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September 2022

PTO Tour Dallas (Sept 17th & 18th) – Seedings

PTO Tour Dallas

Prize Money

PTO US Open has a total prize purse of 1.078.000 US$, paying 40 deep.

Female Race Participants

# Bib Name Nat Expected ESwim EBike ET2 ERun
1 4 Taylor Knibb USA 03:27:54 00:26:07 01:52:53 02:22:00 01:05:54
2 2 Lucy Charles-Barclay GBR 03:28:28 00:25:24 01:54:37 02:23:01 01:05:27
3 31 Flora Duffy BMU 03:28:34 00:26:12 01:55:59 02:25:11 01:03:23
4 3 Ashleigh Gentle AUS 03:29:50 00:26:49 01:57:05 02:26:54 01:02:56
5 5 Paula Findlay CAN 03:30:09 00:27:33 01:53:28 02:24:01 01:06:08
6 6 Holly Lawrence GBR 03:31:27 00:26:41 01:55:22 02:25:03 01:06:24
7 1 Katrina Matthews GBR 03:33:31 00:29:03 01:56:06 02:28:09 01:05:22
8 8 Jackie Hering USA 03:34:00 00:28:43 01:56:50 02:28:33 01:05:27
9 10 Jocelyn McCauley USA 03:34:39 00:28:07 01:53:40 02:24:47 01:09:52
10 17 Sara Perez Sala ESP 03:35:52 00:25:48 01:56:38 02:25:26 01:10:26
11 12 Tamara Jewett CAN 03:36:24 00:29:58 02:01:08 02:34:06 01:02:18
12 15 Ellie Salthouse AUS 03:36:42 00:27:27 01:57:10 02:27:37 01:09:05
13 18 Imogen Simmonds SUI 03:37:18 00:27:32 01:58:05 02:28:37 01:08:41
14 20 Lotte Wilms NED 03:37:44 00:26:28 01:58:49 02:28:17 01:09:27
15 25 Rach McBride CAN 03:37:58 00:28:56 01:55:35 02:27:31 01:10:27
16 16 Sarissa De Vries NED 03:39:21 00:27:16 01:59:14 02:29:30 01:09:51
17 22 India Lee GBR 03:40:16 00:27:23 01:59:26 02:29:49 01:10:27
18 27 Lesley Smith USA 03:40:46 00:29:18 02:01:53 02:34:11 01:06:35
19 7 Fenella Langridge GBR 03:41:08 00:27:21 02:00:54 02:31:15 01:09:53
20 24 Grace Thek AUS 03:41:32 00:28:29 02:02:24 02:33:53 01:07:39
21 11 Lisa Norden SWE 03:41:39 00:27:46 01:58:05 02:28:51 01:12:48
22 32 Lottie Lucas UAE 03:41:41 00:28:14 01:59:46 02:31:00 01:10:41
23 23 Marjolaine Pierre FRA 03:41:42 00:29:33 02:02:37 02:35:10 01:06:32
24 9 Ruth Astle GBR 03:41:52 00:30:25 01:58:10 02:31:35 01:10:17
25 21 Manon Genet FRA 03:42:35 00:29:13 02:01:30 02:33:43 01:08:52
26 19 Danielle Lewis USA 03:43:26 00:33:03 01:57:14 02:33:17 01:10:09
27 29 Mollie Hebda USA 03:45:02 00:28:59 02:00:31 02:32:30 01:12:32
28 26 Rebecca Clarke NZL 03:47:38 00:27:02 02:03:16 02:33:18 01:14:20
29 28 Natia Van Heerden ZAF 03:48:38 00:31:35 02:03:59 02:38:34 01:10:04

Winning Odds

  • Lucy Charles-Barclay: 31% (2-1)
  • Ashleigh Gentle: 23% (3-1)
  • Taylor Knibb: 17% (5-1)
  • Paula Findlay: 16% (5-1)
  • Holly Lawrence: 5% (20-1)
  • Flora Duffy: 4% (28-1)
  • Jackie Hering: 2% (62-1)

Male Race Participants

# Bib Name Nat Expected ESwim EBike ET2 ERun
1 4 Daniel Baekkegard DEN 03:09:30 00:24:31 01:43:33 02:11:04 00:58:26
2 2 Lionel Sanders CAN 03:09:46 00:27:24 01:41:10 02:11:34 00:58:12
3 6 Sam Long USA 03:10:27 00:27:52 01:40:35 02:11:27 00:59:00
4 3 Alistair Brownlee GBR 03:10:45 00:24:21 01:42:42 02:10:03 01:00:42
5 1 Magnus Elbaek Ditlev DEN 03:11:08 00:25:35 01:41:56 02:10:31 01:00:37
6 28 Aaron Royle AUS 03:11:17 00:23:31 01:45:29 02:12:00 00:59:17
7 33 Mika Noodt GER 03:11:25 00:25:18 01:44:29 02:12:47 00:58:38
8 12 Frederic Funk GER 03:11:27 00:25:16 01:41:34 02:09:50 01:01:37
9 7 Rudy Von Berg USA 03:11:51 00:25:13 01:43:36 02:11:49 01:00:02
10 5 Florian Angert GER 03:12:24 00:24:31 01:43:26 02:10:57 01:01:27
11 18 Kyle Smith NZL 03:12:35 00:24:25 01:44:14 02:11:39 01:00:56
12 23 Miki Moerck Taagholt DEN 03:12:35 00:24:46 01:43:18 02:11:04 01:01:31
13 44 Casper Stornes NOR 03:12:40 00:24:27 01:47:09 02:14:36 00:58:04
14 22 Sam Appleton AUS 03:13:24 00:24:52 01:43:15 02:11:07 01:02:17
15 15 Jason West USA 03:13:32 00:25:31 01:46:38 02:15:09 00:58:23
16 24 Clement Mignon FRA 03:13:32 00:25:28 01:45:04 02:13:32 01:00:00
17 21 Collin Chartier USA 03:13:39 00:25:07 01:44:40 02:12:47 01:00:52
18 8 Matt Hanson USA 03:13:44 00:26:41 01:45:46 02:15:27 00:58:17
19 26 Sebastian Kienle GER 03:13:46 00:27:06 01:44:28 02:14:34 00:59:12
20 10 Ben Kanute USA 03:13:48 00:24:46 01:43:43 02:11:29 01:02:19
21 32 Pablo Dapena Gonzalez ESP 03:14:06 00:24:49 01:47:31 02:15:20 00:58:46
22 19 Pieter Heemeryck BEL 03:14:14 00:25:09 01:44:04 02:12:13 01:02:01
23 9 Jackson Laundry CAN 03:14:25 00:26:21 01:44:37 02:13:58 01:00:27
24 41 Matthew Sharpe CAN 03:14:31 00:24:57 01:46:28 02:14:25 01:00:06
25 42 Nick Kastelein AUS 03:14:42 00:24:36 01:46:40 02:14:16 01:00:26
26 36 Jan Stratmann GER 03:14:54 00:24:59 01:45:20 02:13:19 01:01:35
27 34 Filipe Azevedo POR 03:14:56 00:25:20 01:46:26 02:14:46 01:00:10
28 38 Trevor Foley * USA 03:15:19 00:28:41 01:44:53 02:16:34 00:58:45
29 16 Chris Leiferman USA 03:15:30 00:27:15 01:45:47 02:16:02 00:59:28
30 11 Sam Laidlow FRA 03:15:35 00:24:18 01:42:45 02:10:03 01:05:32
31 35 Josh Amberger AUS 03:16:19 00:24:16 01:45:43 02:12:59 01:03:20
32 43 Thomas Bishop GBR 03:16:23 00:23:43 01:48:04 02:14:47 01:01:36
33 17 Bradley Weiss ZAF 03:16:25 00:26:19 01:46:12 02:15:31 01:00:54
34 31 Matt Trautman ZAF 03:16:32 00:26:23 01:47:03 02:16:26 01:00:06
35 39 Andrew Starykowicz USA 03:16:45 00:26:03 01:41:51 02:10:54 01:05:51
36 20 Kristian Hogenhaug DEN 03:16:48 00:26:41 01:44:26 02:14:07 01:02:41
37 30 Thor Bendix Madsen DEN 03:16:58 00:26:19 01:45:10 02:14:29 01:02:29
38 40 Caleb Noble AUS 03:18:09 00:25:09 01:49:00 02:17:09 01:01:00
39 14 Reinaldo Colucci BRA 03:18:40 00:25:29 01:48:07 02:16:36 01:02:04
40 25 Jesper Svensson SWE 03:18:57 00:24:52 01:47:51 02:15:43 01:03:14
41 29 Kyle Buckingham ZAF 03:19:25 00:26:20 01:46:38 02:15:58 01:03:27
42 37 Paul Schuster GER 03:19:59 00:25:33 01:49:18 02:17:51 01:02:08
43 27 Andre Lopes BRA 03:20:19 00:26:19 01:47:37 02:16:56 01:03:23
  45 Vetle Bergsvik Thorn NOR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated

Winning Odds

  • Lionel Sanders: 16% (5-1)
  • Daniel Baekkegard: 16% (5-1)
  • Alistair Brownlee: 13% (7-1)
  • Frederic Funk: 13% (7-1)
  • Sam Long: 13% (7-1)
  • Florian Angert: 8% (11-1)
  • Jason West: 7% (13-1)
  • Magnus Elbaek Ditlev: 5% (20-1)
  • Mika Noodt: 2% (40-1)
  • Matt Hanson: 2% (42-1)

Challenge Almere 2022 – Analyzing Results

AlmereMale Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Kieran Lindars GBR 00:46:40 04:22:45 02:42:54 07:55:44 -24:31 EUR 5,000
2 Niek Heldoorn NED 00:46:38 04:22:58 02:48:03 08:00:38 -32:33 EUR 4,000
3 Andrew Starykowicz USA 00:49:56 04:11:37 02:56:16 08:01:44 -06:07 EUR 3,000
4 Kristian Grue NOR 00:51:42 04:17:49 02:49:25 08:02:25 n/a EUR 2,000
5 Joao Ferreira POR 00:47:42 04:21:44 02:50:05 08:03:19 -21:59 EUR 1,600
6 Tristan Olij NED 00:48:15 04:22:27 02:48:41 08:03:39 n/a EUR 1,400
7 Tomas Renc CZE 00:47:36 04:26:24 02:49:11 08:06:45 -13:10 EUR 1,200
8 Milan Brons NED 00:47:38 04:15:40 03:02:26 08:09:18 -03:34 EUR 800
9 Lukas Kocar CZE 00:47:32 04:22:06 02:57:23 08:10:42 n/a EUR 600
10 Juha-Matti Halonen FIN 00:51:48 04:29:49 02:50:24 08:15:53 n/a EUR 400
11 Evert Scheltinga NED 00:46:35 04:27:40 03:02:34 08:20:35 20:43  
12 Pamphiel Pareyn BEL 00:46:36 04:22:50 03:08:43 08:21:30 11:36  
13 Tom Oosterdijk NED 00:54:37 04:20:25 03:04:09 08:23:07 -06:28  
14 Lukas Kraemer GER 00:54:35 04:31:12 02:53:59 08:23:52 01:05  
15 Juuso Manninen FIN 00:47:39 04:26:33 03:12:09 08:29:39 n/a  
16 Antoine Perche FRA 00:54:34 04:31:34 03:02:13 08:32:39 06:52  
17 Joona Tuikka FIN 00:50:36 04:30:57 03:12:14 08:38:16 n/a  
18 Simon Huckestein GER 01:03:39 04:37:25 02:55:17 08:41:07 n/a  
19 Petr Civela CZE 00:54:42 04:40:37 03:02:07 08:42:17 n/a  
20 Tero Setola FIN 00:54:45 04:31:49 03:19:59 08:51:13 n/a  
21 Maciej Chmura POL 00:50:39 04:45:51 03:14:47 08:56:23 -09:12  
22 Christian Trunk GER 00:54:47 05:21:39 02:58:48 09:20:14 n/a  
23 Diego Vasquez ECU 00:55:45 04:48:47 03:30:21 09:20:28 05:06  
24 Guillem Rojas Moreno ESP 00:46:35 04:46:36 03:50:40 09:28:34 28:40  
  Benjamin Mark Andersen DEN 00:50:35 04:18:32   DNF    
  Thomas Steger AUT 00:50:41 04:23:27   DNF    
  Michael Kalb GER 00:47:40 04:29:18   DNF    
  Per Van Vlerken GER 00:50:45 04:36:12   DNF    
  Kevin Vabaorg EST 00:47:51 04:43:29   DNF    
  Lukasz Wojt GER 00:44:34     DNF    
  Milosz Sowinski POL 00:50:42     DNF    
  Stefan Overmars NED 00:54:35     DNF    

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Katharina Wolff GER 00:58:32 04:58:04 03:09:15 09:10:10 -13:07 EUR 5,000
2 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 01:04:11 04:49:25 03:17:14 09:15:57 -09:45 EUR 4,000
3 Jenny Nae SWE 01:02:56 05:11:10 03:02:09 09:21:04 -13:05 EUR 3,000
4 Julie Aspesletten NOR 01:04:13 04:54:32 03:20:05 09:23:17 n/a EUR 2,000
5 Janien Lubben NED 01:04:10 04:59:54 03:21:54 09:31:09 -18:28 EUR 1,600
6 Simona Krivankova CZE 01:05:45 05:09:36 03:12:12 09:33:58 05:22 EUR 1,400
7 Jenny Nilsson SWE 01:02:56 05:07:28 03:21:59 09:37:05 -35:54 EUR 1,200
8 Karina Gosvig DEN 00:58:34 05:02:56 03:32:22 09:38:38 -09:52 EUR 800
9 Vanessa Pereira POR 01:03:42 05:05:30 03:26:53 09:41:33 -09:59 EUR 600
10 Martine Hoaas NOR 01:04:12 05:43:20 03:50:43 10:44:15 n/a EUR 400

Challenge Almere 2022 (Sept 10th) – Seedings

AlmereUpdates:

  • Sept 6th: Removed a few athletes who won’t be racing.

Previous Winners

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
2019 Matt Trautman (ZAF) 07:50:15 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:56:10
2021 Kristian Hogenhaug (DEN) 07:37:46 Sarissa De Vries (NED) 08:32:04

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Kristian Hogenhaug DEN 00:49:44 04:03:15 02:41:38 07:37:46
2 Jesper Svensson SWE 00:47:08 04:05:40 02:43:20 07:39:25
3 Reinaldo Colucci BRA 00:49:40 04:12:47 02:39:03 07:45:15

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Sarissa De Vries NED 00:53:31 04:32:41 03:01:49 08:32:04
2 Manon Genet FRA 00:56:28 04:36:09 02:58:01 08:34:22
3 Michelle Vesterby DEN 00:56:26 04:30:56 03:07:38 08:38:53

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:37:46 Kristian Hogenhaug 2021-09-12
Swim overall 00:46:10 Dylan McNeice 2013-09-14
Bike overall 04:02:46 Adam Hansen 2021-09-12
Run overall 02:38:48 Victor Arroyo Bugallo 2021-09-12
Total female 08:32:04 Sarissa De Vries 2021-09-12
Swim female 00:51:29 Sarissa De Vries 2019-09-14
Bike female 04:30:56 Michelle Vesterby 2021-09-12
Run female 02:52:32 Elisabetta Curridori 2021-09-12

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Almere is 18:21.

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 00:51 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 00:59 14:27 02:16 36 of 43 11:08 01:38 07:34 01:56
2016 23:11 01:39 21:21 00:17 28 of 34 14:09 01:37 11:01 01:32
2017 16:07 00:52 13:15 02:05 34 of 48 14:32 01:27 11:28 01:38
2018 20:50 -00:47 14:53 07:21 26 of 31 15:35 00:59 12:02 02:35
2019 24:07 01:03 20:28 03:06 32 of 43 16:48 00:55 13:14 02:40
2021 29:12 -00:05 23:27 06:23 42 of 52 18:21 00:44 14:31 03:08

Prize Money

Challenge Almere has a total prize purse of 40.000 EUR, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 2% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 1 Evert Scheltinga NED 08:01:04 08:25:04 00:48:23 04:17:58 05:11:21 02:49:43 88% +0% -12% (13)
2 3 Andrew Starykowicz * USA 08:04:05 08:32:21 00:48:16 04:04:31 04:57:46 03:06:19 29% +20% -51% (15)
3 2 Thomas Steger AUT 08:04:49 08:35:48 00:48:41 04:27:01 05:20:43 02:44:06 64% +0% -36% (3)
4 5 Jaroslav Kovacic SLO 08:07:45 08:38:47 00:48:59 04:24:18 05:18:16 02:49:29 46% +5% -49% (16)
5 4 Milan Brons NED 08:11:22 08:37:45 00:48:40 04:18:37 05:12:17 02:59:05 17% +50% -33% (5)
6 7 Tomas Renc CZE 08:11:56 08:44:45 00:49:00 04:29:32 05:23:32 02:48:24 77% +0% -23% (10)
7 6 Joao Ferreira POR 08:14:34 09:00:42 00:48:40 04:28:30 05:22:10 02:52:24 12% +31% -57% (4)
8 14 Strahinja Trakic SRB 08:14:37 08:42:25 00:48:35 04:28:21 05:21:56 02:52:41 64% +0% -36% (3)
9 8 Lukasz Wojt GER 08:15:23 08:36:27 00:44:29 04:19:13 05:08:42 03:06:41 75% +0% -25% (8)
10 17 Per Van Vlerken GER 08:20:26 08:47:23 00:50:01 04:26:47 05:21:48 02:58:38 58% +13% -29% (35)
11 10 Kieran Lindars GBR 08:21:47 09:00:32 00:46:59 04:36:14 05:28:13 02:53:34 27% +0% -73% (2)
12 21 Lukas Kraemer GER 08:23:42 08:43:07 00:55:12 04:29:56 05:30:09 02:53:33 65% +0% -35% (7)
13 19 Antoine Perche FRA 08:31:08 08:57:03 00:53:23 04:32:05 05:30:28 03:00:40 100% +0% -0% (2)
14 20 Tom Oosterdijk NED 08:31:52 09:05:56 00:56:49 04:31:12 05:33:00 02:58:52 37% +0% -63% (2)
15 18 Niek Heldoorn NED 08:35:45 09:08:43 00:48:31 04:28:00 05:21:31 03:14:14 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
16 23 Julian Fritzenschaft GER 08:42:13 09:14:13 00:52:01 04:33:25 05:30:26 03:11:47 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
17 25 Alexander Berggren SWE 08:45:50 09:35:09 00:46:13 04:39:31 05:30:45 03:15:05 5% +30% -65% (7)
18 30 Diego Vasquez ECU 08:53:22 09:43:46 00:56:03 04:37:13 05:38:15 03:15:07 8% +33% -59% (5)
19 29 Guillem Rojas Moreno ESP 08:55:51 09:34:09 00:46:55 04:38:52 05:30:47 03:25:04 8% +49% -43% (4)
20 31 Stefan Overmars NED 09:01:10 09:34:48 00:54:13 04:36:10 05:35:23 03:25:47 50% +0% -50% (11)
21 24 Maciej Chmura POL 09:09:48 09:32:54 00:50:10 04:39:17 05:34:27 03:35:21 71% +8% -21% (5)
  9 Tristan Olij NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  11 Kristian Grue NOR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  15 Benjamin Mark Andersen DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  16 Lukas Kocar CZE n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (2)
  22 Simon Huckestein GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  26 Kevin Vabaorg EST n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  27 Joona Tuikka FIN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (3)
  28 Christian Trunk GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  33 Juuso Manninen FIN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  34 Tero Setola FIN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  35 Juha-Matti Halonen FIN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  37 Petr Civela CZE n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

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

Female Race Participants

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

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# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 51 Els Visser  NED 08:55:46 09:16:05 00:57:27 04:44:28 05:46:55 03:08:51 41% +59% -0% (8)
2 52 Alexandra Tondeur BEL 09:11:06 09:29:05 00:58:25 05:00:39 06:04:04 03:07:02 49% +3% -48% (13)
3 57 Chloe Lane AUS 09:17:39 09:45:06 00:53:56 05:01:07 06:00:03 03:17:36 42% +19% -39% (5)
4 53 Lina-Kristin Schink * GER 09:20:35 09:54:01 01:05:59 04:56:27 06:07:26 03:13:09 39% +34% -28% (15)
5 58 Katharina Wolff GER 09:26:26 09:51:20 00:58:00 05:10:56 06:13:55 03:12:31 100% +0% -0% (3)
6 55 Simona Krivankova CZE 09:28:06 09:57:40 01:05:37 05:05:48 06:16:24 03:11:42 99% +1% -0% (17)
7 59 Jenny Nae SWE 09:37:22 10:02:45 01:05:02 05:11:30 06:21:32 03:15:50 100% +0% -0% (6)
8 54 Vanessa Pereira POR 09:40:00 10:25:30 01:02:38 05:10:39 06:18:17 03:21:43 35% +17% -48% (22)
9 56 Janien Lubben NED 09:49:08 10:18:48 01:07:38 05:08:12 06:20:50 03:28:18 67% +33% -0% (6)
10 63 Karina Gosvig DEN 09:54:00 10:30:23 00:59:08 05:10:34 06:14:43 03:39:17 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
11 62 Jenny Nilsson SWE 10:14:27 10:49:04 01:04:11 05:30:42 06:39:54 03:34:33 100% +0% -0% (2)
  60 Julie Aspesletten NOR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  64 Jana Uderstadt GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  65 Martine Hoaas NOR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

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

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Evert Scheltinga: 54% (1-1)
  • Andrew Starykowicz: 18% (5-1)
  • Milan Brons: 8% (12-1)
  • Jaroslav Kovacic: 7% (13-1)
  • Thomas Steger: 5% (19-1)
  • Tomas Renc: 4% (24-1)
  • Joao Ferreira: 3% (37-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Els Visser: 70% (1-1)
  • Alexandra Tondeur: 15% (6-1)
  • Lina-Kristin Schink: 10% (9-1)
  • Chloe Lane: 4% (26-1)

Challenge Almere 2022 (Sept 10th) – Seedings

AlmerePrevious Winners

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
2019 Matt Trautman (ZAF) 07:50:15 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:56:10
2021 Kristian Hogenhaug (DEN) 07:37:46 Sarissa De Vries (NED) 08:32:04

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Kristian Hogenhaug DEN 00:49:44 04:03:15 02:41:38 07:37:46
2 Jesper Svensson SWE 00:47:08 04:05:40 02:43:20 07:39:25
3 Reinaldo Colucci BRA 00:49:40 04:12:47 02:39:03 07:45:15

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Sarissa De Vries NED 00:53:31 04:32:41 03:01:49 08:32:04
2 Manon Genet FRA 00:56:28 04:36:09 02:58:01 08:34:22
3 Michelle Vesterby DEN 00:56:26 04:30:56 03:07:38 08:38:53

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:37:46 Kristian Hogenhaug 2021-09-12
Swim overall 00:46:10 Dylan McNeice 2013-09-14
Bike overall 04:02:46 Adam Hansen 2021-09-12
Run overall 02:38:48 Victor Arroyo Bugallo 2021-09-12
Total female 08:32:04 Sarissa De Vries 2021-09-12
Swim female 00:51:29 Sarissa De Vries 2019-09-14
Bike female 04:30:56 Michelle Vesterby 2021-09-12
Run female 02:52:32 Elisabetta Curridori 2021-09-12

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Almere is 18:21.

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 00:51 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 00:59 14:27 02:16 36 of 43 11:08 01:38 07:34 01:56
2016 23:11 01:39 21:21 00:17 28 of 34 14:09 01:37 11:01 01:32
2017 16:07 00:52 13:15 02:05 34 of 48 14:32 01:27 11:28 01:38
2018 20:50 -00:47 14:53 07:21 26 of 31 15:35 00:59 12:02 02:35
2019 24:07 01:03 20:28 03:06 32 of 43 16:48 00:55 13:14 02:40
2021 29:12 -00:05 23:27 06:23 42 of 52 18:21 00:44 14:31 03:08

Prize Money

Challenge Almere has a total prize purse of 40.000 EUR, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 2% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 1 Evert Scheltinga NED 08:01:04 08:25:04 00:48:23 04:17:58 05:11:21 02:49:43 88% +0% -12% (13)
2 3 Andrew Starykowicz * USA 08:04:05 08:32:21 00:48:16 04:04:31 04:57:46 03:06:19 29% +20% -51% (15)
3 2 Thomas Steger AUT 08:04:49 08:35:48 00:48:41 04:27:01 05:20:43 02:44:06 64% +0% -36% (3)
4 5 Jaroslav Kovacic SLO 08:07:45 08:38:47 00:48:59 04:24:18 05:18:16 02:49:29 46% +5% -49% (16)
5 4 Milan Brons NED 08:11:22 08:37:45 00:48:40 04:18:37 05:12:17 02:59:05 17% +50% -33% (5)
6 7 Tomas Renc CZE 08:11:56 08:44:45 00:49:00 04:29:32 05:23:32 02:48:24 77% +0% -23% (10)
7 6 Joao Ferreira POR 08:14:34 09:00:42 00:48:40 04:28:30 05:22:10 02:52:24 12% +31% -57% (4)
8 14 Strahinja Trakic SRB 08:14:37 08:42:25 00:48:35 04:28:21 05:21:56 02:52:41 64% +0% -36% (3)
9 8 Lukasz Wojt GER 08:15:23 08:36:27 00:44:29 04:19:13 05:08:42 03:06:41 75% +0% -25% (8)
10 17 Per Van Vlerken GER 08:20:26 08:47:23 00:50:01 04:26:47 05:21:48 02:58:38 58% +13% -29% (35)
11 10 Kieran Lindars GBR 08:21:47 09:00:32 00:46:59 04:36:14 05:28:13 02:53:34 27% +0% -73% (2)
12 21 Lukas Kraemer GER 08:23:42 08:43:07 00:55:12 04:29:56 05:30:09 02:53:33 65% +0% -35% (7)
13 19 Antoine Perche FRA 08:31:08 08:57:03 00:53:23 04:32:05 05:30:28 03:00:40 100% +0% -0% (2)
14 20 Tom Oosterdijk NED 08:31:52 09:05:56 00:56:49 04:31:12 05:33:00 02:58:52 37% +0% -63% (2)
15 18 Niek Heldoorn NED 08:35:45 09:08:43 00:48:31 04:28:00 05:21:31 03:14:14 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
16 23 Julian Fritzenschaft GER 08:42:13 09:14:13 00:52:01 04:33:25 05:30:26 03:11:47 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
17 25 Alexander Berggren SWE 08:45:50 09:35:09 00:46:13 04:39:31 05:30:45 03:15:05 5% +30% -65% (7)
18 30 Diego Vasquez ECU 08:53:22 09:43:46 00:56:03 04:37:13 05:38:15 03:15:07 8% +33% -59% (5)
19 29 Guillem Rojas Moreno ESP 08:55:51 09:34:09 00:46:55 04:38:52 05:30:47 03:25:04 8% +49% -43% (4)
20 31 Stefan Overmars NED 09:01:10 09:34:48 00:54:13 04:36:10 05:35:23 03:25:47 50% +0% -50% (11)
21 24 Maciej Chmura POL 09:09:48 09:32:54 00:50:10 04:39:17 05:34:27 03:35:21 71% +8% -21% (5)
  9 Tristan Olij NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  11 Kristian Grue NOR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  15 Benjamin Mark Andersen DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  16 Lukas Kocar CZE n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (2)
  22 Simon Huckestein GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  26 Kevin Vabaorg EST n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  27 Joona Tuikka FIN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (3)
  28 Christian Trunk GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  33 Juuso Manninen FIN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  34 Tero Setola FIN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  35 Juha-Matti Halonen FIN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  37 Petr Civela CZE n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

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

Female Race Participants

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

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 51 Els Visser * NED 08:55:46 09:16:05 00:57:27 04:44:28 05:46:55 03:08:51 41% +59% -0% (8)
2 52 Alexandra Tondeur * BEL 09:11:06 09:29:05 00:58:25 05:00:39 06:04:04 03:07:02 49% +3% -48% (13)
3 57 Chloe Lane * AUS 09:17:39 09:45:06 00:53:56 05:01:07 06:00:03 03:17:36 42% +19% -39% (5)
4 53 Lina-Kristin Schink * GER 09:20:35 09:54:01 01:05:59 04:56:27 06:07:26 03:13:09 39% +34% -28% (15)
5 58 Katharina Wolff GER 09:26:26 09:51:20 00:58:00 05:10:56 06:13:55 03:12:31 100% +0% -0% (3)
6 55 Simona Krivankova CZE 09:28:06 09:57:40 01:05:37 05:05:48 06:16:24 03:11:42 99% +1% -0% (17)
7 59 Jenny Nae SWE 09:37:22 10:02:45 01:05:02 05:11:30 06:21:32 03:15:50 100% +0% -0% (6)
8 54 Vanessa Pereira POR 09:40:00 10:25:30 01:02:38 05:10:39 06:18:17 03:21:43 35% +17% -48% (22)
9 56 Janien Lubben NED 09:49:08 10:18:48 01:07:38 05:08:12 06:20:50 03:28:18 67% +33% -0% (6)
10 63 Karina Gosvig DEN 09:54:00 10:30:23 00:59:08 05:10:34 06:14:43 03:39:17 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
11 62 Jenny Nilsson SWE 10:14:27 10:49:04 01:04:11 05:30:42 06:39:54 03:34:33 100% +0% -0% (2)
  60 Julie Aspesletten NOR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  64 Jana Uderstadt * GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  65 Martine Hoaas NOR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

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

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Evert Scheltinga: 54% (1-1)
  • Andrew Starykowicz: 18% (5-1)
  • Milan Brons: 8% (12-1)
  • Jaroslav Kovacic: 7% (13-1)
  • Thomas Steger: 5% (19-1)
  • Tomas Renc: 4% (24-1)
  • Joao Ferreira: 3% (37-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Els Visser: 70% (1-1)
  • Alexandra Tondeur: 15% (6-1)
  • Lina-Kristin Schink: 10% (9-1)
  • Chloe Lane: 4% (26-1)

Ironman Italy 2022 (Sept 17th, WPRO-only) – Seedings

IMItaPrevious Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2017 Andreas Dreitz (GER) 08:03:27 Lucy Gossage (GBR) 09:06:39
2018 Andi Boecherer (GER) 08:01:50 Daniela Bleymehl (GER) 09:05:49
2019 Cameron Wurf (AUS) 07:46:54 Carolin Lehrieder (GER) 08:48:23

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Cameron Wurf AUS 00:46:39 04:09:03 02:45:02 07:46:54
2 Jaroslav Kovacic SLO 00:47:10 04:22:30 02:46:48 08:03:11
3 Giulio Molinari ITA 00:46:38 04:17:20 02:58:22 08:08:09

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Carolin Lehrieder GER 00:54:25 04:40:42 03:06:38 08:48:23
2 Jenny Schulz GER 01:01:38 04:47:59 02:59:32 08:56:39
3 Mareen Hufe GER 00:56:49 04:45:59 03:12:09 09:02:12

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:46:54 Cameron Wurf 2019-09-21
Swim overall 00:44:30 Lukasz Wojt 2019-09-21
Bike overall 04:09:03 Cameron Wurf 2019-09-21
Run overall 02:45:02 Cameron Wurf 2019-09-21
Total female 08:48:23 Carolin Lehrieder 2019-09-21
Swim female 00:54:09 Jenny Fletcher 2017-09-23
Bike female 04:40:42 Carolin Lehrieder 2019-09-21
Run female 02:58:19 Joanna Ryter 2019-09-21

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Italy is 12:46.

Race Adjustments for IM Italy

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2017 07:49 02:43 06:07 -00:32 37 of 53 07:49 02:15 06:07 -00:32
2018 08:03 00:44 06:55 01:24 32 of 51 07:56 01:00 06:31 00:26
2019 22:26 01:17 15:16 06:38 26 of 41 12:46 00:51 09:26 02:30

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Italy has 1 Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 11% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 2 Els Visser * NED 09:00:59 09:16:05 00:57:24 04:49:47 05:52:11 03:08:48 41% +59% -0% (8)
2 3 Svenja Thoes GER 09:07:01 09:22:46 00:57:34 04:57:25 05:59:59 03:07:02 43% +24% -33% (8)
3 4 Joanna Ryter SUI 09:15:27 09:31:47 01:03:05 05:06:48 06:14:53 03:00:34 66% +12% -22% (8)
4 6 Kristin Liepold GER 09:16:04 09:33:02 01:06:12 05:02:22 06:13:34 03:02:30 79% +19% -2% (33)
5 5 Alexandra Tondeur * BEL 09:17:00 09:29:05 00:58:16 05:06:07 06:09:23 03:07:37 49% +3% -48% (13)
6 11 Gabriella Zelinka HUN 09:20:13 09:43:33 00:56:58 05:05:26 06:07:24 03:12:49 67% +20% -13% (6)
7 8 Chantal Sainter GBR 09:22:20 09:40:59 00:54:52 05:03:32 06:03:24 03:18:56 100% +0% -0% (5)
8 7 Katharina Grohmann GER 09:23:16 09:38:24 01:06:35 04:56:02 06:07:38 03:15:38 89% +11% -0% (23)
9 10 Chloe Lane * AUS 09:23:38 09:45:06 00:53:48 05:06:36 06:05:24 03:18:14 42% +19% -39% (5)
10 12 Gabriele Maria Obmann AUT 09:24:11 09:52:23 01:00:45 04:59:14 06:05:00 03:19:11 100% +0% -0% (2)
11 15 Federica De Nicola ITA 09:29:42 09:57:22 00:58:42 05:04:10 06:07:52 03:21:50 55% +0% -45% (10)
12 9 Tara Grosvenor GBR 09:30:36 09:47:49 00:57:34 05:17:36 06:20:09 03:10:27 83% +0% -17% (6)
13 27 Lina-Kristin Schink * GER 09:31:59 09:54:01 01:06:55 05:03:19 06:15:14 03:16:45 39% +34% -28% (15)
14 13 Margrit Elfers GER 09:39:30 10:03:24 01:01:31 04:54:26 06:00:57 03:38:33 52% +0% -48% (4)
15 26 Camille Deligny FRA 09:42:32 10:08:49 01:02:33 05:01:00 06:08:33 03:33:59 30% +0% -70% (6)
16 20 Antonina Reznikov ISR 09:44:13 10:02:35 01:09:44 05:05:34 06:20:18 03:23:55 74% +26% -0% (5)
17 22 Tessa Kortekaas NED 09:50:11 10:03:44 01:00:43 05:10:43 06:16:26 03:33:45 49% +0% -51% (6)
18 14 Maja Betz GER 09:51:30 10:16:50 01:08:47 05:20:06 06:33:52 03:17:38 100% +0% -0% (2)
19 28 Zeljka Saban CRO 09:51:45 10:22:53 00:55:31 05:21:06 06:21:37 03:30:08 2% +47% -51% (8)
20 16 Shiva Leisner DEN 09:53:29 10:23:10 01:03:51 05:18:47 06:27:39 03:25:50 57% +0% -43% (2)
21 17 Hilary Hughes IRL 09:54:38 10:24:22 01:06:47 05:18:58 06:30:45 03:23:53 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
22 24 Claire Weller GBR 09:59:28 10:29:27 01:02:51 05:18:01 06:25:52 03:33:36 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
23 23 Mirella Karlsson SWE 10:07:44 10:34:20 01:00:51 05:24:32 06:30:23 03:37:21 70% +30% -0% (3)
24 25 Annika Timm GER 10:13:21 10:42:24 01:09:57 05:07:04 06:22:02 03:51:19 35% +0% -65% (4)
25 18 Lisa-Maria Dornauer AUT 10:18:53 10:56:20 00:59:28 05:24:00 06:28:28 03:50:25 40% +0% -60% (2)
  1 Julie Derron SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  19 Jana Uderstadt * GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  21 Johanna Ahrens GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  29 Mikaela Holmberg SWE n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)

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

Winning Odds

Female Race Participants

  • Els Visser: 52% (1-1)
  • Svenja Thoes: 23% (3-1)
  • Joanna Ryter: 10% (9-1)
  • Kristin Liepold: 5% (19-1)
  • Katharina Grohmann: 3% (38-1)
  • Gabriella Zelinka: 2% (41-1)
  • Alexandra Tondeur: 2% (44-1)
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