#IRONMAN PRO PRIZE MONEY PRO#

#IRONMAN PRO PRIZE MONEY PRO#

the only way most pros made any prize money at all last year-was the Pro Triathletes Organization and the prize purses they put up at smaller PTO-backed independent races and at the PTO Championships in Daytona. There have also been Zwift’s pro series with money, and a few independent races with prize money.īut the major entry into the market in 2020-ie.

There are a few caveats: Ironman did pay the pro athletes for competing in their VR pro races over the summer, around $1,500 per person, and World Triathlon did pay prize purses for several second-tier World Cup races-which were not included in the list because they hadn’t been included in previous year’s compilations and Radde said he wanted to provide a clear comparison. Challenge paid out just $16,600 (a 98% reduction), Super League paid out $50,000 at one event (a 95% reduction in total prize money), and the World Triathlon Series paid out $250,000 including its bonus pool (an 89% reduction from 2019 amounts).

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!Įvery year, Thorsten Radde of TriRating compiles the data available from public prize purse info to create an aggregated list of the top triathlon prize earners and the money paid out to pro triathletes for the year.įor 2020, the prize money list was publicized last week and the message is clear: With almost no races last year, pros struggled to earn any prize money at all.Īccording to Radde, Ironman paid out just $200,000 at full-distance races in 2020 and $234,000 at 70.3s-a 92% and 89% decline from the previous year.

Ironman pro prize money