2025 Grand Prix prize purse and scoring system
unveiled for new best-five-of-six format
CHANHASSEN, Minn., Oct. 17,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Following last week's 2025 race
lineup announcement, Life Time, (NYSE: LTH), the nation's
premier healthy lifestyle brand and athletic event producer, has
unveiled a record prize purse encompassing the Life Time Grand Prix
plus three new total awards for individual races.
Expanded prize purse
The total prize money on offer across the events included in the
2025 series will total $380,000. The
prize purse will be allocated as follows:
- $200,000 will be dedicated to the
fourth edition of the Life Time Grand Prix, the premier
professional off-road cycling series in the United States, drawing athletes and fans
from across the globe. It will be split equally between the top 10
male and top 10 female athletes who make up the overall standings
at the end of the series.
- $180,000 will be awarded at the
six standalone events throughout the season, with each race
offering $30,000. The purse will be
allocated to the top-five male and female finishers in each event,
regardless of whether they are competing in the Life Time Grand
Prix.
- Friday, April 11th: Life Time Sea Otter Classic Gravel
presented by Continental
- Saturday, May 31st: Life Time UNBOUND Gravel 200
- Saturday, August 9th: Life Time Leadville Trail 100 MTB
presented by Kenetik
- Saturday, September 13th: Life Time Chequamegon Mountain
Bike Festival
- Sunday, October 12th: Life
Time Little Sugar MTB
- Saturday, October 18th: Life
Time Big Sugar Gravel
2025 will mark the first time the UNBOUND Gravel 200, Leadville
Trail 100 MTB and Big Sugar Gravel have ever awarded prize money.
Sea Otter Classic, Chequamegon MTB and Little Sugar MTB, which have
previously awarded prize purses, will see their awards adjusted to
$30,000.
Best five of six scoring
The point system for the 2025 Life Time Grand Prix will remain
the same as the 2024 series – although scaled to the new field
size. After the fourth event of the series, each athletes' lowest
individual race score will be dropped, with their best five of six
scores now counting towards the final standings.
Following the Life Time UNBOUND Gravel 200, the leaderboard will
be updated to remove any athletes who drop from the series and to
include selected wild card athletes' results for the Life Time Sea
Otter Classic Gravel presented by Continental and Life Time UNBOUND
Gravel 200.
Kimo Seymour, Life Time
President Media & Events, said: "We are excited to
further elevate the 2025 Life Time Grand Prix with these updates.
While continuing to devote a significant prize allocation to the
series itself, we felt the time was right to offer additional prize
money at each of the six races comprising the series. This will
enable us to attract a competitive, global field of top athletes
and to further grow the sport domestically."
For more information or to apply to the 2025 Life Time Grand
Prix, visit www.lifetimegrandprix.com/.
About Life Time
Life Time (NYSE: LTH) empowers people
to live healthy, happy lives through its portfolio of more than 175
athletic country clubs across the United
States and Canada. The
health and wellness pioneer also delivers a range of healthy way of
life programs and information via its complimentary Life Time
Digital app. The Company's healthy living, healthy aging, healthy
entertainment communities and ecosystem serve people 90 days to 90+
years old and is supported by a team of approximately 42,000
dedicated professionals. In addition to delivering the best
programs and experiences through its clubs, Life Time owns and
produces nearly 30 of the most iconic athletic events in the
country.
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