Lanzarote in May as the hard-man edition, Challenge Roth in July as the atmosphere pilgrimage, the Nice and Hawaii world championship editions in September and October, the 70. 3 world championship moving venue annually, Alpe d'Huez in July as the alpine cult.

Long-course racing needs water warm enough to swim and daylight long enough for a seventeen-hour day. Late June to early September is the dense core.

Not dead for spend: this is training-camp season, and Lanzarote, Mallorca, and Thailand absorb real travel money in January to March. Big editions sell out on general entry day.

Slot roll-down is a same-day decision made at a ceremony in a foreign country, which creates a genuine 24-hour travel-booking crisis for the person who just qualified. That moment is unique in the catalog and worth building for.

Squad swims at 5:30am, a coach who writes the week, a club kit order, a weekend ride that ends in the same cafe, a training camp in Lanzarote or Mallorca in March, and a group chat obsessed with equipment.