T100 men’s field announced – all but three of the contracted PTO athletes to race
14 of the top 17 men in the PTO World Ranking set to race in Miami
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While the women’s field will be open to eight wild card competitors, all but three of the T100 contracted male athletes will be on the line in Miami next week. The power-packed field includes 14 of the top 17 men in the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) World Ranking, including Roth record holder Magnus Ditlev, last year’s Clash Miami champ Jason West and Nice champion Sam Laidlow.
There will be 20 men on the start line at Homestead-Miami speedway next weekend – here’s the 17 contracted athletes who will be racing. The “wild card” competitors will be announced tomorrow.
- Magnus Ditlev (DEN)
- Jason West (USA)
- Sam Long (USA)
- Pieter Heemeryck (BEL)
- Ben Kanute (USA)
- Sam Laidlow (FRA)
- Daniel Baekkegard (DEN)
- Mathis Margirier (FRA)
- Rudy Von Berg (USA)
- Leon Chevalier (FRA)
- Bradley Weiss (RSA)
- Clement Mignon (FRA)
- Aaron Royle (AUS)
- David McNamee (GBR)
- Alistair Brownlee (GBR)
- Javier Gomez (ESP)
- Rico Bogen (GER)
“I want to be the first World Champion at the 100km distance, so winning again at Homestead-Miami Speedway would get that ambition off to a positive start,” said West.
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The contracted athletes must complete five of the eight T100 races, along with the Grand Final unless they are competing at the Olympics, in which case the need to complete four races along with the Grand Final. An athletes top three T100 race scores along with the Grand Final count towards the T100 World Championship. Each race offers US$250,000 in prize money, with an addition US$2 million bonus pool for the series.
With many of the men competing in the T100 Triathlon World Tour looking to also compete in Kona this year, many are likely looking to get their quota of races out of the way early so they can focus on the Ironman World Championship before getting back to the final T100 races in the Middle East in November.
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