Supertri Jersey Final: Yee Meets Wilde

On Sunday 6 September the island of Jersey hands out the largest single day prize purse in triathlon history, $800,000. And only there, in a season running since January, do Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde finally line up against each other for the first time.

Where, when, how much

The race takes place at Elizabeth Marina in St Helier, the capital of Jersey. The women start at 14:10 British time (15:10 CEST), the men an hour and ten minutes later at 15:20 (16:20 CEST). Coverage is free on the Supertri YouTube channel and on TriathlonLive.tv.

The $800,000 purse splits evenly between women and men, $400,000 per category. The winner takes $100,000, second place $75,000, third $60,000. The money goes all the way down to tenth, which is rare even in World Triathlon or on T100.

The Enduro format: six transitions in one race

The Supertri Final is run in the Enduro format, three identical consecutive stages. Each is a 300 m swim, a 4 km bike and a 1.6 km run. In total an athlete covers 900 m in the water, 12 km on the bike and 4.8 km on foot, with six transitions.

On top of that comes the 90 second rule: anyone losing more than a minute and a half to the leaders is pulled from the race before the next stage. The strongest riders can also earn Short Chutes, a shortened run course on the final stage as a reward for riding well earlier. It is a format where one mistake in transition costs the whole race, not just a few seconds.

Yee against Wilde, at last

Alex Yee, the Olympic champion from Paris, and Hayden Wilde have not raced each other in 2026. The New Zealander has been his most consistent rival over recent seasons. Add Matt Hauser, the Australian defending the WTCS world title. Three athletes who in another setup would be fighting for medals on the same finish line meet here for the first time this season, over a distance where every transition counts.

In the women’s race Cassandre Beaugrand has won all four WTCS races in 2026, the full set. Jersey is a chance to add the richest start of the season to that. Facing her are Georgia Taylor-Brown and the defending Supertri champion Jeanne Lehair of Luxembourg, who knows this format better than anyone else in the field.

The Enduro format rewards different things than classic Olympic distance racing. Fast exits from the water, aggressive riding from the first metre and a head that holds up through six transitions under the clock. Beaugrand has won in WTCS on the strength of the whole package; here one weak transition from a rival can be the margin.

Hauser is racing for more than a cheque

For Hauser, Jersey is not only a payday. The Australian, defending the WTCS world title, deliberately skipped the race in Karlovy Vary to prepare calmly for the season final in Pontevedra. He filled that gap in the calendar with the Supertri start instead. He said himself that he wants to “turn up the speed a bit” in Jersey before the decisive race. Meanwhile his main rival in the WTCS standings, Vasco Vilaça, leads with 3850 points against Hauser’s 3495.76. The Portuguese will race Karlovy Vary without him, so the gap could grow further before Pontevedra. Hauser’s tenth place in Weihai, after a crash on the bike, only raises the stakes here. Jersey is the last form check before the biggest race of the year.