PTO US Open who will make history in Texas?

Friday 16 September 2022

As the inaugural year of the PTO Tour comes to a close at the PTO US Open in Dallas, there’s one last chance for the world’s best professionals to fight it out for one of the sport’s biggest prize purses of $1m.

The PTO US Open men’s line-up includes PTO World #3 Magnus Ditlev (DEN), #4 Lionel Sanders (CAN) and #6 Daniel Baekkegard (DEN). 

In the women’s race there is a strong contingent of American female triathletes competing
led by PTO World #7 Taylor Knibb and supported by #15 Jackie Hering, #18 Jocelyn McCauley, #23 Sophie Watts, #37 Danielle Lewis and #56 Lesley Smith.  They will be up against a stellar line-up of international stars including: PTO Canadian Open winner and runner up Ashleigh Gentle (AUS) and Paula Finlay (CAN); Team Europe Collins Cup winners Kat Matthews and Holly Lawrence (GBR). Plus the resurgent Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR).

Women
KAT MATTHEWS
LUCY CHARLES-BARCLAY
ASHLEIGH GENTLE
TAYLOR KNIBB
PAULA FINDLAY
HOLLY LAWRENCE
FENELLA LANGRIDGE
JACKIE HERING
RUTH ASTLE
JOCELYN MCCAULEY
LISA NORDEN
TAMARA JEWETT
ELLIE SALTHOUSE
SARISSA DE VRIES
SARA PEREZ SALA
IMOGEN SIMMONDS
DANIELLE LEWIS
LOTTE WILMS
MANON GENET
INDIA LEE
MARJOLAINE PIERRÉ
GRACE THEK
RACHEL MCBRIDE
REBECCA CLARKE
LESLEY SMITH
NATIA VAN HEERDEN
MOLLIE HEBDA
GRACE ALEXANDER
FLORA DUFFY
LOTTIE LUCAS

Men
MAGNUS ELBÆK DITLEV
LIONEL SANDERS
DANIEL BAEKKEGARD
FLORIAN ANGERT
SAM LONG
RUDY VON BERG
MATT HANSON
JACKSON LAUNDRY
BEN KANUTE
SAM LAIDLOW
FREDERIC FUNK
REINALDO COLUCCI
JASON WEST
CHRIS LEIFERMAN
BRADLEY WEISS
KYLE SMITH
PIETER HEEMERYCK
KRISTIAN HOGENHAUG
COLLIN CHARTIER
SAMUEL APPLETON
MIKI MOERCK TAAGHOLT
CLEMENT MIGNON
JESPER SVENSSON
SEBASTIAN KIENLE
ANDRE LOPES
AARON ROYLE
KYLE BUCKINGHAM
THOR BENDIX MADSEN
MATT TRAUTMAN
PABLO DAPENA 
MIKA NOODT
FILIPE AZEVEDO
JOSH AMBERGER
JAN STRATMANN
TREVOR FOLEY
ANDREW STARYKOWICZ
CALEB NOBLE
MATTHEW SHARPE
NICK KASTELEIN
THOMAS BISHOP
CASPER STORNES
VETLE BERGSVIK THORN

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