How to watch the World Triathlon Championship Series French Riviera

Pierre Le Corre exits the swim at Alghero WTCS 2025 — Credit: Petko Beier/World Triathlon

A bumper weekend of triathlon awaits on 30-31 August, as both T100 and WTCS events are set to take place in the new location of Saint-Raphaël – Fréjus, on the French Riviera.

It will be the first time the two race formats will take place in the same location… but not the last! As they will team up again in Wollongong, Australia, when the 2025 WTCS season will culminate at its Grand Final (the T100 will end in Qatar on 11-13 December).

Here’s everything you need to know about the fifth round of the WTCS and its exciting new location.

What happened in the 2024 series?

Abu Dhabi was set to kick the season off on 8-9 March 2024, but unfortunately the event had to be cancelled. Yokohama instead started the racing in May, and saw first-time wins in both events – Morgan Pearson for the men and Léonie Periault for the women.

Next up was Cagliari at the end of June, where several federations made their final team selections for the Paris Olympic Games. Alex Yee set his stall out with a convincing win over Hayden Wilde, while home favourite Cassandre Beaugrand took her first Olympic-distance win when it mattered.

In the final race before Paris in Hamburg, Germany, it was a repeat podium from Cagliari in the women’s race as Beaugrand once again got the better of Beth Potter. Matt Hauser, meanwhile, chalked up his second WTCS victory.

The penultimate race of the season saw dominant displays from both Yee in the men’s event and Lisa Tertsch in the women’s, the latter also marking the young German’s first-ever WTCS victory.

At the Grand Final in Torremolinos towards the end of October, both Olympic champions, Yee and Beaugrand, were able to convert solid race performances into world-championship victories, becoming only the second male and female triathletes to win Olympic and world titles in the same season (Kristian Blummenfelt and Flora Duffy were the first to achieve the feat in 2021).

What’s happened in the 2025 WTCS so far?

The first round in Abu Dhabi saw victories for Hayden Wilde in the men’s sprint race, and a German podium sweep for the women, with rising star Lisa Tertsch taking the top step.

The second round in Yokohama, Japan, saw a debut WTCS victory for Luxembourg pro Jeanne Lehair in the women’s standard-distance race. In torrential rain and strong sidewinds, Lehair pulled clear out of T2 to run 10km solo to the tape. For the men, Matt Hauser put in a stirling performance to take the win and lead the championship.

Alghero in Sicily, Italy, hosted its first-ever WTCS event at the end of May, where Olympic champion Cassandre Beaugrand smashed out a characteristically impressive performance in 1:55:55, 38secs clear of Italy’s Bianca Seregni in second and GB’s Olivia Mathias in third – the latter two in their WTCS podium debuts. In the men’s race, Brazil’s Miguel Hidalgo was a class act en route to his first-ever WTCS victory.

Hamburg welcomed back the world’s best short-course athletes for the fourth round in the middle of July. In the men’s race, Hauser was back on top, while for the women, Léonie Périault got the better of her Olympic champion teammate Cassandre Beaugrand, who finished second, and Paris bronze medalist Beth Potter, who took third, to take her second WTCS victory.

When and where is the next WTCS taking place?

The fifth round of the 2025 WTCS takes place in Saint-Raphaël – Fréjus, France, on 31 August.

Which events are taking place in French Riviera?

France will be hosting elite men’s and women’s sprint-distance WTCS races.

Which athletes are racing in French Riviera?

Start lists have yet to be announced.

The 2025 WTCS French Riviera elite sprint course

The course maps have yet to be released.

How can I watch the 2025 WTCS French Riviera race?

You can watch all races live on TriathlonLive.tv – subscription required.

When do the 2025 WTCS French Riviera events start*?

*All times are local (CEST), which is 1hr ahead of the UK (BST).

Saturday 31 August

TBC – Elite men’s sprint distance

TBC – Elite women’s sprint distance

2025 World Triathlon Championship Series

The 2025 series will have visited eight different locations during the season, culminating at the Grand Final in Wollongong, Australia, in October.

WTCS 2025 overview

15-16 February: WTCS Abu Dhabi, UAE (sprint and mixed relay)
17 May: WTCS Yokohama, Japan (Olympic)
31 May: WTCS Alghero, Sardinia, Italy (Olympic)
12-13 July: WTCS Hamburg, Germany (sprint and mixed relay)
31 August: WTCS French Riviera, Saint-Raphaël – Fréjus, France (sprint)
14 September: WTCS Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (sprint)
26 September: WTCS Weihai, China (Olympic)
15-19 October: World Triathlon Grand Final Wollongong, Australia (Olympic)

How much can athletes win at the World Triathlon Championship Final?

Paratriathlon

14-15 February: Para Triathlon Cup Abu Dhabi, UAE
14-15 March: Para Triathlon Championship Series Devonport, Australia
17 May: Para Triathlon Championship Series, Yokohama, Japan
24-25 May: Para Triathlon Cup, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
7-8 June: Para Triathlon Championship Series, Taranto, Italy
12-13 July: Para Triathlon Cup, Magog, Canada
19-20 July: Para Triathlon Championship Series, Montreal, Canada
TBC: Para Triathlon Cup, Tata, Hungary
TBC: Para Triathlon Cup, Alhandra, Portugal
15-19 October: World Paratriathlon Championships, Wollongong, Australia

About

Former 220 deputy editor Liz Barrett started work on the magazine in 2007 as staff writer. During her 18 years with the brand, she reported live from almost every major triathlon across the globe, including the Ironman World Championship, the 70.3 World Championship, six World Triathlon Grand Finals, Challenge Roth, the 2014 and 2022 Commonwealth Games, the London and Paris Olympics and the Rio Paralympics, to name but a few. Name a pro and chances are she’ll have interviewed them, so, unsurprisingly, she’s still our go-to pro-athlete expert. She now works as a freelance journalist, copywriter and editor.