Europe Providing Elite Racing Opportunities for British Athletes – Looking at Stage 1 of French Triathlon Series, in Metz
[Credit FF Triathlon] Europe has drawn British athletes to top racing opportunities for many years now with a growing attraction to race for teams across France, Germany and Spain offering D1 & D2 competition. Last weekend commenced Stage 1 of the French Triathlon Series, formerly French Grand Prix, in Metz. British Junior and Senior athletes…
Race Report: British Youth and Junior Super Series Racing Gets Underway with Performance Assessments
(Credit: Mick Hall/British Triathlon) The British Triathlon Super Series started again for 2026, opening with the Performance Assessments, taking in Youth, Junior and Senior racing around Nottingham and Rutland over a two day format. With all categories racing over the same distance the short super sprint format provided fast racing, with a 400m pool time…
Race Report: Elite European Cup Monte Gordo
[Credit – Europe Triathlon] The second Portuguese European Cup of the year, two weeks post the Elite European Cup in Quarteira took place in Monte Gordo with elite men and women racing over the sprint distance last weekend. Elite Women In the elite women’s race an early group of 5 was away at the front…
Race Report: Elite European Cup Quarteira
For the first Elite European Cup of the season and the start of the season for many elite athletes, Quarteira hosted the 2026 opening European Cup of the year, with a double weekend of Elite and Junior European Cup racing. The elites kicked off the weekend’s racing on Saturday racing over the Olympic Distance with…
Race Report: Junior European Cup Quarteira
[Credit – World Triathlon] The opening European Junior Cup of the 2026 season took place on the Algarve coast in Portugal with a strong number of British Junior athletes racing in Quarteira, the Sunday following the elite race the day before. See also the Elite Race Report here Racing both over the sprint distance on…
Race Report: Youth and Junior Bath Duathlon 2026
The 2026 edition of the Bath Duathlon provided another competitive duathlon for youth and junior racing on its 14th edition. With draft legal racing on the Odd Down bike circuit in Bath, the Youth and Junior fields attracted top athletes from around the South West and beyond for fast racing over the super sprint distance.…
Race Report: World Triathlon Cup Haikou
Credit – [World Triathlon] Racing at the second World Triathlon Cup of the year a number of top British elites were out in force over the flat and fast sprint format in China for the Haikou Elite World Cup. Warm conditions for early racing meant non wetsuit conditions and Michael Gar made the most of…
Elite World Cup Season Gets Underway with Lanzarote World Cup
Image Credit [World Triathlon] The 2026 World Triathlon World Cup season officially began on Saturday, with the new World Cup location of Lanzarote setting the stage for a windy race for both men and women over the sprint distance. Georgia Taylor-Brown and Sophie Evans (formerly ‘Coldwell’) formed part of an 8 strong breakaway on the…
Race Report: Chilly Duathlon 2026
Credit: [DB Max Timing] Like previous years the Chilly Duathlon attracted a strong field across both male and female races, with draft legal racing on the flat and fast Castle Combe circuit, acting also as the age-group qualifier for the 2027 European Champs Sprint distance duathlon. The first run in the men’s race saw junior…
Race Report: Trail X UK Duathlon Matterley Basin
On 1 March the second Trail X Off-road Duathlon of the year was hosted at Matterley Basin, near Winchester, attracting athletes from 14 and upwards, to race over either the Half X distance or Full X. The morning drizzle and recent days of rain set the scene for a muddy course, but started to clear…
Race Report: TrailX Duathlon Crow Hill
(Image: TrailX UK) Crow Hill in the New Forest, was host to the TrailX Duathlon on Sunday 1st February, organised by Eventrex UK. At a venue more familiar with hosting one of the rounds of the Southern XC mountain bike series, this was a chance for xc duathletes aged 14 and over to compete over…