That is a preview of what proved an extremely dramatic travel – click on here to hunt down out why as Taylor Knibb ran out a mighty first T100 world champion.
So the inaugural T100 Triathlon World Tour all comes the full manner down to the seventh and final travel in Dubai, with a world title up for grabs, $1million in pause-of-season bonuses, a fierce fight to design the tip 10 to make certain a contract for next season and heaps more and heaps, some distance more.
There’s an argument to be made that here is the most lucrative ladies’s triathlon match EVER given what’s riding on it – every this weekend and in 2025 and beyond.
So no shock that it’s again brought collectively the very most intelligent, with Lucy Charles-Barclay the ideal athlete missing from both the tip 10 of the arena rankings or the T100 standings.
Learn on to hunt down out more – along side initiating time, TV and streaming knowledge, who’s racing – and who we judge might per chance honest a shock…
Initiate events and how to observe live
In Dubai, the ladies’s travel will happen on Saturday November 16, with the gun going off at 13:30 local time. This corresponds to 09:30 in Europe, 04:30 on the East Proceed and 01:30 on the West Proceed.
The live broadcast will launch 15 minutes beforehand and is on hand globally on PTO+, on Discovery+ in Europe, on YouTube or through regional broadcasters (gain out in regards to the fleshy list here on the T100 web device).
In the event you are initiating air Europe you’ll be ready to observe the travel beautiful here through the embed below…
Who’s racing at T100 Dubai?
Somewhat much the full ideal names are here – nonetheless can any individual beat American well-known person Taylor Knibb?
They haven’t so some distance this T100 marketing and marketing campaign – she’s lined up three events and acquired in San Francisco, Ibiza and Lake Las Vegas in a season which has also seen her rob part in every the triathlon and toll road bike time trial at the Olympics!
She is aware of that a top-two placing methodology she’s going to no longer ideal be awarded World Champion place by triathlon’s world governing body World Triathlon, nonetheless will also rob away $210,000 for topping the standings.
Alternatively Switzerland’s Julie Derron – who took a most intelligent silver in the lend a hand of Cassandre Beaugrand in Paris – has emerged as a genuine risk in the final two races.
Her travel is up there with the very most intelligent in the game – primarily, on fresh invent, it’s unmatched – and there’s a case to counsel she might per chance come out of T2 an attractive bit nearer to Knibb this time.
There had been over 5-and-a-half of minutes between them in Ibiza and appropriate over 5 minutes in Lake Las Vegas nonetheless the technical nature of the bike direction in Dubai – more on that below – might per chance appropriate dent Knibb’s finest weapon.
Derron put four and three minutes into her on the respective runs in those two races so withhold a in point of fact end explore on the gap this weekend.
That pair must be the certain favourites nonetheless Aussie Ashleigh Gentle is beautiful in the combo for the final title. If the 2-time T100 winner (Singapore and London) had been to gain and Knibb comes third or worse, then she takes the tip prize.
Alternatively she has a genuine exhibit exhibit after effectively being lapped by Knibb before the entirety of the travel in her final T100 travel in Ibiza.
Realistically the title appears between Knibb and Gentle, nonetheless there’s then a huge fight for the podium and top 5 in what’s a multi-layered travel.
Brits India Lee, Kat Matthews and Lucy Byram all dangle solid claims as pause Switzerland’s Imogen Simmonds, Germany’s IRONMAN World Champion Laura Philipp and Canada’s Paula Findlay.
And the fight for an overall top-10 arena – which guarantees a lucrative T100 contract provide for 2025 – provides even more curiosity.
For a end watch at the final standings and what’s up for grabs aspects-wise on Saturday, click on here for our bang-up-to-date ladies’s initiating list.
Dubai prize cash and aspects
While most eyes will be on the overall standings and prize cash distribution, what’s on provide for the Dubai travel itself isn’t to be sniffed at.
The girls are racing for a whole prize purse of $125,000 and there are also inflated aspects which ride in the direction of the final desk and that’s all outlined below.
| POSITION | PRIZE MONEY | POINTS |
| 1 | $25,000 | 55 |
| 2 | $16,000 | Forty five |
| 3 | $12,000 | 40 |
| 4 | $9,000 | 35 |
| 5 | $8,000 | 30 |
| 6 | $7,000 | 27 |
| 7 | $6,500 | 24 |
| 8 | $6,000 | 21 |
| 9 | $5,500 | 18 |
| 10 | $5,000 | 16 |
| 11 | $2,500 | 14 |
| 12 | $2,500 | 12 |
| 13 | $2,500 | 11 |
| 14 | $2,500 | 10 |
| 15 | $2,500 | 9 |
| 16 | $2,500 | 8 |
| 17 | $2,500 | 7 |
| 18 | $2,500 | 6 |
| 19 | $2,500 | 5 |
| 20 | $2,500 | 4 |
Dubai direction
The 100km (2km swim, 80km bike, 18km travel) direction begins with a swim off the scenic Morning time Seaside in Jumeirah.
The bike phase sees a somewhat easy initiating out of T1 the place Knibb will no question put the hammer down.
But it with out a doubt then turns correct into a succession of twisty laps with hundreds of ineffective turns so affirming the vitality will be removed from straightforward.
The travel is then around the Meydan Racecourse – the home of horse racing’s world notorious Dubai World Cup.
And one thing to specialize in is the remarkable humidity heading into Saturday’s travel. The temperatures are forecast to tumble a runt, albeit to around 30 levels Celsius – and be wide awake the initiating time is beautiful around the freshest level of the day.
