The 25-year-old from Maryland could potentially earn up to $90,000 over his next three races, which would be the perfect ending to a year in which he secured early qualification to the Rio Olympics and a top-10 finish on the World Triathlon Series rankings.

On consecutive weekends of October 25 and November 1, he will contest the Nepean and Noosa triathlons respectively. He is the defending two-time champion of both events.

Nepean carries first-place prizemoney of $14,000, plus a possible $2000 handicap bonus.

The winner at Noosa will pocket $15,600.

In addition, Royle is one of 10 men chosen to compete in what has been described as the world’s richest triathlon race, the Island House Invitational on a private island in the Bahamas from November 6-8.

The winner of that race will earn $60,000 and even the last-placed competitor is guaranteed $10,000.

‘‘It’s a race over three days, with a lot of prizemoney, and I was very lucky to get an invite,’’ Royle said. ‘‘There’ll be 10 athletes, a mix of long- and short-course and a few world champions, so it’s exciting.

‘‘It just turned out that they had one spot available, and I spoke to the sponsor, put my hand up and said: ‘Please take me’.

‘‘It’ll be my last race of the season, so what a place to finish. There’s some good prizemoney and an all-expenses-paid trip to the Bahamas. It’s win-win, Iguess.’’

Royle said he would be desperate to become the first person to win the ‘‘triple double’’ of Nepean and Noosa.

‘‘Especially Noosa, it’s such an iconic race in Australia,’’ he said.

‘‘It’s a race that all Australian athletes target. Especially after winning it two years in a row, if I don’t do it again, I’d look on that as a bit of a failure.

‘‘You never want to go backwards. You always want to improve,’’ he said.

After struggling early in the year, Royle finished his WTS campaign strongly to claim a top-10 berth for the third successive season.

‘‘From June onwards, it’s been a pretty good year,’’ he said.

‘‘Early on, there were some setbacks, getting the swine flu and then a foot injury that affected me in May and the early part of June.

‘‘It really buggered me up and I was really nervous that I wouldn’t be right for Rio.’’

Royle tuned up for the races ahead with a win  in the 10km event of the inaugural iStadium Run in Newcastle on Sunday.