Professional Triathletes Organisation To Publish T100 RaceRanger Data

September 18, 2025

London, UK /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) will start to publish individual athlete RaceRanger data after each T100 race, starting with the French Riviera T100 races.

In a survey of professionals who have competed on the T100 Triathlon World Tour this year, either as contracted athletes or wildcards, they all agreed to publish RaceRanger data publicly, which the PTO Athlete Board unanimously voted in support of.

Since the T100 series was introduced in March 2024, at the Miami T100 Triathlon, the PTO also revealed that the average time spent by all athletes within the 20 meter draft zone has shown a significant downward trend. From a men’s high of 4 minutes 52 seconds at the 2024 Singapore T100, to an average of just 39 seconds at last month’s men’s London T100. The women’s high mark was at the 2024 Ibiza T100 race, with an average per athlete of 2 mins 24 secs spent in the 20 meter draft zone, down to a low in London last month of 28 seconds.

The PTO were the first professional race organiser to introduce RaceRanger in 2023 at the PTO European Open in Ibiza as well as being one of the champions to introduce a 20 meter draft zone.

Announcing their intent to publish athlete data from T100 races – starting with the French Riviera T100 data – the PTO Athlete Board said:

“Using RaceRanger to help enforce the 20 meter draft zone, which our members passionately wanted, has been key to fairer racing at PTO events over the last 18 months. With the data showing a clear downward trend in drafting time, the decision to publish RaceRanger data is the next logical step. The new technology is clearly having a positive impact, which has also helped to create exciting and dynamic racing in PTO organised events.”

Former New Zealand professional and now Co-Founder and CEO of RaceRanger, James Elvery, who has been one of the driving forces behind the introduction of RaceRanger in professional triathlon, said:

“The PTO were an early adopter of our system, and we’re pleased to see it has been having the desired effect. Releasing the data from T100 races will serve as a further encouragement for athletes to race as fairly as possible during the races,’ James explained. “We are excited to support the PTO in this initiative and we look forward to bringing further exciting innovations to the sport in the coming months alongside the T100 series.”

PTO CEO Sam Renouf added:

“The whole point of introducing RaceRanger was to regulate the 20 meter draft rule and create fairer racing. So when we looked at the data over the last 18 months it was encouraging to see the impact it was having. We’re proud of the fact that our races were the first to use the new technology, which is now being used by all the other race organisers and shows the benefits and opportunities of embracing new technologies to take our sport forward.”

The PTO will aim to publish the individual athlete RaceRanger data from its T100 races within a week of them happening. This information can be found here: T100 RaceRanger Drafting Data

The next stop on the T100 tour is the Spain T100 in Oropesa Del Mar on Saturday 20 September.

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Notes To Editors:

Why share the data?

By sharing RaceRanger data, the PTO/T100 and PTO Athletes hope to shed light on drafting trends in the professional sport and empower athletes to better understand the evolution of drafting as new technology enters the sport. The intention is not to shame particular athletes but to provide transparency and drive behaviour change towards fairer racing.

Why now?

The choice of whether to share RaceRanger data – either internally among athletes or to fans of the sport – was a decision for the PTO Athlete Board. In a survey of professionals who have competed on the T100 Triathlon World Tour in 2025 (either as contracted athletes or wildcards) all athletes voted to publish RaceRanger data publicly, which the PTO Athlete Board unanimously supported.

Why are you only giving a summary of historical data?

The PTO Athlete Board decided not to retroactively share public data for races prior to the French Riviera T100 due to it not being fair to the athletes who, at the time, were told data would not be made public. Each athlete’s complete data readout for the 2025 T100 season has been shared with them.

How is the data collected?

Following a race, data is downloaded from each athlete’s RaceRanger devices. Once processed, this data shows how long athletes have spent within the illegal draft zone.

Exclusion zones

While drafting is never ‘allowed’ certain courses featuring complex, technical sections mean draft time could be accumulated without any intent from the athlete. e.g. through aid stations or U-turns where the lead athlete will slow quickly creating an accordion effect for the following rider or riders. In these areas, it wouldn’t be fair to assess athletes for penalties. These ‘exclusion zones’ are communicated to athletes prior to the event and data from these sections is not included in the athletes’ report.

What about yo-yos?

Yo-yo-ing refers to athletes dipping into the red draft zone and backing out without overtaking. The rules communicated to athletes are clear – if they see a red light a pass should be completed. Any time an athlete yo-yos, it contributes to their total reported drafting time. In live racing, yo-yos can happen without any ill intent from athletes due to sudden terrain changes (such as a downhill into an uphill) or corners that aren’t part of an Exclusion Zone. That’s why it’s up to the Technical Officials at the race to assess each situation, always looking for intent and penalising based on what they witness.

For Further Information:

Anthony Scammell E: Anthony.Scammell@protriathletes.org

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. So far in 2025 these have included: Singapore (5-6 April), San Francisco (31 May-1 June), Vancouver (13-15 June) and London (9-10 August). Following the French Riviera T100 will be the Spain T100 in Oropesa de Mar (20 September), the Wollongong T100 (18 October) and the Dubai T100 (13-16 November). The first Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final will take place on 12-13 December. 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