As the 2026 T100 Race to Qatar series heads into the penultimate women’s race in Dubai, Julie Derron leads the overall standings.

Featuring a new coastal course at Al Mamzar, the race is the last chance to score points before the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final. The professional women and amateur athletes will bike along the shoreline of Al Mamzar Beach Park before running along the shaded paths of Al Mamzar Park.

Derron arrives in Dubai as the overall series leader with 64 points from two races. Her main challenger will be Georgia Taylor-Brown, who sits third with 62 points.

“I’m very happy to be coming back to Dubai,” said Derron. “I always seem to find a lot of positive energy there, and the support last year was amazing. This year we have a new venue at Al Mamzar, so I’m excited to race on a new course and see a different side of the city.”

Derron is looking to keep her podium streak alive in her 2026. Her third-place finish at the Ironman World Championship in Kona marked her sixth podium in as many races this season, including three wins. Derron has been a constant force, and after finishing third in the T100 standings in 2024 and second in 2025, she is targeting a strong score in Dubai to fuel her bid for the 2026 T100 Triathlon World Championship title.

“Leading the standings is a nice position to be in, but it’s very close, and with Dubai being the last race before Qatar I want to show another strong race,” added Derron. “I’ve come close to the title the last two years. So scoring highly in Dubai would be the perfect way to go into the final.”

Derron’s main challenger for the series title will be Taylor-Brown, who sits third in the standings, just three points behind Derron, and will be looking to seize the opportunity to take the lead. Taylor-Brown is enjoying another very strong season, with gold at World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) race in Karlovy Vary and silver at the World Championship Finals in Pontevedra. Her performance in Pontevedra lifted her four places in the WTCS standings, securing third overall in the series. Taylor-Brown opened her T100 season with her maiden victory before adding another podium in Vancouver, finishing third behind Derron and Kate Waugh.

But the race is far from a two-woman affair. Waugh has shown great form with back-to-back podium finishes at the World Triathlon Championship Finals in Pontevedra and the World Triathlon Cup in Beijing. And her second place at the Vancouver T100 in August was celebrated  after a season disrupted by injury. The 2025 T100 Triathlon World Champion missed early-season racing in Gold Coast and London but continues to build back her rhythm with a strong second half of the season.

Lizzie Rayner arrives in Dubai following her win at Ironman 70.3 Cascais, Portugal, this past weekend, while Hanne De Vet claimed victory at Ironman Emilia-Romagna in September. And let’s not forget Jessica Fullagar’s standout performance in the Gold Coast, where she finished second behind Taylor Knibb in her T100 debut.

The full 19-woman professional line-up for Dubai:

1. Julie Derron
2. Georgia Taylor-Brown
3. Bianca Bogen
4. Nicole Van Der Kaay
5. Sara Pérez Sala
6. Kate Waugh
7. Lisa Perterer
8. Jessica Fullagar
9. Lizzie Rayner
10. Caroline Pohle
11. Audrey Merle
12. Hanne De Vet
13. Katrine Christensen
14. Daniela Kleiser
15. Sophie Evans
16. Megan McDonald
17. Djenyfer Arnold
18. Francesca Crestani
19. Sara Sandrini

The Dubai T100 will be broadcast live on Saturday November 14, starting at 13:15 local time on TriathlonLive and the T100 YouTube channel.