Who will take the crown at Supertri Toronto 2025?

All eyes on Toronto: Seven athletes to look out for as the Supertri season gets underway

With the eagerly anticipated opening of the 2025 Supertri season just days away, here’s your lowdown on who to keep a close eye on as Toronto’s streets turn into a racetrack for the Toronto Triathlon Festival.

Cassandre Beaugrand (Crown Racing)

2024 Olympic and World champion, Cassandre Beaugrand, entered the 2025 season in scintillating form.

In February, she set a new French national record for a road 5km, taking almost 5 seconds off the previous best as she crossed the line in 14:53, averaging a rapid 2:58 per KM pace and clocking 2:49 for the final 1000m.

However, it hasn’t been all plain sailing for the current world number 1 across the full triathlon discipline. 

She had a difficult 2024 Supertri league season, which included a disappointing eighth-place finish in Boston and disqualification in her home race in Toulouse, likely costing her the league title.

2025 has also had its ups and downs for Beuagrand. She suffered a heavy fall on the very slippery bike phase at the World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) in Yokohama in May, and was unable to complete the course.

But since then, she’s bagged a first place in Alghero, and was narrowly beaten into second place by French teammate and Podium Racing rival Leonie Periault in Hamburg on July 12th.

Cassandre will be looking to turn the tables on Periault in Toronto, but with the two being so evenly matched across all three disciplines, it will undoubtedly be nip-and-tuck.

Georgia Taylor-Brown (Crown Racing)

Toronto will be the second triathlon of the year for Beaugrand’s Crown Racing teammate and 2024 Supertri champion Georgia Taylor-Brown.

A serious calf injury hindered her for much of last year. However, she picked up in the latter half of the season, finishing sixth at the Olympics and securing a handful of podium places in the Supertri series, ultimately clinching the league title by just two points ahead of Podium Racing’s Jeanne Lehair.

However, her recent form has been a little down on her best: she finished 14th in the recent WTCS in Hamburg earlier this month.

But, as a three-time Supertri League champion in 2021, 2022, and 2024, Taylor-Brown will undoubtedly be one to watch: she’s an athlete who thrives under the super-competitive nature of these pro leagues, and she’ll be looking to make amends for a somewhat disappointing result in Germany.

Jeanne Lehair (Podium Racing)

Luxembourg’s Jeanne Lehair has emerged as a genuine contender for league and championship titles in the last couple of years.

After early youth-level success, Lehair has been steadily climbing the elite ranks and achieved her first Supertri League win in Boston 2024. Her consistency across the series helped her finish second in last year’s table, just two points behind Georgia Taylor-Brown.

And now she’s coming into Toronto in fine form after victory in the WTCS event in Yokohama in May, aided by clocking the second-fastest run leg of the event. She’s also picked up a trio of seventh-place finishes in Hamburg, Algehro, and Abu Dhabi.

Currently ranked 4th on the WCTS points leaderboard, Lehair is gathering momentum as we head towards Toronto and will certainly have her sights set on the top place.

Rosa María Tapia Vidal (Stars and Stripes Racing)

Rosa María Tapia Vidal will be landing in Toronto as a Supertri debutant, but no doubt boosted by a string of excellent performances in the last year.

She clinched victory at the 2024 Americas Triathlon Cup in La Paz and the World Triathlon Cup in Brasília, where she made up considerable ground on the bike to take the lead on the run. She also made her Olympic debut in Paris, finishing 18th in the individual event.

So far in 2025, she’s claimed top-10 finishes in both WTCS Yokohama and the World Triathlon Cup in Huatulco, and is currently ranked fifth in the world.

Known for her strong tactical ability and all-around mental resilience, it’s fair to say that Tapia Vidal won’t be overawed by her Supertri debut and won’t shy away from the challenge posed by her more experienced rivals.

Alex Yee (Brownlee Racing)

Current Olympic and World Champion Alex Yee is yet to get his 2025 triathlon season underway.

However, while he’s not yet jumped in the saddle or donned his wetsuit in a competition this year, Yee has been focusing on the running phase. 

He made his London Marathon debut in April, running an impressive 2:11:08 over the 26.2-mile course, finishing as the second Brit in the elite men’s race. While preparing for the legendary event, he also ran a 28:05 in the Valencia 10K, a super-fast race that featured no less than seven national records and a European record. 

While he’s never yet claimed the overall Supertri league title, Yee has three individual race victories to his name and his 2024 tri season saw him medal in every event he participated in – including claiming Olympic gold in that legendary head-to-head with Hayden Wilde – so he’ll be hoping to pick up where he left off: on the podium.

Vasco Vilaca (Crown Racing)

After finishing seventh in last year’s Supertri league, could 2025 be the year that Vasco Vilaca clinches the title?

With major athletes like Leo Bergere, Matt Hauser and Hayden Wilde absent from this year’s field and his growing consistency across all three disciplines, Vilaca could make a strong push for the Supertri crown; not least because he’s heading to Toronto off the back of an impressive second-place finish over the short course at the WTCS Hamburg event earlier this month.

He also came second in Yokohama over the Olympic distance in May, already has three Supertri podiums to his name and finished a brilliant fifth at the Paris Olympics – so he’s not to be ruled out.

Jonny Brownlee (Brownlee Racing)

A bona fide triathlon legend, Jonny Brownlee is undoubtedly in the twilight years of his career – but can he lead his team to victory in 2025?

Brownlee has been a stalwart of the Supertri league since its inception, competing in 15 races. Although he’s never claimed a race victory, he has consistently been around the podium in the overall league tables for several years.

However, he’s only competed a handful of times since 2023, and has struggled against his younger compatriots on the WCTS circuit.

But we are still seeing glimpses of the Brownlee of old: he came third in the 2024 Europe Triathlon Cup in Kielce, in what was a true blanket finish with just three seconds separating all three medalists. And he placed fifth in this year’s Supertri E World Triathlon Championships London. 

So, while Jonny probably won’t be challenging for an individual podium place in Toronto, his teammates will undoubtedly benefit from his resilience and experience in racing strategy.