Challenge Almere

Challenge Almere 2023 (Sept 9th) – Seedings

September 3, 2023

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

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Kieran Lindars	GBR	00:46:40	04:22:45	02:42:54	07:55:44
2	Niek Heldoorn	NED	00:46:38	04:22:58	02:48:03	08:00:38
3	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	00:49:56	04:11:37	02:56:16	08:01:44

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Katharina Wolff	GER	00:58:32	04:58:04	03:09:15	09:10:10
2	Lina-Kristin Schink	GER	01:04:11	04:49:25	03:17:14	09:15:57
3	Jenny Nae	SWE	01:02:56	05:11:10	03:02:09	09:21:04

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 18:44.

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
2022	21:47	01:53	16:43	03:18	34 of 42	18:44	00:51	14:45	03:09

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 5% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	66	Menno Koolhaas	NED	07:50:58	08:16:15	00:44:59	04:17:40	05:07:39	02:43:19	100% +0% -0% (2)
2	57	Jesper Svensson	SWE	07:54:36	08:15:30	00:46:29	04:12:44	05:04:13	02:50:23	56% +8% -36% (14)
3	51	Kieran Lindars	GBR	07:57:44	08:21:48	00:47:15	04:20:59	05:13:14	02:44:30	52% +30% -18% (4)
4	54	Matt Trautman	ZAF	08:00:29	08:19:27	00:49:28	04:15:08	05:09:36	02:50:53	68% +7% -26% (16)
5	53	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	08:03:37	08:29:07	00:50:20	04:11:02	05:06:22	02:57:15	36% +8% -57% (17)
6	52	Milan Brons	NED	08:07:55	08:33:49	00:48:20	04:15:30	05:08:50	02:59:05	44% +40% -16% (8)
7	55	Evert Scheltinga *	NED	08:09:07	08:34:34	00:47:59	04:21:30	05:14:29	02:54:38	49% +0% -51% (15)
8	56	Tomas Renc	CZE	08:10:24	08:42:23	00:48:37	04:28:12	05:21:50	02:48:34	81% +0% -19% (11)
9	58	Pamphiel Pareyn	BEL	08:10:57	08:34:26	00:46:56	04:21:23	05:13:19	02:57:38	65% +35% -0% (6)
10	74	Strahinja Trakic	SRB	08:14:15	08:47:38	00:48:28	04:28:07	05:21:35	02:52:40	39% +0% -61% (4)
11	84	Lukasz Wojt	GER	08:15:15	08:37:56	00:44:23	04:17:03	05:06:26	03:08:49	69% +0% -31% (10)
12	69	Christoph Mattner	GER	08:15:49	08:43:09	00:51:26	04:33:06	05:29:31	02:46:18	100% +0% -0% (3)
13	68	Adriano Engelhardt	SUI	08:20:02	08:56:22	00:50:16	04:20:09	05:15:25	03:04:37	43% +0% -57% (2)
14	75	Benjamin Mark Andersen	DEN	08:24:16	08:55:33	00:52:08	04:21:31	05:18:39	03:05:37	60% +0% -40% (2)
15	78	Marc Unger	GER	08:25:32	08:55:26	00:52:45	04:26:35	05:24:20	03:01:12	28% +52% -20% (8)
16	70	Simon Huckestein	GER	08:31:06	08:57:00	01:02:26	04:31:12	05:38:38	02:52:28	29% +44% -27% (3)
17	72	Jesper Nybo Riis	DEN	08:32:40	08:55:45	00:59:01	04:32:04	05:36:05	02:56:35	84% +0% -16% (10)
18	73	Thomas Bosch	GER	08:32:42	09:07:20	01:00:18	04:27:15	05:32:32	03:00:10	21% +12% -67% (14)
19	92	Alexander Berggren	SWE	08:45:27	09:35:09	00:46:07	04:39:16	05:30:23	03:15:04	5% +30% -65% (7)
20	64	Petr Civela	CZE	08:45:48	09:19:49	00:55:44	04:42:23	05:43:07	03:02:41	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
21	62	Michal Holub	SVK	08:46:46	09:20:51	01:03:39	04:37:43	05:46:22	03:00:24	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
22	80	Michiel De Wilde	NED	08:48:11	09:21:05	00:54:52	04:34:16	05:34:08	03:14:03	3% +30% -67% (10)
23	82	Thomas Hounjet	NED	08:51:37	09:30:15	00:59:39	04:42:10	05:46:49	03:04:48	48% +0% -52% (2)
24	71	Gregor Schreiner	GER	08:53:53	09:26:09	00:48:20	04:26:39	05:19:59	03:33:54	23% +56% -22% (3)
25	61	Jan Sneberger	CZE	09:03:58	09:32:01	00:54:00	04:53:29	05:52:29	03:11:29	100% +0% -0% (2)
26	87	Lars Schmidt	DEN	09:31:01	10:06:27	00:49:34	04:30:57	05:25:31	04:05:30	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
27	76	Christopher Walker	GBR	09:46:01	10:22:22	00:52:43	04:57:56	05:55:39	03:50:22	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	60	Levente Berekmeri	HUN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	65	Thomas Bishop	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	67	Ognjen Stojanovic	SRB	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	77	Henrik Kjaergard	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	79	Christoffer Damm	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	85	Jan Hoeing	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	86	Marijn Markusse	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	88	Christoffer Heick	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	89	Dennis Bakker	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	90	Mathias Tuerk	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	91	Pim Van Diemen	NED	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 4% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	6	Els Visser	NED	08:56:32	09:16:39	00:56:48	04:44:04	05:45:52	03:10:40	80% +20% -0% (11)
2	11	Katrine Graesboell Christensen	DEN	09:03:23	09:37:05	01:02:54	04:55:38	06:03:32	02:59:51	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
3	7	Marlene De Boer	NED	09:08:18	09:42:19	00:55:28	05:00:24	06:00:53	03:07:25	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
4	10	Alexandra Tondeur	BEL	09:10:42	09:34:46	00:58:17	05:00:23	06:03:41	03:07:01	37% +2% -61% (14)
5	9	Renee Kiley	AUS	09:15:52	09:44:53	00:56:11	04:49:16	05:50:27	03:25:25	48% +12% -40% (18)
6	1	Katharina Wolff	GER	09:19:07	09:57:17	00:59:07	05:02:03	06:06:10	03:12:57	64% +0% -36% (5)
7	4	Lina-Kristin Schink	GER	09:21:00	10:14:23	01:05:17	04:52:23	06:02:40	03:18:20	29% +8% -64% (18)
8	12	Margrit Elfers	GER	09:24:31	10:04:26	00:59:53	04:50:21	05:55:14	03:29:17	26% +0% -74% (6)
9	2	Janien Lubben	NED	09:39:16	10:16:11	01:06:06	05:03:44	06:14:49	03:24:27	77% +23% -0% (7)
10	3	Vanessa Pereira	POR	09:40:29	10:15:06	01:02:59	05:07:01	06:15:00	03:25:29	58% +11% -31% (24)
11	14	Leonie Zumhasch	GER	09:41:07	10:17:10	01:11:02	05:00:25	06:16:27	03:24:40	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
12	16	Cathrine Sand	DEN	09:43:54	10:09:18	01:00:21	05:06:56	06:12:17	03:31:37	100% +0% -0% (3)
13	5	Martine Hoaas	NOR	10:39:08	11:11:14	01:04:49	05:42:07	06:51:56	03:47:12	40% +60% -0% (2)
	8	Lisa Gerss	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	15	Dieuwertje Bax	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Jesper Svensson: 35% (2-1)
Menno Koolhaas: 24% (3-1)
Kieran Lindars: 18% (4-1)
Matt Trautman: 8% (12-1)
Pamphiel Pareyn: 8% (12-1)
Milan Brons: 4% (26-1)
Evert Scheltinga: 2% (54-1)

Female Race Participants

Els Visser: 80% (1-1)
Katharina Wolff: 4% (23-1)
Alexandra Tondeur: 4% (24-1)
Renee Kiley: 4% (25-1)
Katrine Graesboell Christensen: 3% (30-1)
Marlene De Boer: 2% (54-1)
Lina-Kristin Schink: 2% (62-1)

Challenge Almere 2022 – Analyzing Results

September 10, 2022

Male 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

September 6, 2022

Almere Updates:

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.

#	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

September 5, 2022

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.

#	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 2021 / WorldTriathlon Long Distance Championships – Analyzing Results

September 12, 2021

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Kristian Hogenhaug	DEN	00:49:44	04:03:15	02:41:38	07:37:46	-14:45	US$ 13,750
2	Jesper Svensson	SWE	00:47:08	04:05:40	02:43:20	07:39:25	-22:12	US$ 11,000
3	Reinaldo Colucci	BRA	00:49:40	04:12:47	02:39:03	07:45:15	-50:37	US$ 8,250
4	Evert Scheltinga	NED	00:49:37	04:12:50	02:43:39	07:49:32	-12:45	US$ 5,500
5	Thomas Steger	AUT	00:49:47	04:19:48	02:41:08	07:54:56	n/a	US$ 3,850
6	Pablo Dapena Gonzalez	ESP	00:47:13	04:22:53	02:42:03	07:55:54	-02:35	US$ 3,300
7	Tomas Renc	CZE	00:49:43	04:20:57	02:41:57	07:56:06	-11:37	US$ 2,750
8	Victor Arroyo Bugallo	ESP	00:56:51	04:20:16	02:38:48	08:00:17	-09:28	US$ 1,650
9	Milan Brons	NED	00:49:41	04:14:24	02:52:24	08:00:49	n/a	US$ 1,240
10	Joao Ferreira	POR	00:49:46	04:21:10	02:49:08	08:03:36	-40:17	US$ 960
11	Per Van Vlerken	GER	00:51:19	04:18:00	02:51:10	08:03:54	-20:36	US$ 825
12	Milosz Sowinski	POL	00:51:30	04:21:47	02:51:34	08:09:24	17:56	US$ 690
13	Pete Dyson	GBR	00:56:41	04:20:17	02:49:50	08:10:08	-06:30	US$ 550
14	Erik-Simon Strijk	NED	00:56:48	04:19:17	02:54:48	08:16:00	-01:56	US$ 410
15	Adam Hansen	AUS	00:57:01	04:02:46	03:20:04	08:23:50	n/a	US$ 275
16	Niek Heldoorn	NED	00:49:38	04:20:52	03:10:49	08:25:15	n/a
17	Cornelis Scheltinga	NED	00:56:46	04:28:46	02:55:48	08:25:48	n/a
18	Dirk Wijnalda	NED	01:00:45	04:34:20	02:49:43	08:29:11	-01:38
19	Jens Frommhold	GER	00:56:52	04:20:07	03:09:50	08:30:22	04:10
20	Antony Costes	FRA	00:47:11	04:13:28	03:29:02	08:33:03	-02:17
21	Alexander Berggren	SWE	00:47:21	04:31:39	03:10:38	08:33:16	-39:20
22	Robert Fryer	GBR	00:56:53	04:43:47	02:50:50	08:35:44	n/a
23	Michal Holub	SVK	01:05:05	04:29:55	02:56:49	08:36:25	n/a
24	Diego Vasquez	ECU	00:56:58	04:27:55	03:08:42	08:39:04	-27:03
25	Stefan Overmars	NED	00:56:52	04:28:42	03:29:38	09:00:25	10:56
26	Diederik Scheltinga	NED	00:56:49	04:48:14	03:46:15	09:35:57	58:09
	Lukas Kocar	CZE	00:49:37	04:10:59		DNF
	Kristian Hindkjaer	DEN	00:51:21	04:29:39		DNF
	Kieran Lindars	GBR	00:47:16			DNF
	Sam Laidlow	FRA	00:47:18			DNF
	David McNamee	GBR	00:47:26			DNF
	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	00:49:48			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Sarissa De Vries	NED	00:53:31	04:32:41	03:01:49	08:32:04	-38:00	US$ 13,750
2	Manon Genet	FRA	00:56:28	04:36:09	02:58:01	08:34:22	-47:07	US$ 11,000
3	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	00:56:26	04:30:56	03:07:38	08:38:53	-18:46	US$ 8,250
4	Elisabetta Curridori	ITA	00:56:06	04:48:44	02:52:32	08:41:08	n/a	US$ 5,500
5	Leanne Fanoy	UAE	01:00:50	04:42:52	02:56:28	08:45:14	-47:14	US$ 3,850
6	Sarah Crowley	AUS	00:56:30	04:44:59	03:03:17	08:48:37	10:27	US$ 3,300
7	Annah Watkinson	ZAF	01:00:45	04:47:11	02:58:43	08:51:07	-11:58	US$ 2,750
8	Saleta Castro Nogueira	ESP	00:56:37	05:01:41	03:10:13	09:12:44	-03:51	US$ 1,650
9	Line Bonde	DEN	01:02:17	04:45:21	03:21:36	09:13:33	n/a	US$ 1,240
10	Simona Krivankova	CZE	01:07:41	04:56:11	03:08:59	09:17:01	00:16	US$ 960
11	Marta Bernardi	ITA	00:56:45	04:50:48	03:26:16	09:18:13	06:23	US$ 825
12	Magda Nieuwoudt	ZAF	00:59:36	04:54:39	03:21:30	09:19:38	-09:33	US$ 690
13	Vanessa Pereira	POR	01:03:06	05:00:00	03:13:57	09:23:00	-21:21	US$ 550
14	Janien Lubben	NED	01:07:44	04:59:52	03:24:04	09:36:32	-25:02	US$ 410
15	Helena Kotopulu	CZE	01:11:20	05:06:42	03:15:42	09:39:40	01:54	US$ 275
16	Nicole Luse	USA	01:07:43	05:20:10	03:47:40	10:21:18	33:12
	Renee Kiley	AUS	00:59:35	04:37:13		DNF
	Ilona Eversdijk	NED	00:56:28	04:51:20		DNF
	Alena Sinay	SVK	01:02:59	04:52:18		DNF
	Camilla Pedersen	DEN	00:53:33	05:10:00		DNF