changes to the T100 Triathlon World Tour for 2026, a move it says will sharpen competition, elevate broadcast quality, and streamline the pro race experience.
This new format will take place over a nine-race T100 Race To Qatar in 2026 with the PTO and World Triathlon also confirming the return dates for the Singapore T100 on 25-26 April, 2026, and the Vancouver T100 on 15-16 August, 2026; which are added to the Gold Coast T100 in Australia on 21-22 March, 2026.
Revisions For 2026 T100 Tour
As the PTO continues its journey to elevate the sport and take it mainstream, the revisions to the T100 competition format include:
- Adapting the event schedule to allow for fewer mandatory races for professional women and men – instead of hosting joint female and male T100 race weekends, they will each race four individual dates before coming together for the Qatar T100 World Championship Final in Doha. Each athlete’s best three T100 race scores plus the final will count towards the women’s and men’s T100 World Championship titles.
- Removal of season-long contracts – Moving to ranking-based selection of events, providing athletes with more flexibility throughout the season. In the lead up to each event, the PTO will simply issue invitations to the best female and male professionals. For the first race this will be based on their 2025 T100 Race To Qatar finishing position [top 10]; the top 5 from the Contender Rankings and 5 Wildcards. After that, it will be the top 10 in the 2026 T100 Race To Qatar, along with the next 8 from the PTO World Rankings System and 2 Wildcards.
- Increased prize money per race – Each T100 race in 2026 will offer a $275,000 prize fund, more than double the prize fund per race this year, starting with $50,000 for first place, $40,000 for second, $30,000 for third, down to $3,500 for 20th place. The series prize pool will be worth $1,450,000 split equally between women and men, with $100,000 to each series winner.
The 2026 calendar will still feature nine races, with three already confirmed: Gold Coast (Mar 21–22), Singapore (Apr 25–26), and Vancouver (Aug 15–16). The London T100 will be dropped, transitioning to a WTCS event instead. The other six venues are yet to be announced.
The series returns to Singapore for a fourth year and has quickly established itself as a ‘must watch’ professional event and ‘must do’ amateur challenge, with its swim in the iconic Marina Bay, bike course around the heart of the financial district and over Sheares Bridge – and run around Marina Bay.
Vancouver’s second year follows overwhelmingly positive pro and amateur feedback, with the event recording the highest amateur event feedback score on the T100 Tour to date.
The Gold Coast T100 in 2026 has already proven extremely popular with the 100km amateur race selling out in just nine days and the PTO and Events Management Queensland (EMQ) announcing last week that a 10km fun run has been added to the weekend schedule.
To sign up and/or register interest for any of these events, go to https://t100triathlon.com/participate/.
