PTO Championship Lineup at CHALLENGE Daytona

Thursday 03 December 2020

The wait is over! The strongest field in professional triathlon history is finally set for December 6th at the PTO 2020 Championship at CHALLENGE DAYTONA®

A galaxy of 100+ of the sports elite will assemble on the starting line in Daytona to do battle for a game changing purse of $1,150,000.

The showdown promises to be unmissable and will play out in front of a global audience as the best meet the best on the biggest stage of all.

Women’s Pro Start 10 am (EST)
Men’s Pro Start    2 pm (EST)

FEMALE PRO:
Sarah Crowley AUS
Anne Haug GER
Holly Lawrence GBR
Carrie Lester AUS
Heather Jackson USA
Laura Philipp GER
Skye Moench USA
Paula Findlay CAN
Amelia Watkinson NZL
Jackie Hering USA    
Jeanni Seymour ZAF
Sara Svensk SWE
Gurutze Frades ESP
Emma Pallant GBR
Judith Corachan ESP
Meredith Kessler USA
Agnieszka Jerzyk POL
Lesley Smith USA
Carolin Lehrieder GER
Kimberley Morrison GBR
Manon Genet FRA
Michelle Vesterby DEN
Lisa Roberts USA
India Lee GBR
Lauren Brandon USA
Pamella Oliveira BRA
Katrina Matthews GBR
Fenella Langridge GBR
Kristin Liepold GER
Rachel McBride CAN
Jennifer Spieldenner USA
Elisabetta Curridori ITA
Angela Naeth CAN
Lisa Norden SWE
Lucy Hall GBR
Danielle Lewis USA
Renee Kiley AUS
Nicola Spirig SUI
Alissa Doehla USA
Nikki Bartlett GBR
Kelsey Withrow USA
Amelie Kretz CAN
Anneke Jenkins NZL
Jodie Stimpson GBR
Ruth Astle GBR
Emma Bilham SUI
Lisa Becharas USA

MALE PRO:
Alistair Brownlee GBR
Sebastian Kienle GER
Lionel Sanders CAN
Ben Hoffman USA
Rudy von Berg USA
Javier Gomez ESP
Timothy O'Donnell USA
Pieter Heemeryck BEL
Andreas Dreitz GER
Michael Weiss AUT
Matt Hanson USA
Sam Appleton AUS
Cody Beals CAN
Maurice Clavel GER
Florian Angert GER
Daniel Baekkegard DEN
Andrew Starykowicz USA
Philipp Koutny SUI
Matthew Russell USA
Igor Amorelli BRA
Andi Boecherer GER
Ben Kanute USA
Frederic Funk GER
Andy Potts USA
Bradley Weiss ZAF
Eneko Llanos ESP
George Goodwin GBR
Kristian Hogenhaug DEN
Adam Bowden GBR
Jackson Laundry CAN
Ruedi Wild SUI
Nils Frommhold GER
David Plese SLO
Thomas Steger AUT
Joe Gambles AUS
Sam Long USA
Tim Don GBR
Chris Leiferman USA
James Cunnama ZAF
Magnus Elbaek Ditlev DEN
Gustav Iden NOR
Henri Schoeman RSA
Jonny Brownlee GBR
Vincent Luis FRA
Thomas Davis GBR
Eric Lagerstrom USA
Taylor Reid CAN
Jesper Svensson SWE
Justin Metzler USA
Jason West USA
Kieran Lindars GBR
Andrea Salvisberg SUI
Boris Stein GER
Andre Lopes USA
Morgan Pearson USA
Matt McElroy USA

Prize Purse Breakdown
1st-$100k, 8th-$21k, 15th-$9k
2nd--$70k, 9th-$19k, 16th-$8k
3rd--$50k, 10th-$17k 17th-$7k
4th--$35k, 11th-$15k 18th-$6k
5th--$30k, 12th-$13k 19th-$5k
6th--$25k, 13th-$11k 20th-$4k
7th--$23k, 14th-$10k 21st-$3k
22nd-60th-$2.5k

P.T.O.


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