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Challenge Almere 2019 – Analyzing Results

Almere19LogoCourse Conditions

This year’s race in Almere saw very good conditions: It was sunny, nice temperatures and almost no wind. The adjustment of 24:07 indicates that the race conditions were about three minutes faster than last years race. The course rating for Almere is now 16:48.

This year saw a couple of new course records. The first two finishers in the men’s race broke the overall course record that was only set last year by Jaroslav Kovacic. The new mark is 7:50:15 by the male winner Matty Trautmann.

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On the female side, Sarissa de Vries took the lead in the swim and then extended that gap with a 4:38:12 bike leg that improved the 2016 time by Camille Deligny by more than five minutes. She was also running well for the first three of six run laps but then started to struggle and eventually fell back to third. Yvonne Van Vlerken worked hard to win Challenge Almere. She announced that this was her final long-distance race.

Almere Yvonne Photo Credits: Jose Luis Hourcade, supplied by Challenge Almere

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Matt Trautman ZAF 00:49:49 04:11:48 02:44:44 07:50:15 -17:19 EUR 6,000
2 Kristian Hogenhaug DEN 00:50:12 04:11:27 02:48:31 07:53:52 -10:23 EUR 3,750
3 Tomas Renc CZE 00:48:47 04:15:31 02:52:13 08:00:44 -05:10 EUR 2,500
4 Morten Brammer Olesen DEN 00:52:55 04:20:17 02:43:46 08:01:26 -05:24 EUR 1,750
5 Pete Dyson GBR 00:55:46 04:21:06 02:52:23 08:13:22 -11:57 EUR 1,300
6 Kieran Lindars GBR 00:46:51 04:30:10 02:52:33 08:17:14 n/a EUR 1,100
7 Aliksandr Vasilevich BLR 00:48:09 04:30:09 02:58:46 08:21:11 n/a EUR 900
8 Erik-Simon Strijk NED 00:56:05 04:20:28 03:00:00 08:21:28 -02:57 EUR 700
9 Sergio Marques POR 00:56:16 04:36:07 02:45:11 08:22:22 -18:37 EUR 550
10 Carlos Aznar Gallego ESP 00:56:06 04:33:36 02:48:57 08:22:59 -07:09 EUR 450
11 Dirk Wijnalda NED 00:56:26 04:36:03 02:54:39 08:31:51 06:40
12 Sven Strijk NED 00:50:15 04:15:41 03:24:57 08:35:09 -57:27
13 Ruben Geys BEL 00:52:56 04:39:28 03:03:54 08:41:11 n/a
14 Tjardo Visser NED 00:50:11 04:40:02 03:06:56 08:41:12 -05:44
15 Stefan Overmars NED 00:52:53 04:34:41 03:20:25 08:52:37 -07:41
16 Jacob Veenstra NED 00:56:25 04:33:21 03:17:06 08:53:18 11:37
17 Diederik Scheltinga NED 00:56:01 04:36:23 03:25:00 09:02:29 30:35
18 Martijn Paalman NED 00:50:18 04:52:11 03:15:32 09:02:43 n/a
19 Georgy Kaurov RUS 00:48:08 04:33:29 03:37:54 09:03:50 11:44
20 Erik Doornbos NED 00:56:10 04:37:47 03:24:41 09:03:56 n/a
21 Marijn De Jonge NED 00:59:57 04:48:46 03:34:49 09:29:06 20:17
Thomas Steger AUT DNF
Denis Sketako SLO DNF
Caleb Noble AUS DNF
Andrej Vistica CRO DNF
Chris Fischer DEN DNF
Jens Petersen-Bach DEN DNF
Evert Scheltinga NED DNF

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 00:59:05 04:46:33 03:06:31 08:56:10 02:10 EUR 6,000
2 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 01:05:25 04:49:07 03:11:40 09:11:27 -14:02 EUR 3,750
3 Sarissa De Vries NED 00:51:29 04:38:12 03:38:03 09:12:29 -05:15 EUR 2,500
4 Miriam Van Reijen NED 01:00:14 04:57:38 03:14:14 09:18:40 -42:12 EUR 1,750
5 Simona Krivankova CZE 01:05:06 04:58:47 03:12:26 09:21:39 00:14 EUR 1,300
6 Sonja Skevin CRO 00:54:32 05:08:52 03:17:34 09:25:03 -11:25 EUR 1,100
7 Sophie Bubb GBR 01:00:19 05:12:26 03:10:26 09:28:59 n/a EUR 900
8 Ilona Eversdijk NED 00:54:29 04:58:34 03:46:15 09:43:24 -1:05:49 EUR 700
9 Janien Lubben NED 01:09:13 04:59:35 03:36:35 09:50:35 -23:58 EUR 550
10 Maja Urban CRO 01:04:20 05:26:48 03:32:26 10:10:32 -05:51 EUR 450
11 Karla Schipper NED 01:09:05 05:18:32 04:14:24 10:46:54 n/a
Camille Deligny FRA DNF
Astrid Stienen GER DNF
Kathrin Walther GER DNF
Tessa Kortekaas NED DNF

Ironman Chattanooga 2019 (Sept 29th) – Seedings

IMChooPrevious Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2014 Matt Hanson (USA) 08:12:32 Angela Naeth (CAN) 08:54:55
2015 Kirill Kotshegarov (EST) 08:08:32 Carrie Lester (AUS) 08:56:00
2016 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:12:22
2017 Elizabeth Lyles (USA) 09:05:33
2018 Cody Beals (CAN) 07:10:22

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results (2018)

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Cody Beals CAN 04:20:25 02:48:17 07:10:22
2 Matthew Russell USA 04:23:41 02:55:43 07:21:55
3 Kirill Kotshegarov EST 04:22:48 02:58:06 07:23:06

Female Race Results (2017)

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Elizabeth Lyles USA 00:45:13 05:04:35 03:10:33 09:05:33
2 Kim Schwabenbauer USA 00:48:51 05:15:01 03:19:11 09:28:46
3 Jessie Donavan USA 00:50:33 05:04:50 03:30:09 09:31:49

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:08:32 Kirill Kotshegarov 2015-09-27
Swim overall 00:38:06 Barrett Brandon 2014-09-28
Bike overall 04:27:28 Marino Vanhoenacker 2016-09-25
Run overall 02:47:40 Matt Hanson 2014-09-28
Total female 08:54:55 Angela Naeth 2014-09-28
Swim female 00:39:56 Anna Cleaver 2014-09-28
Bike female 04:50:03 Angela Naeth 2014-09-28
Run female 03:01:04 Lisa Roberts 2015-09-27

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Chattanooga is 10:53.

Race Adjustments for IM Chattanooga

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2014 19:22 17:01 04:10 -01:48 44 of 58 19:22 17:01 04:10 -01:48
2015 13:26 10:10 04:04 -00:48 65 of 82 16:24 13:36 04:07 -01:18
2016 05:08 08:20 05:30 -08:41 18 of 25 12:39 11:51 04:35 -03:46
2017 05:36 15:31 -01:21 -08:33 10 10:53 12:45 03:06 -04:58

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Chattanooga has 1m+1f Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 6 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 3% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 1 Matthew Russell USA 08:10:48 08:23:51 00:41:30 04:27:56 05:14:26 02:56:22 54% +28% -18% (52) 28
2 2 Sam Long USA 08:28:03 08:51:32 00:41:51 04:31:04 05:17:55 03:10:08 47% +27% -25% (10) 113
3 15 Pedro Gomes POR 08:30:38 08:46:00 00:40:08 04:45:29 05:30:37 03:00:01 52% +10% -38% (37) 98
4 18 Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches CAN 08:32:02 09:00:04 00:37:01 04:34:36 05:16:37 03:15:25 31% +0% -69% (3) (147)
5 12 Clay Emge USA 08:39:00 08:54:38 00:39:54 04:49:08 05:34:02 03:04:58 86% +0% -14% (4) 126
6 3 Adam Feigh USA 08:42:02 08:59:02 00:42:43 04:40:32 05:28:15 03:13:47 55% +19% -27% (5) 145
7 6 Patrick Brady USA 08:49:05 09:22:18 00:45:51 04:47:11 05:38:03 03:11:02 9% +24% -67% (6) 210
8 5 Blake Becker USA 08:50:57 09:07:30 00:43:30 04:51:22 05:39:52 03:11:05 31% +27% -42% (25) 174
9 7 Vinicius Canhedo BRA 08:54:48 09:12:44 00:40:50 04:50:54 05:36:44 03:18:04 11% +53% -36% (6) 184
10 23 Andrew Talansky USA 08:56:13 09:38:40 00:42:02 04:30:36 05:17:39 03:38:34 38% +0% -62% (2) (236)
11 20 Colin Laughery USA 08:56:47 09:16:05 00:43:25 04:53:34 05:41:58 03:14:49 79% +11% -10% (13) 198
12 22 Eliot Scymanski USA 08:57:01 09:21:52 00:39:58 04:53:48 05:38:46 03:18:15 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (210)
13 14 Rodrigo Romero Garcia de la Cadena MEX 08:57:34 09:22:26 00:41:32 04:59:27 05:45:59 03:11:35 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (211)
14 21 James Lubinski USA 09:02:25 09:20:10 00:49:00 04:56:17 05:50:16 03:12:09 74% +16% -9% (24) 204
15 13 Jonathan Fecik USA 09:05:32 09:31:39 00:43:42 04:51:08 05:39:50 03:25:42 34% +40% -26% (7) 225
16 17 Marcus Hultgren SWE 09:07:03 09:28:00 00:44:12 04:53:14 05:42:25 03:24:38 36% +32% -32% (12) 217
17 16 Benson Hall USA 09:10:21 09:35:49 00:42:48 04:46:24 05:34:12 03:36:09 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (231)
18 11 Eneko Elosegui ESP 09:10:24 09:30:32 00:45:52 04:55:53 05:46:44 03:23:40 71% +20% -9% (24) 222
19 8 Nicholas Chase USA 09:21:29 09:37:19 00:41:14 04:58:19 05:44:34 03:36:55 72% +0% -28% (5) 232
20 19 Peter Kotland CZE 09:34:20 09:56:53 00:45:11 05:05:32 05:55:43 03:38:37 66% +8% -26% (29) 248
21 10 Ivan Dominguez USA 09:59:32 10:41:29 00:42:09 05:09:02 05:56:11 04:03:21 13% +0% -87% (3) (258)
4 Romain Babin CHI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
9 Sean Daugherty USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 8% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 30 Angela Naeth * CAN 09:07:53 09:25:06 00:45:57 04:55:16 05:46:14 03:21:39 15% +36% -50% (15) 30
2 31 Lisa Roberts USA 09:12:25 09:29:57 00:49:27 05:12:01 06:06:28 03:05:57 79% +1% -20% (28) 41
3 33 Michelle Vesterby * DEN 09:13:12 09:23:01 00:41:05 05:03:22 05:49:28 03:23:44 77% +1% -22% (28) 23
4 44 Lenny Ramsey NED 09:27:13 09:51:43 00:50:31 05:21:27 06:16:58 03:10:15 38% +29% -33% (4) 66
5 32 Melanie McQuaid CAN 09:27:42 10:01:07 00:43:54 05:09:41 05:58:35 03:29:07 34% +28% -38% (7) 76
6 38 Kelly Fillnow USA 09:38:15 10:05:03 00:49:25 05:19:02 06:13:27 03:24:48 85% +4% -10% (16) (80)
7 42 Katie Morales USA 09:41:01 09:59:25 00:41:32 05:14:21 06:00:52 03:40:09 89% +11% -0% (6) 74
8 39 Robyn Hardage CAN 09:55:21 10:11:55 00:48:28 05:26:33 06:20:01 03:35:20 100% +0% -0% (6) 88
9 36 Melanie Baumann SUI 09:59:38 10:24:59 00:57:36 05:21:31 06:24:07 03:35:31 50% +31% -19% (4) 103
10 35 Palmira Alvarez MEX 10:03:02 10:34:12 00:52:28 05:20:38 06:18:06 03:44:56 57% +5% -38% (10) 109
11 34 Kaitlin Allen USA 10:05:04 10:33:04 00:53:26 05:38:22 06:36:49 03:28:15 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (109)
12 45 Zuzana Trnovcova SVK 10:08:02 10:34:55 00:50:55 05:20:26 06:16:21 03:51:41 48% +0% -52% (2) (110)
13 37 Katy Cargiulo USA 10:09:37 10:41:22 00:49:42 05:42:51 06:37:33 03:32:04 48% +52% -0% (8) 111
14 46 Amy Vantassel USA 10:20:40 10:47:56 00:51:02 05:51:31 06:47:33 03:33:07 35% +18% -47% (7) (113)
15 40 Jennifer Lentzke CAN 10:36:51 11:10:07 00:56:31 05:41:32 06:43:03 03:53:48 7% +4% -89% (5) (117)
41 Kristin Louderback USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
43 Maddy Pesch USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Matthew Russell: 67% (1-1)
  • Pedro Gomes: 12% (7-1)
  • Sam Long: 12% (8-1)
  • Clay Emge: 4% (26-1)
  • Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches: 3% (32-1)
  • Adam Feigh: 2% (65-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Lisa Roberts: 48% (1-1)
  • Angela Naeth: 25% (3-1)
  • Michelle Vesterby: 18% (4-1)
  • Melanie McQuaid: 6% (17-1)
  • Lenny Ramsey: 2% (48-1)

Ironman Wisconsin 2019 – Analyzing Results

IMWisconsinCourse Conditions

Conditions in Wisconsin were slow as usual. It seems that Madison has one of the slowest swim courses, but there is also nothing “fast” about the bike and run courses. Linsey Corin was within a minute of her course record from last year, and male winner Emilio Aguayo had one of the fastest runs in Madison. 

Kona Qualifying

Ironman Wisonsin was the first Ironman race with Kona 2020 slots. They go to the winners

  • Linsey Corbin
    and
  • Emilio Aguayo Munoz.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Emilio Aguayo Munoz ESP 00:52:30 04:46:46 02:46:39 08:34:20 07:33 US$ 8,000
2 Markus Thomschke GER 00:54:52 04:34:53 03:02:11 08:38:24 -02:39 US$ 4,000
3 Kevin Portmann FRA 01:00:14 04:42:47 03:00:47 08:50:15 -02:34 US$ 3,000
4 Adam Feigh USA 01:01:20 04:36:51 03:07:40 08:52:59 -06:24 US$ 2,500
5 Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE 00:56:48 04:42:10 03:11:06 08:57:02 -01:10 US$ 1,500
6 Blake Becker USA 01:00:13 04:55:24 02:59:38 09:01:31 -16:58 US$ 1,000
7 James Lubinski USA 01:08:09 05:08:41 03:00:22 09:24:58 07:56  
  Reece Barclay GBR 00:52:33 04:55:47   DNF    
  Patrick Brady USA 01:01:42 04:47:35   DNF    
  Carson Christen USA 00:57:24 04:53:40   DNF    
  Andrew Keily USA 00:52:26 05:01:21   DNF    

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Linsey Corbin USA 01:01:16 05:04:44 03:00:06 09:13:34 -04:20 US$ 8,000
2 Melanie McQuaid CAN 01:01:16 05:06:57 03:13:50 09:29:17 -44:16 US$ 4,000
3 Bruna Mahn BRA 01:01:19 05:30:32 03:10:48 09:49:37 00:04 US$ 3,000
4 Robin Pomeroy USA 00:56:54 05:24:35 03:22:53 09:51:24 -07:11 US$ 2,500
5 Katie Morales USA 00:57:01 05:18:58 03:34:24 09:58:16 04:16 US$ 1,500
6 Alyssa Godesky USA 01:07:43 05:31:29 03:27:16 10:14:10 05:00 US$ 1,000
7 Nicole Luse USA 01:12:49 05:45:48 03:33:48 10:42:52 24:49  
8 Sarah Karpinski USA 01:17:09 05:47:33 03:40:49 10:53:48 27:13  
  Svenja Thoes GER 01:02:54 05:15:25   DNF    
  Kelsey Withrow USA 00:56:51 05:24:33   DNF    
  Lenny Ramsey NED 01:07:46 05:17:50   DNF    
  Michelle Heneghan IRL 01:13:28 05:53:17   DNF    
  Ginger Howell USA 01:04:25     DNF    
  Natasha Van der Merwe USA 01:09:07     DNF    

70.3 World Championships 2019 (Nice, France) – Analyzing Results

703 Worlds Nice LogoCourse Conditions

As expected, the course in Nice made for a fascinating races as both the male and female fields were blown apart on the tough climbs on the bike leg. It resulted in finishing times that were relatively slow compared to other 70.3 Champs but pretty much as expected after last year’s 70.3 Nice on prettying much the same course. While the swim and run adjustments were on-par were with other 70.3 Champs,  the bike adjustment was roughly 15 minutes slower than last year’s 70.3 Worlds in Nelson Mandela Bay.

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Daniela Ryf SUI 00:26:32 02:33:38 01:18:37 04:23:04 -03:20 US$ 45,000
2 Holly Lawrence GBR 00:26:23 02:36:50 01:20:08 04:27:02 -02:46 US$ 20,000
3 Imogen Simmonds SUI 00:26:40 02:36:16 01:21:10 04:28:10 -09:54 US$ 15,000
4 Chelsea Sodaro USA 00:27:23 02:41:34 01:17:56 04:31:07 -01:30 US$ 10,000
5 Lucy Charles-Barclay GBR 00:25:23 02:42:03 01:20:19 04:31:50 00:43 US$ 7,500
6 Radka Kahlefeldt CZE 00:26:37 02:43:02 01:19:59 04:33:38 -01:39 US$ 6,500
7 Amelia Watkinson NZL 00:26:40 02:37:59 01:25:21 04:34:06 -06:58 US$ 6,000
8 Manon Genet FRA 00:29:16 02:39:26 01:21:16 04:34:14 -10:59 US$ 5,500
9 Emma Pallant GBR 00:27:36 02:45:06 01:17:53 04:34:26 -03:42 US$ 5,000
10 Sara Svensk SWE 00:29:23 02:44:12 01:17:18 04:35:23 -07:33 US$ 4,500
11 India Lee GBR 00:26:32 02:42:18 01:22:56 04:36:10 -05:22
12 Kaisa Sali FIN 00:29:17 02:43:15 01:20:17 04:37:18 -02:56
13 Paula Findlay CAN 00:26:39 02:42:17 01:26:13 04:39:21 01:48
14 Jackie Hering USA 00:29:16 02:48:24 01:17:51 04:39:50 02:17
15 Judith Corachan Vacquero ESP 00:27:31 02:49:53 01:22:07 04:43:51 -04:03
16 Katrina Rye GBR 00:29:15 02:48:28 01:23:24 04:45:15 02:37
17 Grace Thek AUS 00:27:32 02:53:39 01:21:16 04:46:42 00:14
18 Jeanne Collonge FRA 00:31:06 02:46:13 01:25:55 04:47:50 -05:55
19 Nina Derron SUI 00:29:19 02:51:06 01:24:54 04:49:34 -03:27
20 Anne Reischmann GER 00:31:07 02:46:20 01:27:41 04:49:48 -00:54
21 Annah Watkinson ZAF 00:29:28 02:53:42 01:22:34 04:50:23 -02:44
22 Pamella Oliveira BRA 00:26:21 02:51:13 01:28:47 04:50:48 08:07
23 Jenny Schulz GER 00:31:12 02:54:50 01:20:08 04:51:15 -02:05
24 Luiza Cravo BRA 00:31:13 02:53:14 01:23:02 04:52:13 00:23
25 Kinsey Laine USA 00:26:34 02:53:46 01:27:33 04:52:25 01:25
26 Haley Chura USA 00:26:28 02:59:58 01:22:08 04:53:09 08:39
27 Carrie Lester AUS 00:28:05 02:54:10 01:27:26 04:54:20 11:49
28 Danielle Dingman USA 00:39:20 02:49:45 01:21:59 04:55:04 00:00
29 Ewa Komander POL 00:29:25 02:48:05 01:34:06 04:56:05 -00:33
30 Pamela-Ann Bachelder St.Pierre CAN 00:34:47 02:54:56 01:22:49 04:56:38 01:53
31 Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 00:31:11 02:52:15 01:31:22 04:59:31 07:04
32 Maddy Pesch USA 00:29:17 02:54:01 01:32:12 04:59:57 01:13
33 Mariella Sawyer ZAF 00:34:47 02:59:12 01:21:50 05:00:00 05:47
34 Felicity Sheedy-Ryan AUS 00:26:56 03:09:42 01:19:24 05:00:13 18:24
35 Lauren Barnett USA 00:32:45 02:57:00 01:26:30 05:00:45 14:27
36 Romina Palacio Balena ARG 00:29:15 03:01:49 01:25:27 05:01:06 06:00
37 Bianca Steurer AUT 00:32:59 02:55:15 01:28:25 05:01:29 11:03
38 Ellie Salthouse AUS 00:26:23 03:15:00 01:18:58 05:04:47 25:48
39 Francesca Sanjana GBR 00:34:19 02:58:42 01:28:11 05:06:33 06:11
40 Xenia Luxem BEL 00:34:48 02:59:38 01:28:39 05:07:11 06:01
41 Maria Barrera MEX 00:29:17 03:01:01 01:40:27 05:15:59 20:36
42 Kyra Wiens USA 00:30:18 03:09:10 01:32:30 05:16:46 15:25
43 Gisele Bertucci BRA 00:31:08 03:16:26 01:39:00 05:31:48 22:39
Lisa Norden SWE 00:26:29 02:40:18 DNF
Amber Ferreira USA 00:29:21 02:53:59 DNF

703 Worlds Nice Logo Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Gustav Iden NOR 00:23:55 02:17:25 01:08:10 03:52:35 -06:43 US$ 45,000
2 Alistair Brownlee GBR 00:23:17 02:17:38 01:10:43 03:55:19 -03:00 US$ 20,000
3 Rodolphe Von Berg USA 00:23:31 02:17:24 01:12:15 03:56:45 -06:40 US$ 15,000
4 Kristian Blummenfelt NOR 00:23:23 02:22:10 01:09:59 03:59:21 01:57 US$ 10,000
5 Sebastian Kienle GER 00:26:50 02:19:57 01:09:31 04:00:18 -00:55 US$ 7,500
6 Bart Aernouts BEL 00:27:00 02:19:46 01:10:36 04:01:14 -06:39 US$ 6,500
7 Javier Gomez ESP 00:23:22 02:24:07 01:10:09 04:01:30 00:26 US$ 6,000
8 Sam Appleton AUS 00:23:19 02:23:01 01:11:56 04:02:15 -01:07 US$ 5,500
9 Bradley Weiss ZAF 00:24:39 02:21:51 01:12:43 04:03:09 -07:52 US$ 5,000
10 Ben Kanute USA 00:23:21 02:20:57 01:16:53 04:04:36 02:22 US$ 4,500
11 Florian Angert GER 00:23:28 02:23:03 01:14:48 04:05:08 -00:22
12 Yvan Jarrige FRA 00:24:33 02:22:56 01:14:13 04:05:18 -11:53
13 George Goodwin GBR 00:24:36 02:22:44 01:14:25 04:05:44 -04:39
14 Andrew Starykowicz USA 00:24:31 02:21:05 01:16:23 04:06:05 -01:17
15 Pablo Dapena Gonzalez ESP 00:23:27 02:29:05 01:10:29 04:06:55 00:09
16 Filipe Azevedo POR 00:23:21 02:27:18 01:12:38 04:07:23 -04:21
17 Daniel Baekkegard DEN 00:23:21 02:28:58 01:11:55 04:08:28 -00:39
18 Josh Amberger AUS 00:23:15 02:24:42 01:16:54 04:08:40 01:39
19 Maurice Clavel GER 00:24:34 02:26:14 01:15:04 04:09:20 04:19
20 Eric Lagerstrom USA 00:23:25 02:25:43 01:16:25 04:09:30 -00:19
21 Elliot Smales GBR 00:24:34 02:27:59 01:13:22 04:09:47 -01:45
22 Adam Bowden GBR 00:23:24 02:30:14 01:12:43 04:10:18 04:31
23 Patrick Lange GER 00:24:31 02:31:31 01:11:22 04:11:18 05:15
24 Romain Guillaume FRA 00:24:38 02:28:48 01:15:57 04:13:26 -01:54
25 Robbie Deckard USA 00:26:56 02:29:11 01:13:44 04:13:54 -05:28
26 Sam Pictor GBR 00:27:29 02:28:37 01:14:06 04:14:09 -03:18
27 Milosz Sowinski POL 00:24:40 02:28:58 01:16:45 04:14:12 -02:21
28 Andre Lopes BRA 00:24:41 02:31:19 01:15:13 04:15:09 -05:32
29 Frederik Van Lierde BEL 00:24:40 02:28:40 01:17:59 04:15:21 06:27
30 Mitchell Kibby AUS 00:24:39 02:34:00 01:14:19 04:16:45 -03:24
31 Thomas Davis GBR 00:23:24 02:32:08 01:17:11 04:16:48 03:11
32 Cyril Viennot FRA 00:27:01 02:30:37 01:15:20 04:16:52 05:59
33 Alexander Polizzi AUS 00:23:30 02:32:20 01:16:52 04:17:02 -03:48
34 Horst Reichel GER 00:24:33 02:31:54 01:16:57 04:17:17 00:24
35 Santiago Ascenco BRA 00:26:05 02:32:30 01:16:00 04:18:18 07:05
36 Sam Long USA 00:28:05 02:26:16 01:20:32 04:18:36 07:07
37 Francisco Serrano MEX 00:25:30 02:33:34 01:15:56 04:18:51 03:55
38 Dominik Sowieja GER 00:27:06 02:34:30 01:13:27 04:19:13 02:14
39 Jack Moody NZL 00:26:51 02:33:24 01:14:56 04:19:25 04:24
40 Markus Rolli GER 00:24:41 02:35:40 01:15:54 04:20:52 09:11
41 Paulo Roberto Maciel da Silva BRA 00:23:29 02:32:33 01:22:10 04:22:13 04:00
42 Alan Carrillo Avila MEX 00:28:09 02:30:42 01:27:18 04:30:31 11:38
43 Joaquin Pereda Charles MEX 00:23:31 02:46:04 01:17:19 04:31:10 06:44
44 David Mainwaring AUS 00:24:42 02:41:48 01:26:23 04:37:06 18:10
45 Jason Pohl CAN 00:29:43 02:44:16 01:20:26 04:39:05 09:47
Pieter Heemeryck BEL 00:24:41 02:23:46 DNF
Ruedi Wild SUI 00:24:43 02:25:55 DNF
Kevin Collington USA 00:24:37 DNF
Jackson Laundry CAN 00:24:47 DNF
Andreas Dreitz GER 00:25:40 DNF
Matt Burton AUS 00:28:02 DNF

Challenge Almere 2019 (Sept 14th) – Seedings

Almere19LogoPrevious Winners

Almere is one of the longest-running triathlons worldwide – the first edition was in 1983. Since 2013 it is part of the Challenge Family.

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2013 Bart Colpaert (BEL) 08:34:50 Susan Blatt (GER) 09:24:40
2014 Markus Fachbach (GER) 08:28:25 Heleen Bij De Vaate (NED) 09:16:26
2015 Markus Fachbach (GER) 08:12:24 Kathrin Walther (GER) 09:26:11
2016 Jan Raphael (GER) 08:03:43 Camille Deligny (FRA) 09:18:15
2017 Joe Skipper (GBR) 07:59:39 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:51:13
2018 Jaroslav Kovacic (SLO) 07:55:43 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 09:00:01

Last Race’s TOP 3

Here’s the link to last year’s full Pro race results and analysis.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Jaroslav Kovacic SLO 00:50:07 04:18:52 02:43:27 07:55:43
2 Cameron Wurf AUS 00:53:47 04:10:48 02:52:24 08:00:55
3 Kristian Hogenhaug DEN 00:54:56 04:13:50 02:50:22 08:03:31

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 01:00:29 04:48:33 03:07:02 09:00:01
2 Els Visser NED 01:00:29 04:53:03 03:19:12 09:16:29
3 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 01:07:39 04:56:14 03:08:09 09:17:46

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:55:43 Jaroslav Kovacic 2018-09-08
Swim overall 00:46:10 Dylan McNeice 2013-09-14
Bike overall 04:10:48 Cameron Wurf 2018-09-08
Run overall 02:41:05 Joe Skipper 2017-09-10
Total female 08:51:13 Yvonne Van Vlerken 2017-09-10
Swim female 00:51:37 Hillary Biscay 2013-09-14
Bike female 04:43:11 Camille Deligny 2016-09-10
Run female 03:05:32 Hanna Maksimova 2017-09-10

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Almere is 15:35.

Race Adjustments for Challenge Almere

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2013 06:52 00:57 03:39 02:16 30 06:52 00:57 03:39 02:16
2014 09:06 03:13 04:38 01:16 30 of 38 07:59 02:05 04:08 01:46
2015 17:26 00:44 14:27 02:16 36 of 43 11:08 01:38 07:34 01:56
2016 23:11 01:34 21:21 00:17 28 of 34 14:09 01:37 11:01 01:32
2017 16:07 00:47 13:15 02:05 34 of 48 14:32 01:27 11:28 01:38
2018 20:50 -01:23 14:53 07:21 26 of 31 15:35 00:59 12:02 02:35

Prize Money

Challenge Almere has a total prize purse of 38.000 EUR, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 3% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 1 Kristian Hogenhaug (KQ) DEN 08:08:24 08:30:28 00:52:27 04:16:25 05:13:52 02:54:32 62% +0% -38% (6) 48
2 10 Matt Trautman (KQ) ZAF 08:12:21 08:33:39 00:50:02 04:24:36 05:19:37 02:52:44 20% +22% -58% (9) 55
3 25 Tomas Renc CZE 08:13:03 08:37:34 00:48:43 04:30:29 05:24:12 02:48:51 100% +0% -0% (2) (70)
4 14 Morten Brammer Olesen DEN 08:13:37 08:33:25 00:51:38 04:27:55 05:24:33 02:49:04 100% +0% -0% (3) 54
5 2 Evert Scheltinga NED 08:14:26 08:35:20 00:48:05 04:22:52 05:15:56 02:58:30 83% +0% -17% (9) 60
6 7 Jens Petersen-Bach DEN 08:18:51 08:34:12 00:49:46 04:33:44 05:28:30 02:50:21 56% +6% -39% (26) 56
7 18 Andrej Vistica CRO 08:25:12 08:38:36 00:54:37 04:32:24 05:32:02 02:53:10 95% +0% -5% (19) 71
8 8 Erik-Simon Strijk NED 08:27:05 08:52:05 00:51:50 04:30:42 05:27:32 02:59:33 72% +1% -27% (12) (117)
9 17 Chris Fischer DEN 08:27:12 08:47:25 00:53:15 04:30:33 05:28:49 02:58:23 77% +3% -20% (11) (103)
10 3 Marc Unger GER 08:27:33 09:17:30 00:51:31 04:29:01 05:25:31 03:02:02 9% +28% -63% (6) 202
11 5 Denis Sketako SLO 08:27:50 08:51:45 00:52:53 04:33:57 05:31:50 02:56:00 73% +10% -18% (6) 114
12 6 Dirk Wijnalda NED 08:30:36 08:53:20 00:56:33 04:36:19 05:37:52 02:52:44 84% +3% -13% (25) 121
13 21 Carlos Aznar Gallego ESP 08:31:46 08:57:55 00:57:09 04:44:52 05:47:01 02:44:45 22% +33% -44% (5) 141
14 19 Pete Dyson GBR 08:32:00 08:57:57 00:55:05 04:29:54 05:29:58 03:02:02 35% +39% -26% (3) (142)
15 4 Diederik Scheltinga NED 08:34:53 09:01:29 00:51:42 04:37:03 05:33:44 03:01:09 16% +44% -39% (7) (153)
16 15 Sergio Marques POR 08:43:37 09:08:51 00:53:59 04:44:21 05:43:20 03:00:17 54% +3% -43% (40) (177)
17 30 Georgy Kaurov RUS 08:43:59 09:21:57 00:48:05 04:49:50 05:42:55 03:01:04 45% +55% -0% (4) (214)
18 24 Jacob Veenstra NED 08:45:31 09:10:57 00:55:54 04:33:37 05:34:31 03:11:00 76% +24% -0% (3) (184)
19 16 Stefan Overmars NED 08:51:59 09:29:43 00:53:07 04:35:02 05:33:09 03:18:50 44% +0% -56% (7) 224
20 22 Tjardo Visser NED 08:52:58 09:15:43 00:50:51 04:51:26 05:47:17 03:05:41 48% +20% -33% (5) (198)
21 26 Marijn De Jonge NED 09:17:36 09:39:59 00:54:55 04:49:25 05:49:20 03:28:16 100% +0% -0% (4) (242)
22 12 Sven Strijk NED 09:41:18 10:13:40 00:52:46 04:42:24 05:40:11 04:01:07 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (259)
23 9 Caleb Noble AUS 10:24:42 10:59:29 00:47:33 05:12:05 06:04:38 04:20:04 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (266)
11 Thomas Steger AUT n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
20 Aliksandr Vasilevich BLR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
23 Kieran Lindars GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
27 Martijn Paalman NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
28 Erik Doornbos NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
29 Ruben Geys BEL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 4% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 51 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 08:59:46 09:17:57 00:56:58 04:47:53 05:49:51 03:09:55 83% +0% -17% (38) 21
2 53 Sarissa De Vries NED 09:13:14 09:48:15 00:52:27 04:48:23 05:45:49 03:27:25 48% +52% -0% (3) (62)
3 59 Astrid Stienen GER 09:14:51 09:33:01 00:58:14 04:56:38 05:59:52 03:14:59 58% +18% -23% (12) (50)
4 52 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 09:27:31 09:56:01 01:06:19 05:01:17 06:12:36 03:14:55 25% +41% -34% (14) 75
5 57 Simona Krivankova CZE 09:28:21 09:52:22 01:05:01 05:06:10 06:16:11 03:12:10 96% +4% -0% (11) 70
6 54 Camille Deligny FRA 09:29:31 10:02:47 01:01:14 04:54:22 06:00:36 03:28:55 51% +0% -49% (5) (80)
7 56 Kathrin Walther GER 09:35:27 10:52:21 00:58:58 05:02:32 06:06:29 03:28:58 9% +8% -84% (14) (120)
8 55 Tessa Kortekaas NED 09:38:38 10:05:52 01:00:39 05:11:56 06:17:35 03:21:03 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (82)
9 61 Sonja Skevin CRO 09:46:04 10:13:48 00:55:51 05:23:11 06:24:01 03:22:03 100% +0% -0% (2) (93)
10 60 Vanessa Pereira POR 09:46:35 10:23:02 01:03:17 05:10:35 06:18:52 03:27:43 27% +22% -50% (17) 104
11 62 Miriam Van Reijen NED 10:24:14 10:44:47 01:08:25 05:49:41 07:03:07 03:21:07 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (115)
12 58 Janien Lubben NED 10:25:32 11:00:21 01:12:14 05:15:38 06:32:51 03:52:41 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (121)
13 65 Maja Urban CRO 10:28:11 11:03:09 01:03:18 05:41:46 06:50:05 03:38:06 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (121)
14 66 Ilona Eversdijk NED 10:57:25 11:35:45 00:57:17 05:20:18 06:22:34 04:34:51 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (123)
63 Sophie Bubb GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
64 Karla Schipper NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Kristian Hogenhaug: 49% (1-1)
  • Evert Scheltinga: 13% (7-1)
  • Matt Trautman: 13% (7-1)
  • Morten Brammer Olesen: 11% (8-1)
  • Tomas Renc: 9% (11-1)
  • Jens Petersen-Bach: 4% (24-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Yvonne Van Vlerken: 69% (1-1)
  • Sarissa De Vries: 15% (6-1)
  • Astrid Stienen: 10% (9-1)
  • Simona Krivankova: 2% (50-1)
  • Camille Deligny: 2% (59-1)
  • Lina-Kristin Schink: 2% (62-1)
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