Everything you need to know about the T100 Triathlon World Tour final this weekend

There’s millions of dollars in the mix this weekend at the T100 Triathlon World Tour final in Dubai as athletes vie for the race-day prize money, their shot at a chunk of the US$2 million prize pool, along with a chance to earn a contract to compete in next year’s T100 series with a top-10 finish in the standings.

Heading into the final Taylor Knibb and Marten Van Riel lead the standings and are looking to cap off brilliant T100 racing this year with the overall title. Here’s more details on the racing this weekend:

When:

The women race at 1:30 pm local time (4:30 am EST), with the men heading off at the same time on Sunday.

How to watch

You can watch the livestream of the race on PTO+, through one of the PTO’s regional partners including Discovery+, Eurosport or Max, or on the PTO’s YouTube channel (excluding Europe).

Big names who are out for the T100 Final in Dubai

Who:

You can find the official start lists here.

American Taylor Knibb has dominated every T100 race she’s entered this year, so she’ll arrive in Dubai as the prohibitive favourite, but despite those three wins she can still be beaten for the overall title if Aussie Ashleigh Gentle were to win and Knibb finishes third or lower. Others who can finish on the podium for the overall series with a good race include Great Britain’s Kat Matthews and India Lee, Switzerland’s Imogen Simmonds, Germany’s Laura Philipp and Canadian Paula Findlay. Others to watch in the field include Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Flora Duffy and Paris silver medalist Julie Derron.

Van Riel, who won in San Francisco and Ibiza and took second in Lake Las Vegas (his first long-distance triathlon loss), can take the overall title with a podium finish in Dubai. There are only 55 points (the amount going to the winner in Dubai) separating the top-14 in the men’s standings, though, so we could see lots of movement in the overall standings this weekend. Denmark’s Magnus Ditlev, American Sam Long and Alistair Brownlee could work themselves into top positions in the world championship, while wildcard athletes like New Zealand’s Kyle Smith and Holland’s Youri Keulen could be in the mix for a top finish on race day. Jelle Geens, the winner of the Lake Las Vegas race, didn’t qualify for a wildcard slot for the series final.

Prize money:

There were a reported US$3 million handed out in athlete contracts, with $250,000 offered in prize money for each race in the T100 series. The series offers $2 million, which goes to the top-20 men and women. The world champion earns $210,000.