Challenge Almere

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	PTO Points
1	Milan Brons	NED	00:49:22 (6)	04:05:18 (4)	02:38:14 (4)	07:37:00	-11:36	EUR 6,250	72.31
2	Thor Bendix Madsen	DEN	00:49:20 (5)	04:02:57 (2)	02:41:39 (6)	07:38:00	-09:45	EUR 5,000	69.36
3	Niek Heldoorn	NED	00:48:08 (1)	04:05:36 (5)	02:44:33 (8)	07:42:21	-11:54	EUR 3,750	65.30
4	Silas Plambaek	DEN	00:53:18 (13)	04:10:16 (9)	02:37:46 (3)	07:45:13	n/a	EUR 2,500	62.02
5	Lars Lomholt	DEN	00:56:46 (21)	04:01:13 (1)	02:44:03 (7)	07:46:43	-09:06	EUR 2,000	59.44
6	Olaf Van Den Bergh	NED	00:57:03 (24)	04:06:09 (6)	02:40:58 (5)	07:48:24	-16:07	EUR 1,750	56.95
7	Pim Van Diemen	NED	00:49:22 (6)	04:07:41 (7)	02:49:04 (14)	07:50:09	-09:10	EUR 1,500	54.59
8	Silvije Tomac	CRO	00:54:34 (19)	04:14:17 (12)	02:37:32 (2)	07:50:57	n/a	EUR 1,000	52.72
9	Remi Huens	FRA	00:57:09 (28)	04:11:36 (10)	02:36:59 (1)	07:51:25	n/a	EUR 750	51.11
10	Ben Akin	GBR	00:53:17 (12)	04:07:56 (8)	02:46:21 (9)	07:51:47	-15:29	EUR 500	49.65
11	Wojciech Kopycinski	POL	00:53:20 (14)	04:04:59 (3)	02:51:12 (15)	07:53:33	11:45		47.76
12	Marc Unger	GER	00:54:08 (17)	04:13:36 (11)	02:47:45 (13)	08:00:45	-23:40		43.84
13	Thomas Davis	GBR	00:49:18 (3)	04:17:27 (17)	02:51:49 (16)	08:02:47	-00:59		42.02
14	Romain Rezsohazy	BEL	00:53:47 (15)	04:17:22 (16)	02:47:07 (12)	08:02:54	-04:34		41.03
15	Tomas Renc	CZE	00:49:25 (8)	04:25:39 (23)	02:46:52 (10)	08:06:58	-01:02		38.59
16	Danyil Odynets	UKR	00:54:53 (20)	04:21:51 (21)	02:46:54 (11)	08:09:02	01:20		36.98
17	Andreas Bonnichsen	DEN	00:54:06 (16)	04:17:34 (18)	02:57:43 (19)	08:14:35	09:44		34.09
18	Thomas Bosch	GER	00:57:04 (25)	04:18:05 (19)	02:56:56 (18)	08:16:27	-08:54		32.69
19	Jacek Krawczyk	POL	00:49:19 (4)	04:18:12 (20)	03:07:20 (22)	08:19:54	15:04		30.72
20	Jesse Van Hulst	NED	00:51:19 (11)	04:15:20 (13)	03:10:01 (23)	08:21:40	08:31		29.46
21	Felix Schulz	GER	00:57:01 (23)	04:25:55 (24)	02:55:26 (17)	08:22:53	n/a		28.46
22	Jere Helminen	FIN	00:50:36 (10)	04:25:09 (22)	03:01:49 (21)	08:23:21	n/a		27.80
23	Marijn Markusse	NED	00:54:13 (18)	04:15:43 (14)	03:12:55 (24)	08:27:40	03:16		25.67
24	Bruno Slegers	BEL	00:57:06 (26)	04:40:30 (26)	02:59:34 (20)	08:42:14	05:02		22.31
25	Stijn Jansen	NED	00:49:26 (9)	04:31:45 (25)	03:25:33 (25)	08:52:12	n/a		21.93
	Jesper Svensson	SWE	00:48:15 (2)	04:16:21 (15)		DNF
	Jan Petralia	BEL	00:56:59 (22)			DNF
	Pascal Franken	NED	00:57:07 (27)			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	PTO Points
1	Kyra Meulenberg	NED	01:05:56 (8)	04:36:18 (1)	02:54:47 (1)	08:42:07	-23:36	EUR 6,250	65.83
2	Barbora Besperat	CZE	01:05:58 (9)	04:38:53 (4)	02:54:58 (2)	08:44:48	-11:36	EUR 5,000	62.36
3	Morena Stevens	NED	00:58:40 (5)	04:37:37 (2)	03:14:22 (5)	08:55:30	-23:54	EUR 3,750	56.35
4	Denise Hiemann	GER	00:58:22 (4)	04:38:03 (3)	03:18:50 (6)	09:00:36	-10:46	EUR 2,500	52.45
5	Maaike Vooren	NED	00:53:17 (1)	04:39:00 (5)	03:25:42 (7)	09:03:38	-10:22	EUR 2,000	49.41
6	Cindy Lefebvre	BEL	00:58:19 (3)	04:49:32 (7)	03:11:12 (3)	09:03:50	-24:38	EUR 1,750	47.51
7	Vanessa Pereira	POR	00:58:54 (7)	04:49:32 (7)	03:12:27 (4)	09:05:46	-13:19	EUR 1,500	45.17
8	Margrit Elfers	GER	00:57:58 (2)	04:42:24 (6)	04:02:04 (9)	09:49:04	30:18	EUR 1,000	31.19
9	Dieske Kruisselbrink	NED	00:58:45 (6)	04:50:53 (9)	04:06:07 (10)	10:03:06	n/a	EUR 750	29.76
10	Carolina Laurentiu	ESP	01:15:22 (10)	05:14:33 (10)	03:44:15 (8)	10:21:15	-05:33	EUR 500	28.45

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
2022	Kieran Lindars (GBR)	07:55:44	Katharina Wolff (GER)	09:10:10
2023	Menno Koolhaas (NED)	07:36:36	Els Visser (NED)	08:36:24
2024	Jesper Svensson (SWE)	07:41:26	Marlene De Boer (NED)	08:22:30
2025	Will Draper (GBR)	07:41:40	Daisy Davies (GBR)	08:30:15

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Will Draper	GBR	00:50:56	04:06:16	02:39:15	07:41:40
2	Tristan Olij	NED	00:50:35	04:05:32	02:41:32	07:41:48
3	Will Grace	GBR	00:48:06	04:17:20	02:39:37	07:49:26

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Daisy Davies	GBR	00:53:01	04:36:34	02:56:33	08:30:15
2	Els Visser	NED	00:59:04	04:35:43	03:05:37	08:44:39
3	Marta Lagownik	POL	00:57:45	04:49:13	02:56:07	08:47:27

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:36:36	Menno Koolhaas	2023-09-09
Swim	overall	00:44:45	Lukasz Wojt	2024-09-14
Bike	overall	04:02:12	Andrew Starykowicz	2023-09-09
Run	overall	02:35:54	Christoph Mattner	2025-09-13
Total	female	08:22:30	Marlene De Boer	2024-09-14
Swim	female	00:51:05	Alanis Siffert	2024-09-14
Bike	female	04:23:07	Renee Kiley	2023-09-09
Run	female	02:52:32	Elisabetta Curridori	2021-09-12

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Almere is 20:48.

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
2019	24:07	00:33	20:28	03:06	32 of 43	16:48	00:55	13:14	02:40
2021	29:12	-00:38	23:27	06:23	42 of 52	18:21	00:44	14:31	03:08
2022	21:47	01:46	16:43	03:18	34 of 42	18:44	00:51	14:45	03:09
2023	27:23	-02:03	30:18	-00:51	33 of 47	19:36	00:34	16:18	02:45
2024	29:34	01:03	25:59	02:32	33 of 42	20:30	00:36	17:10	02:44
2025	24:00	00:02	17:08	06:51	35 of 41	20:48	00:33	17:10	03:05

Prize Money

Challenge Almere has a total prize purse of 52.000 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
1	51	Jesper Svensson	SWE	07:47:52	08:13:16	00:46:35	04:07:53	04:59:27	02:48:25	51% +11% -38% (24)
2	54	Wojciech Kopycinski	POL	07:53:39	08:26:04	00:50:46	04:08:36	05:04:22	02:49:17	62% +0% -38% (3)
3	55	Niek Heldoorn	NED	07:55:29	08:30:29	00:47:18	04:12:00	05:04:18	02:51:11	22% +12% -65% (8)
4	52	Milan Brons	NED	07:56:57	08:21:54	00:49:16	04:12:43	05:06:59	02:49:58	73% +6% -21% (19)
5	78	Thor Bendix Madsen	DEN	07:59:24	08:26:08	00:49:57	04:12:48	05:07:45	02:51:39	34% +0% -66% (8)
6	56	Lars Lomholt	DEN	08:00:04	08:29:49	00:57:18	04:12:54	05:15:12	02:44:52	36% +25% -39% (9)
7	72	Pim Van Diemen	NED	08:07:41	08:38:41	00:49:54	04:11:29	05:06:22	03:01:19	53% +0% -47% (10)
8	68	Tomas Renc	CZE	08:11:09	08:43:23	00:50:16	04:27:53	05:23:09	02:48:00	43% +26% -30% (15)
9	53	Thomas Davis	GBR	08:11:57	08:49:16	00:47:48	04:22:38	05:15:25	02:56:32	33% +6% -61% (13)
10	60	Romain Rezsohazy	BEL	08:13:29	08:42:35	00:54:28	04:20:11	05:19:39	02:53:50	88% +12% -0% (5)
11	64	Olaf Van Den Bergh	NED	08:14:08	08:38:42	00:58:53	04:18:43	05:22:36	02:51:32	100% +0% -0% (4)
12	59	Ben Akin	GBR	08:15:54	08:41:42	00:54:42	04:20:35	05:20:16	02:55:38	64% +0% -36% (3)
13	61	Igor Amorelli	BRA	08:16:44	09:01:42	00:46:54	04:18:25	05:10:19	03:06:25	16% +4% -80% (34)
14	70	Andreas Bonnichsen	DEN	08:18:08	08:51:08	00:55:22	04:23:53	05:24:14	02:53:54	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
15	65	Jacek Krawczyk	POL	08:18:26	08:51:28	00:49:59	04:21:38	05:16:37	03:01:49	n/a (no IM Pro race)
16	66	Jesse Van Hulst	NED	08:19:34	08:49:31	00:52:38	04:16:53	05:14:30	03:05:04	42% +20% -38% (5)
17	81	Danyil Odynets	UKR	08:20:34	08:48:27	00:55:08	04:28:14	05:28:21	02:52:13	100% +0% -0% (2)
18	69	Pascal Franken	NED	08:29:00	08:53:38	00:58:14	04:19:19	05:22:33	03:06:27	72% +0% -28% (4)
19	71	Marc Unger	GER	08:31:12	08:59:35	00:53:23	04:20:25	05:18:48	03:12:24	38% +13% -50% (11)
20	74	Marijn Markusse	NED	08:31:24	09:01:15	00:55:47	04:22:32	05:23:19	03:08:05	61% +13% -26% (7)
21	67	Thomas Bosch	GER	08:33:51	09:01:30	00:58:35	04:24:07	05:27:41	03:06:10	77% +3% -20% (20)
22	62	Rastislav Srnanek	SVK	08:34:14	09:08:19	01:05:46	04:25:31	05:36:16	02:57:58	59% +0% -41% (2)
23	79	Bruno Slegers	BEL	08:50:18	09:20:38	00:55:07	04:49:10	05:49:17	03:01:01	56% +0% -44% (3)
24	77	Jan Hoeing	GER	09:10:01	09:39:33	01:12:30	04:46:18	06:03:49	03:06:12	40% +60% -0% (2)
	58	Silvije Tomac	CRO	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	63	Silas Plambaek	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	73	Jere Helminen	FIN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	75	Felix Schulz	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	76	Jan Petralia	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	80	Remi Huens	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	82	Stijn Jansen	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 1% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	1	Tiina Pohjalainen	FIN	08:56:23	09:21:45	00:58:46	04:49:43	05:53:30	03:02:53	100% +0% -0% (4)
2	5	Barbora Besperat	CZE	09:02:54	09:34:38	01:06:20	04:46:26	05:57:46	03:05:08	57% +0% -43% (6)
3	3	Kyra Meulenberg	NED	09:15:54	09:49:43	01:07:00	04:56:29	06:08:28	03:07:26	64% +0% -36% (6)
4	6	Denise Hiemann	GER	09:25:10	10:02:37	01:00:52	04:58:37	06:04:28	03:20:42	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
5	4	Maaike Vooren	NED	09:27:13	09:59:32	00:53:08	04:56:44	05:54:53	03:32:20	100% +0% -0% (2)
6	2	Vanessa Pereira	POR	09:29:34	10:04:50	01:02:18	05:00:15	06:07:34	03:22:00	57% +7% -36% (33)
7	8	Morena Stevens	NED	09:32:04	10:04:32	01:00:48	05:05:35	06:11:23	03:20:41	100% +0% -0% (2)
8	9	Margrit Elfers	GER	09:32:59	10:01:15	00:59:23	04:46:18	05:50:41	03:42:18	69% +9% -22% (11)
9	7	Cindy Lefebvre	BEL	09:41:53	10:20:27	01:02:05	05:11:31	06:18:36	03:23:17	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
10	11	Carolina Laurentiu	ESP	10:36:12	11:12:00	01:16:15	05:25:16	06:46:31	03:49:41	27% +73% -0% (4)
	10	Dieske Kruisselbrink	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Jesper Svensson: 52% (1-1)
• Wojciech Kopycinski: 20% (4-1)
• Milan Brons: 13% (7-1)
• Niek Heldoorn: 8% (12-1)
• Lars Lomholt: 5% (19-1)

Female Race Participants

• Tiina Pohjalainen: 66% (1-1)
• Barbora Besperat: 16% (5-1)
• Kyra Meulenberg: 7% (14-1)
• Vanessa Pereira: 4% (24-1)
• Maaike Vooren: 4% (26-1)
• Margrit Elfers: 2% (58-1)

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	PTO Points
1	Will Draper	GBR	00:50:56 (13)	04:06:16 (3)	02:39:15 (2)	07:41:40	n/a	EUR 6,250	79.84
2	Tristan Olij	NED	00:50:35 (6)	04:05:32 (2)	02:41:32 (7)	07:41:48	-06:49	EUR 5,000	77.23
3	Will Grace	GBR	00:48:06 (2)	04:17:20 (8)	02:39:37 (3)	07:49:26	-16:55	EUR 3,750	71.93
4	Wojciech Kopycinski	POL	00:50:53 (11)	04:09:06 (5)	02:46:29 (13)	07:50:42	n/a	EUR 2,500	69.28
5	Robert Kallin	SWE	00:48:11 (3)	04:05:05 (1)	02:53:49 (16)	07:51:22	01:01	EUR 2,000	67.02
6	Sebastian Norberg	SWE	00:55:36 (20)	04:08:33 (4)	02:44:03 (9)	07:52:40	-07:23	EUR 1,750	64.69
7	Milan Brons	NED	00:50:34 (5)	04:13:24 (6)	02:46:01 (11)	07:54:08	-05:58	EUR 1,500	62.44
8	Ognjen Stojanovic	SRB	00:47:14 (1)	04:18:13 (9)	02:45:25 (10)	07:55:06	03:51	EUR 1,000	60.51
9	Mathieu Merland	FRA	00:50:59 (14)	04:21:30 (14)	02:39:42 (4)	07:56:15	-01:54	EUR 750	58.64
10	Mikel Ugarte Ramos	ESP	00:50:51 (10)	04:21:34 (16)	02:42:56 (8)	07:59:33	09:45	EUR 500	56.06
11	Tomas Renc	CZE	00:50:39 (7)	04:28:18 (20)	02:40:07 (5)	08:03:43	-18:58		53.24
12	Romain Rezsohazy	BEL	00:55:34 (18)	04:20:04 (13)	02:46:31 (14)	08:07:01	-16:15		50.86
13	Christoph Mattner	GER	00:50:50 (9)	04:37:05 (23)	02:35:54 (1)	08:09:30	04:51		48.87
14	Piotr Lawicki	POL	00:54:43 (16)	04:25:09 (19)	02:46:01 (11)	08:09:31	11:11		47.93
15	Olaf Van Den Bergh	NED	00:58:26 (24)	04:19:17 (11)	02:47:05 (15)	08:10:11	-00:38		46.81
16	Corentin Chouvelon	FRA	00:55:34 (18)	04:32:15 (22)	02:40:18 (6)	08:12:25	02:10		45.15
17	Pascal Tischler	GER	00:50:54 (12)	04:21:33 (15)	02:58:29 (18)	08:15:50	-00:56		43.10
18	Julen Diez Rodriguez	ESP	00:56:34 (23)	04:23:41 (18)	02:56:00 (17)	08:20:45	01:17		40.53
19	Mathias Tuerk	GER	00:55:24 (17)	04:20:01 (12)	02:59:10 (19)	08:21:00	-12:23		39.81
20	Pascal Franken	NED	00:59:38 (27)	04:18:39 (10)	03:02:06 (20)	08:25:13	-00:02		37.62
21	Marijn Markusse	NED	00:56:31 (22)	04:23:15 (17)	03:02:29 (21)	08:26:49	-08:43		36.48
22	Adam Lennell	SWE	00:56:29 (21)	04:16:27 (7)	03:15:00 (23)	08:32:23	-09:06		33.85
23	David Rother	GER	00:58:30 (25)	04:38:46 (25)	03:04:19 (22)	08:50:40	-12:45		27.63
	Levente Berekmeri	HUN	00:50:40 (8)	04:30:16 (21)		DNF
	Jesse Van Hulst	NED	00:52:46 (15)	04:42:49 (26)		DNF
	Petr Civela	CZE	00:59:36 (26)	04:37:34 (24)		DNF
	Pim Van Diemen	NED	00:50:31 (4)			DNF
	Rastislav Srnanek	SVK	01:11:24 (28)			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	PTO Points
1	Daisy Davies	GBR	00:53:01 (2)	04:36:34 (2)	02:56:33 (2)	08:30:15	n/a	EUR 6,250	79.90
2	Els Visser	NED	00:59:04 (5)	04:35:43 (1)	03:05:37 (4)	08:44:39	01:01	EUR 5,000	72.36
3	Marta Lagownik	POL	00:57:45 (4)	04:49:13 (7)	02:56:07 (1)	08:47:27	n/a	EUR 3,750	69.03
4	Gabriele Maria Obmann	AUT	01:02:15 (8)	04:46:11 (4)	02:59:56 (3)	08:52:35	-05:03	EUR 2,500	65.10
5	Antonia Milowsky	GER	00:56:48 (3)	04:49:07 (6)	03:08:41 (5)	08:59:19	-06:51	EUR 2,000	60.77
6	Line Bonde	DEN	01:02:19 (9)	04:43:11 (3)	03:24:26 (7)	09:14:54	-02:32	EUR 1,750	53.55
7	Maaike Vooren	NED	00:52:57 (1)	04:57:16 (9)	03:27:07 (9)	09:24:15	n/a	EUR 1,500	48.63
8	Margrit Elfers	GER	00:59:13 (6)	04:46:38 (5)	03:39:49 (11)	09:33:08	03:04	EUR 1,000	44.01
9	Simona Krivankova	CZE	01:08:42 (12)	05:03:45 (10)	03:20:05 (6)	09:38:57	07:40	EUR 750	40.57
10	Vanessa Pereira	POR	01:03:32 (10)	05:06:11 (11)	03:25:00 (8)	09:41:11	12:16	EUR 500	38.48
11	Kristin Liepold	GER	01:18:32 (13)	05:27:09 (13)	03:32:28 (10)	10:26:05	1:08:11		35.40
12	Dieuwertje Bax	NED	01:08:26 (11)	05:24:03 (12)	03:54:14 (12)	10:34:06	1:10:57		34.29
	Heleen Moes	NED	01:01:02 (7)	04:52:38 (8)		DNF

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
2022	Kieran Lindars (GBR)	07:55:44	Katharina Wolff (GER)	09:10:10
2023	Menno Koolhaas (NED)	07:36:36	Els Visser (NED)	08:36:24
2024	Jesper Svensson (SWE)	07:41:26	Marlene De Boer (NED)	08:22:30

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Jesper Svensson	SWE	00:44:53	04:07:59	02:44:21	07:41:26
2	Joshua Lewis	GBR	00:44:53	04:05:15	02:53:44	07:47:29
3	Lars Lomholt	DEN	00:56:02	04:08:32	02:39:03	07:48:38

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Marlene De Boer	NED	00:52:24	04:25:46	02:59:54	08:22:30
2	Alanis Siffert	SUI	00:51:05	04:36:24	02:57:48	08:30:16
3	Jana Uderstadt	GER	00:55:51	04:31:46	03:02:45	08:34:36

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:36:36	Menno Koolhaas	2023-09-09
Swim	overall	00:44:45	Lukasz Wojt	2024-09-14
Bike	overall	04:02:12	Andrew Starykowicz	2023-09-09
Run	overall	02:38:48	Victor Arroyo Bugallo	2021-09-12
Total	female	08:22:30	Marlene De Boer	2024-09-14
Swim	female	00:51:05	Alanis Siffert	2024-09-14
Bike	female	04:23:07	Renee Kiley	2023-09-09
Run	female	02:52:32	Elisabetta Curridori	2021-09-12

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Almere is 20:30.

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
2019	24:07	00:33	20:28	03:06	32 of 43	16:48	00:55	13:14	02:40
2021	29:12	-00:38	23:27	06:23	42 of 52	18:21	00:44	14:31	03:08
2022	21:47	01:46	16:43	03:18	34 of 42	18:44	00:51	14:45	03:09
2023	27:23	-02:03	30:18	-00:51	33 of 47	19:36	00:34	16:18	02:45
2024	29:34	01:03	25:59	02:32	33 of 42	20:30	00:36	17:10	02:44

Prize Money

Challenge Almere has a total prize purse of 52.000 EUR, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 6% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	62	Tristan Olij	NED	07:52:17	08:09:09	00:49:44	04:11:30	05:06:14	02:46:03	74% +6% -20% (8)
2	58	Mikel Ugarte Ramos	ESP	07:52:48	08:16:03	00:49:06	04:12:41	05:06:47	02:46:01	76% +24% -0% (7)
3	53	Robert Kallin	SWE	07:53:54	08:11:19	00:47:16	04:00:08	04:52:24	03:01:30	77% +17% -5% (9)
4	51	Ognjen Stojanovic	SRB	07:56:01	08:22:16	00:45:31	04:18:20	05:08:51	02:47:10	54% +0% -46% (5)
5	52	Milan Brons	NED	07:59:04	08:31:16	00:48:33	04:14:06	05:07:38	02:51:26	68% +11% -21% (15)
6	60	Sebastian Norberg	SWE	08:01:50	08:26:04	00:55:21	04:14:33	05:14:55	02:46:55	91% +7% -1% (12)
7	57	Piotr Lawicki	POL	08:02:22	08:25:06	00:53:11	04:20:25	05:18:36	02:43:46	81% +0% -19% (5)
8	67	Mathieu Merland	FRA	08:02:46	08:34:28	00:51:18	04:20:31	05:16:50	02:45:56	n/a (no IM Pro race)
9	54	Pim Van Diemen	NED	08:06:41	08:31:49	00:49:24	04:11:19	05:05:43	03:00:58	69% +0% -31% (7)
10	66	Christoph Mattner	GER	08:07:30	08:31:29	00:53:06	04:25:54	05:24:00	02:43:30	53% +12% -35% (10)
11	75	Jesse Hinrichs	GER	08:08:31	08:40:36	00:48:57	04:13:31	05:07:28	03:01:03	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
12	59	Tomasz Szala	POL	08:10:22	08:32:54	00:50:02	04:16:51	05:11:53	02:58:29	54% +0% -46% (6)
13	61	Will Grace	GBR	08:10:24	08:42:36	00:48:52	04:27:16	05:21:08	02:49:16	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
14	56	Lukas Kocar	CZE	08:11:51	08:40:00	00:48:02	04:18:09	05:11:12	03:00:39	70% +0% -30% (4)
15	72	Olaf Van Den Bergh	NED	08:14:23	08:42:55	01:01:44	04:18:02	05:24:46	02:49:37	100% +0% -0% (2)
16	64	Corentin Chouvelon	FRA	08:14:59	08:37:17	00:54:44	04:33:04	05:32:48	02:42:11	100% +0% -0% (4)
17	65	Julen Diez Rodriguez	ESP	08:15:26	08:46:57	00:54:24	04:25:24	05:24:48	02:50:38	51% +49% -0% (5)
18	80	Tomas Renc	CZE	08:18:40	08:49:26	00:50:19	04:28:39	05:23:58	02:54:42	59% +0% -41% (14)
19	79	Jesse Van Hulst	NED	08:21:36	08:59:40	00:53:36	04:15:52	05:14:28	03:07:08	23% +40% -37% (3)
20	74	Pascal Tischler	GER	08:21:39	08:49:14	00:49:06	04:21:51	05:15:57	03:05:42	100% +0% -0% (2)
21	69	Romain Rezsohazy	BEL	08:22:44	08:50:10	00:53:23	04:23:44	05:22:07	03:00:37	47% +53% -0% (2)
22	81	Petr Civela	CZE	08:29:38	09:03:47	00:56:35	04:34:44	05:36:19	02:53:19	70% +0% -30% (3)
23	77	Pascal Franken	NED	08:30:12	09:03:42	00:55:03	04:22:36	05:22:38	03:07:34	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
24	73	Marijn Markusse	NED	08:34:09	09:03:27	00:55:34	04:22:58	05:23:32	03:10:37	50% +16% -33% (6)
25	70	Thomas McManners	FIN	08:39:46	09:15:47	01:03:55	04:37:18	05:46:13	02:53:33	48% +0% -52% (2)
26	76	Matthias Tuerk	GER	08:43:02	09:22:57	00:56:54	04:28:20	05:30:14	03:12:48	27% +0% -73% (5)
27	71	Adam Lennell	SWE	08:46:12	09:20:46	00:58:26	04:25:50	05:29:16	03:16:56	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
28	82	Levente Berekmeri	HUN	09:00:33	09:37:29	00:52:16	04:35:35	05:32:51	03:27:42	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
29	78	David Rother	GER	09:03:24	09:32:41	00:59:02	04:48:32	05:52:34	03:10:50	37% +46% -17% (6)
30	83	Jan Hoeing	GER	09:10:20	09:39:33	01:12:27	04:46:19	06:03:46	03:06:34	40% +60% -0% (2)
	55	Will Draper	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	63	Wojciech Kopycinski	POL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	68	Brecht Van Vooren	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	84	Rastislav Srnanek	SVK	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

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
1	2	Els Visser	NED	08:42:46	09:06:58	00:56:30	04:36:41	05:38:11	03:04:35	53% +18% -30% (22)
2	9	Tiina Pohjalainen	FIN	08:56:17	09:22:17	00:59:50	04:47:25	05:52:14	03:04:03	100% +0% -0% (3)
3	6	Gabriele Maria Obmann	AUT	09:01:34	09:26:56	01:00:37	04:51:58	05:57:35	03:03:59	71% +10% -19% (8)
4	10	Antonia Milowsky	GER	09:11:14	09:47:26	00:57:14	04:52:41	05:54:55	03:16:19	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
5	17	Kristin Liepold	GER	09:16:20	09:45:45	01:08:31	04:55:43	06:09:14	03:07:06	43% +8% -49% (36)
6	16	Line Bonde	DEN	09:16:40	09:47:56	01:01:16	04:51:12	05:57:27	03:19:13	45% +29% -26% (6)
7	7	Heleen Moes	NED	09:17:00	09:44:38	01:03:18	04:52:03	06:00:21	03:16:39	65% +0% -35% (6)
8	11	Dieuwertje Bax	NED	09:26:19	10:15:22	01:02:39	05:00:59	06:08:38	03:17:41	44% +0% -56% (7)
9	14	Vanessa Pereira	POR	09:29:04	10:06:43	01:03:15	04:58:50	06:07:06	03:21:58	54% +13% -33% (30)
10	15	Margrit Elfers	GER	09:29:19	10:01:30	00:59:55	04:45:30	05:50:25	03:38:54	59% +11% -29% (10)
11	5	Simona Krivankova	CZE	09:34:56	10:03:00	01:05:16	05:07:38	06:17:54	03:17:02	73% +0% -27% (20)
	1	Marta Lagownik	POL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	3	Daisy Davies	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	8	Maaike Vooren	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	12	Dieske Kruisselbrink	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Tristan Olij: 47% (1-1)
• Mikel Ugarte Ramos: 17% (5-1)
• Robert Kallin: 13% (7-1)
• Ognjen Stojanovic: 10% (9-1)
• Milan Brons: 8% (11-1)
• Piotr Lawicki: 3% (37-1)
• Pim Van Diemen: 2% (46-1)

Female Race Participants

• Els Visser: 69% (1-1)
• Tiina Pohjalainen: 20% (4-1)
• Gabriele Maria Obmann: 6% (15-1)
• Line Bonde: 3% (37-1)