Challenge Almere

Course Conditions

This year’s Challenge Almere saw the very fast conditions. While last year was cold and rainy, the weather this year was perfect with no rain and temperatures just under 20°C. However, this close to the North Sea there will always be some wind, but this probably affected the agegroupers more than the Pros. The mild conditions helped athletes post some very fast run times.

The swim times were pretty slow (maybe two minutes slower than the typical swim times in Almere), followed by a typical fast bike leg. Cam Wurf was able to improve on last year’s bike course record by Kristian Hoegenhaug by almost three minutes. But the main focus was on the overall record which was one of the oldest standing triathlon records: Jan van der Marel had posted a 7:57:46 in 1999 which was broken by Jaroslav Kovacic with by more than two minutes. The new record now stands at 7:55:43.

Male Race Results

After the swim Evert Scheltinga and Jaroslav Kovacic had a three minute lead on the rest of the field. They were holding on to the lead for most of the bike, but after 100k on the bike Cameron Wurf took over the lead, eventually posting a new bike course record. The old bike course record holder, Kristian Hoegenahaug was also making up time, and all four reached T2 within four minutes. Both Cam Wurf and Jaroslav Kovacic started the marathon with a sub-2:45 pace, chase of the overall course record. By lap four (of 6) of the run course Cam started to slow down, and Jaroslav took over the lead. It was obvious from the great live stream coverage that he was giving 110%, finally being able to post a 2:43 marathon, winning the race and breaking the course record by two minutes.

After relinquishing the lead, Cam continued to run well and finished second. He posted a 2:52 marathon which was a new marathon PR for him by more than six minutes. Third place went to Kristian Hoegenhaug, with a 2:50 marathon he was able to overtake Evert Scheltinga who finished fourth.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Jaroslav Kovacic	SLO	00:50:07	04:18:52	02:43:27	07:55:43	-13:37	EUR 6,000
2	Cameron Wurf	AUS	00:53:47	04:10:48	02:52:24	08:00:55	-07:01	EUR 3,750
3	Kristian Hoegenhaug	DEN	00:54:56	04:13:50	02:50:22	08:03:31	-07:50	EUR 2,500
4	Evert Scheltinga	NED	00:50:04	04:18:40	02:57:32	08:10:31	02:45	EUR 1,750
5	Marc Unger	GER	00:53:38	04:26:16	02:55:33	08:19:28	-29:12	EUR 1,300
6	Bryan McCrystal	IRL	00:58:07	04:16:18	03:08:09	08:27:08	02:15	EUR 1,100
7	Diederik Scheltinga	NED	00:53:36	04:35:25	02:55:20	08:28:50	-34:36	EUR 900
8	Dirk Wijnalda	NED	01:00:54	04:36:17	02:51:20	08:32:15	06:16	EUR 700
9	Stefan Overmars	NED	00:54:52	04:30:42	03:10:14	08:41:07	-13:17	EUR 550
10	Till Schramm	GER	00:53:38	04:33:03	03:10:28	08:41:40	-15:00	EUR 450
11	Peter Seidel	GER	00:58:03	04:32:35	03:08:36	08:43:22	-05:03
12	Wouter Monchy	BEL	00:53:43	04:40:33	03:05:39	08:44:20	-00:28
13	Carson Christen	USA	00:53:34	04:42:28	03:05:14	08:46:49	n/a
14	Benjamin Feraud	FRA	01:00:42	04:51:46	02:52:03	08:49:12	n/a
15	Tjardo Visser	NED	00:53:35	04:58:25	03:08:07	09:03:48	18:32
16	Marijn De Jonge	NED	00:58:10	04:48:41	03:19:40	09:11:35	-02:00
	Chris Goodfellow	GBR	01:03:16	04:51:45		DNF
	Pete Dyson	GBR	00:58:09			DNF

Female Race Results

Debbie Greig had the best swim go the female Pros, she was starting the bike with a gap of almost three minutes to the two race favorites, Yvonne Van Vlerken and Els Visser. Debbie continued to lead her first Pro Ironman race for the first three hours, then Yvonne and Els caught her. For a while these three were riding in a legal group (Challenge Almere was using a 20m draft zone), before Yvonne slowly moved away. Yvonne also posted the fastest marathon, barely missing 9 hours (apparently the battery on her watch had run empty) in her 16th long-distance career win.

After her solid bike leg, Els Visser was very happy to hold on to second place on the run. Lina-Kristin Schink was able to claim third place with a good marathon, edging out Debbie Greig who finished in fourth place.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	01:00:29	04:48:33	03:07:02	09:00:01	04:54	EUR 6,000
2	Els Visser	NED	01:00:29	04:53:03	03:19:12	09:16:29	-05:33	EUR 3,750
3	Lina-Kristin Schink	GER	01:07:39	04:56:14	03:08:09	09:17:46	-29:47	EUR 2,500
4	Debbie Greig	GBR	00:57:59	04:59:41	03:18:38	09:20:38	n/a	EUR 1,750
5	Karen Steurs	BEL	01:00:39	05:01:48	03:14:06	09:22:04	-06:04	EUR 1,300
6	Renee Kiley	AUS	01:00:26	04:59:53	03:26:27	09:32:59	-13:05	EUR 1,100
7	Jenny Nae	SWE	01:10:32	05:13:14	03:07:44	09:35:28	11:29	EUR 900
8	Brooke Brown	CAN	01:00:36	05:03:20	03:32:06	09:44:53	14:07	EUR 700
9	Marleen Honkoop	NED	01:08:01	05:15:04	03:21:53	09:51:47	n/a	EUR 550
10	Rahel Bellinga	NED	01:09:15	05:08:06	03:28:41	09:51:49	-12:25	EUR 450
	Ewa Komander	POL	01:00:37	04:59:48		DNF
	Kathrin Walther	GER	01:00:36	05:09:48		DNF
	Corine Nelen	NED	01:00:32	05:33:34		DNF

Photo Credit: James Mitchell / Challenge Almere

Previous 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

Last Race’s TOP 3

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

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Joe Skipper	GBR	00:51:15	04:22:35	02:41:05	07:59:39
2	Viktor Zyemtsev	UKR	00:51:02	04:25:24	02:43:40	08:03:14
3	Jaroslav Kovacic	SLO	00:48:25	04:27:54	02:45:49	08:05:40

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	00:57:24	04:44:15	03:05:44	08:51:13
2	Sarissa De Vries	NED	00:52:34	04:44:58	03:27:27	09:09:44
3	Hanna Maksimova	BLR	00:57:25	05:13:06	03:05:32	09:20:02

Course Records

I only have the detailed results for the time that Almere is held as part of the Challenge family. The “real” male record (though probably on a different course) is held by Jan van der Marel with 7:57:46 from 1999. As far as I can tell the female record is also from that year, when Irma Heeren finished in 8:56:23.

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:59:39	Joe Skipper	2017-09-10
Swim	overall	00:46:10	Dylan McNeice	2013-09-14
Bike	overall	04:13:25	Kristian Hoegenhaug	2017-09-10
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 14:33.

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	00:52	03:13	01:57	30	06:52	00:52	03:13	01:57
2014	09:07	03:14	04:46	01:19	30 of 38	07:59	02:03	04:00	01:38
2015	17:27	00:59	16:00	03:08	36 of 43	11:09	01:42	08:00	02:08
2016	23:12	01:40	22:15	00:39	28 of 34	14:09	01:41	11:33	01:46
2017	16:07	00:52	13:56	02:23	34 of 48	14:33	01:31	12:02	01:53

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 2% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency	Overall
1	24	Jaroslav Kovacic	SLO	08:06:33	08:32:46	00:47:32	04:28:09	05:20:40	02:45:53	4% +72% -25% (6)	58
2	21	Cameron Wurf	AUS	08:12:10	08:26:29	00:49:48	04:11:48	05:06:36	03:05:34	72% +22% -6% (14)	28
3	22	Evert Scheltinga	NED	08:13:26	08:31:46	00:47:52	04:24:10	05:17:03	02:56:23	64% +0% -36% (6)	56
4	23	Kristian Hoegenhaug	DEN	08:13:32	08:35:06	00:54:04	04:17:11	05:16:15	02:57:17	100% +0% -0% (3)	64
5	26	Bryan McCrystal	IRL	08:20:30	08:49:42	00:55:10	04:15:08	05:15:19	03:05:11	32% +45% -23% (6)	105
6	25	Dirk Wijnalda	NED	08:27:20	08:51:00	00:55:10	04:34:52	05:35:02	02:52:18	76% +5% -20% (23)	111
7	28	Marc Unger	GER	08:33:52	09:24:32	00:50:49	04:28:13	05:24:02	03:09:50	26% +30% -44% (3)	(225)
8	32	Diederik Scheltinga	NED	08:39:28	09:32:41	00:51:58	04:37:03	05:34:01	03:05:27	25% +12% -62% (6)	240
9	36	Peter Seidel	GER	08:45:31	09:14:06	00:52:14	04:48:32	05:45:46	02:59:45	50% +22% -28% (5)	190
10	29	Wouter Monchy	BEL	08:45:32	09:10:29	00:49:24	04:43:42	05:38:06	03:07:26	33% +37% -31% (8)	181
11	30	Tjardo Visser	NED	08:46:36	09:11:43	00:50:14	04:47:57	05:43:10	03:03:26	71% +29% -0% (4)	185
12	31	Till Schramm	GER	08:56:40	09:22:22	00:54:07	04:41:51	05:40:57	03:15:43	65% +16% -19% (10)	215
	27	Ivan Kalashnikov	RUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	33	Benjamin Feraud	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	34	Carson Christen	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	35	Pete Dyson	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

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	Overall
1	1	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	08:59:05	09:15:57	00:56:23	04:48:00	05:49:24	03:09:41	78% +0% -22% (36)	10
2	3	Els Visser	NED	09:17:21	09:55:14	00:54:47	04:48:56	05:48:43	03:28:38	47% +53% -0% (2)	(80)
3	2	Camille Deligny	FRA	09:30:39	10:02:47	01:00:42	04:54:59	06:00:40	03:29:59	51% +0% -49% (5)	90
4	6	Jenny Nae	SWE	09:33:14	10:03:57	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(92)
5	4	Kathrin Walther	GER	09:36:36	10:39:29	00:58:27	05:03:08	06:06:35	03:30:01	15% +13% -72% (12)	(135)
6	11	Karen Steurs	BEL	09:36:48	10:07:41	01:00:27	05:10:17	06:15:45	03:21:03	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(97)
7	7	Brooke Brown	CAN	09:36:58	10:11:19	01:01:02	05:07:03	06:13:05	03:23:53	44% +0% -56% (16)	(105)
8	5	Lina-Kristin Schink	GER	09:37:09	10:27:31	01:06:53	05:09:49	06:21:43	03:15:26	37% +12% -51% (12)	129
9	8	Renee Kiley	AUS	09:54:44	10:26:36	00:59:55	05:12:23	06:17:18	03:37:26	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(128)
10	14	Rahel Bellinga	NED	10:09:28	10:33:20	01:03:53	05:05:11	06:14:05	03:55:23	88% +9% -3% (10)	134
11	10	Corine Nelen	NED	10:13:07	10:41:14	00:57:09	05:29:38	06:31:46	03:41:21	100% +0% -0% (3)	138
12	16	Francesca Sanjana	GBR	10:31:15	11:11:43	01:04:45	05:29:32	06:39:17	03:51:58	39% +0% -61% (2)	(147)
	9	Ewa Komander	POL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	12	Debbie Greig	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	15	Marleen Honkoop	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Jaroslav Kovacic: 62% (1-1)
• Cameron Wurf: 15% (6-1)
• Kristian Hoegenhaug: 11% (8-1)
• Evert Scheltinga: 10% (9-1)
• Bryan McCrystal: 2% (52-1)

Female Race Participants

• Yvonne Van Vlerken: 68% (1-1)
• Els Visser: 16% (5-1)
• Camille Deligny: 5% (18-1)
• Lina-Kristin Schink: 4% (25-1)
• Brooke Brown: 2% (41-1)
• Kathrin Walther: 2% (55-1)

This year both winners at Challenge Almere went “sub-X”, female winner Yvonne Van Vlerken went sub-9 for the 13th (!) time in her career, on the men’s side Joe Skipper went sub-8 for the second time.

Update Sept 22nd: The prize money has been changed slightly to comply with ETU rules (now paying ten deep).

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Joe Skipper	GBR	00:51:15	04:22:35	02:41:05	07:59:39	-15:19	EUR 6,000
2	Viktor Zyemtsev	UKR	00:51:02	04:25:24	02:43:40	08:03:14	-11:23	EUR 3,750
3	Jaroslav Kovacic	SLO	00:48:25	04:27:54	02:45:49	08:05:40	-38:50	EUR 2,500
4	Kristian Hoegenhaug	DEN	00:55:11	04:13:25	02:56:12	08:08:40	n/a	EUR 1,750
5	Evert Scheltinga	NED	00:48:21	04:25:01	02:55:37	08:12:37	00:00	EUR 1,300
6	Gustavo Rodriguez Iglesias	ESP	00:55:10	04:27:01	02:52:50	08:19:09	-22:54	EUR 1,100
7	Erik-Simon Strijk	NED	00:51:07	04:24:34	03:01:20	08:21:05	-13:23	EUR 900
8	Dirk Wijnalda	NED	00:57:15	04:32:37	02:53:16	08:26:31	-06:07	EUR 700
9	Christian Altstadt	GER	00:51:05	04:29:50	03:03:26	08:27:57	-02:48	EUR 550
10	Anton Blokhin	BLR	00:51:03	04:38:58	03:01:21	08:34:55	03:25	EUR 450
11	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	00:51:18	04:39:21	03:04:04	08:38:50	-04:25
12	Jens Frommhold	GER	00:55:10	04:39:03	03:00:27	08:39:06	-00:47
13	Georgy Kaurov	RUS	00:48:24	04:50:30	02:58:14	08:40:40	-32:23
14	Tjardo Visser	NED	00:51:16	04:48:25	03:00:23	08:43:34	-20:29
15	Jacob Veenstra	NED			03:13:21	08:47:14	-05:25
16	Hidde Bekhuis	NED	01:01:37	04:34:25	03:09:10	08:49:37	n/a
17	Lukas Krpec	CZE	00:55:12	04:39:06	03:17:12	08:55:49	n/a
18	Christophe Bastie	FRA	00:52:57	04:34:35	03:26:06	08:57:44	08:34
19	Jan Wainer	CZE	00:53:19	04:55:53	03:12:32	09:08:48	n/a
20	Marijn De Jonge	NED	00:54:24	04:44:18	03:37:56	09:21:28	06:50
21	Mikita Hryhoryeu	BLR	00:52:51	04:57:13	03:32:57	09:28:35	40:03
22	Diederik Scheltinga	NED	00:51:10	04:38:14	04:42:17	10:15:26	1:42:48
23	Armandas Rokas	LTU	01:13:41	05:39:56	04:25:25	11:26:16	n/a
	Karol Dzalaj	SVK	00:51:16	04:25:57		DNF
	Sergio Marques	POR	00:56:36	04:32:47		DNF
	Stefan Overmars	NED	00:51:09	04:45:39		DNF
	Matija Avirovic	CRO	00:51:09	04:48:03		DNF
	Jose Estrangeiro	POR	00:51:07	04:48:35		DNF
	Youri Severin	NED	00:48:23	04:57:13		DNF
	Peter Res	NED	01:01:37	04:49:29		DNF
	Jan Raphael	GER	00:51:05			DNF
	Denis Sketako	SLO	00:55:04			DNF
	Bryan McCrystal	IRL	00:55:07			DNF
	Stefan Eichheimer	GER	00:55:12			DNF
	Kristian Quintans Dominguez	ESP	00:59:24			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	00:57:24	04:44:15	03:05:44	08:51:13	-10:29	EUR 6,000
2	Sarissa De Vries	NED	00:52:34	04:44:58	03:27:27	09:09:44	-29:04	EUR 3,750
3	Hanna Maksimova	BLR	00:57:25	05:13:06	03:05:32	09:20:02	n/a	EUR 2,500
4	Lina-Kristin Schink	GER	01:06:07	05:06:22	03:10:42	09:27:42	-29:59	EUR 1,750
5	Lucie Reed	CZE	00:52:29	05:16:21	03:20:36	09:34:02	-03:26	EUR 1,300
6	Simona Krivankova	CZE	01:05:22	05:05:56	03:20:01	09:35:15	-01:40	EUR 1,100
7	Sonja Skevin	CRO	00:56:14	05:21:36	03:22:20	09:44:44	01:00	EUR 900
8	Julia Mai	GER	01:02:56	05:15:06	03:37:54	10:01:50	09:34	EUR 700
9	Kristin Lie	NOR	01:06:00	05:18:55	03:37:25	10:08:43	09:16	EUR 550
10	Corine Nelen	NED	00:57:42	05:28:45	03:38:46	10:11:05	-13:01	EUR 450
11	Anne Zijderveld	NED	01:01:18	05:36:08	03:52:36	10:40:00	n/a
	Kathrin Walther	GER	01:01:26	05:19:06		DNF
	Vanessa Pereira	POR	01:05:37			DNF

This year, Challenge Almere is also the ETU Long Distance Championship.

Previous 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

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Jan Raphael	GER	00:48:13	04:18:44	02:52:25	08:03:43
2	Dirk Wijnalda	NED	00:53:33	04:27:22	02:49:59	08:14:48
3	Marek Jaskolka	POL	00:48:18	04:41:03	02:49:57	08:23:48

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Camille Deligny	FRA	00:59:55	04:43:11	03:30:04	09:18:15
2	Mirjam Weerd	NED	00:52:17	04:51:50	03:31:23	09:20:59
3	Simona Krivankova	CZE	01:06:41	05:01:32	03:11:19	09:24:48

Course Records

I can only details the records from the time that Almere is held as part of the Challenge family. The “real” male record (though probably on a different course) is held by Jan van der Marel with 7:57:46 from 1999. As far as I can tell the female record is also from 1999, when Irma Heeren finished in 8:56:23.

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:03:43	Jan Raphael	2016-09-10
Swim	overall	00:46:10	Dylan McNeice	2013-09-14
Bike	overall	04:18:44	Jan Raphael	2016-09-10
Run	overall	02:47:54	Dirk Wijnalda	2014-09-13
Total	female	09:16:26	Heleen Bij De Vaate	2014-09-13
Swim	female	00:51:37	Hillary Biscay	2013-09-14
Bike	female	04:43:11	Camille Deligny	2016-09-10
Run	female	03:10:59	Heleen Bij De Vaate	2014-09-13

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Almere is 14:09.

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	00:52	03:13	01:57	30	06:52	00:52	03:13	01:57
2014	09:07	03:14	04:46	01:19	30 of 38	07:59	02:03	04:00	01:38
2015	17:27	00:59	16:00	03:08	36 of 43	11:09	01:42	08:00	02:08
2016	23:12	01:40	22:15	00:39	28 of 34	14:09	01:41	11:33	01:46

Prize Money

Challenge Almere has a total prize purse of 38.000 EUR.

Male Race Participants

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

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	3	Joe Skipper	GBR	08:13:09	08:29:17	00:52:18	04:25:29	05:22:47	02:50:22	44% +18% -37% (17)	37
2	4	Evert Scheltinga	NED	08:16:25	08:37:31	00:48:08	04:22:47	05:15:55	03:00:30	36% +41% -23% (4)	(65)
3	32	Viktor Zyemtsev	UKR	08:16:35	08:29:03	00:50:05	04:32:23	05:27:28	02:49:07	72% +0% -28% (21)	36
4	1	Jan Raphael	GER	08:17:26	08:34:58	00:48:55	04:30:39	05:24:33	02:52:53	96% +0% -4% (28)	54
5	2	Dirk Wijnalda	NED	08:27:34	08:58:22	00:54:15	04:36:27	05:35:42	02:51:52	71% +5% -24% (22)	142
6	11	Anton Blokhin	BLR	08:32:34	08:52:08	00:49:16	04:35:28	05:29:45	03:02:49	57% +21% -21% (23)	116
7	6	Erik-Simon Strijk	NED	08:32:52	09:00:04	00:51:52	04:34:30	05:31:23	03:01:29	64% +2% -35% (11)	147
8	9	Gustavo Rodriguez	ESP	08:33:11	09:02:19	00:52:08	04:43:26	05:40:34	02:52:37	38% +62% -0% (3)	150
9	36	Denis Sketako	SLO	08:33:49	08:56:17	00:54:03	04:37:03	05:36:06	02:57:43	72% +28% -0% (4)	132
10	30	Christian Altstadt	GER	08:34:41	09:01:51	00:51:28	04:33:08	05:29:35	03:05:06	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(150)
11	24	Stefan Eichheimer	GER	08:35:19	09:05:18	00:55:54	04:36:38	05:37:32	02:57:47	7% +56% -36% (3)	(160)
12	12	Diederik Scheltinga	NED	08:35:39	08:56:18	00:51:52	04:37:25	05:34:17	03:01:22	39% +19% -42% (5)	133
13	7	Jens Frommhold	GER	08:36:59	09:06:09	00:54:27	04:33:04	05:32:32	03:04:27	13% +24% -63% (5)	163
14	16	Jaroslav Kovacic	SLO	08:40:59	09:04:23	00:47:54	04:46:10	05:39:04	03:01:55	22% +78% -0% (3)	(158)
15	25	Jose Estrangeiro	POR	08:41:46	09:04:08	00:49:51	04:46:14	05:41:05	03:00:41	100% +0% -0% (2)	(157)
16	17	Jacob Veenstra	NED	08:42:56	09:19:24	00:55:12	04:34:25	05:34:37	03:08:19	27% +73% -0% (2)	(200)
17	31	Bryan McCrystal *	IRL	08:44:22	09:04:51	00:57:53	04:28:40	05:31:33	03:12:49	78% +22% -0% (4)	158
18	14	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	08:44:32	08:58:44	00:49:19	04:46:16	05:40:34	03:03:58	91% +3% -6% (30)	144
19	5	Sergio Marques	POR	08:45:03	09:03:25	00:53:21	04:45:24	05:43:44	03:01:19	62% +3% -34% (39)	154
20	35	Karol Dzalaj	SVK	08:47:49	09:07:09	00:53:33	04:36:06	05:34:38	03:13:11	75% +12% -12% (14)	168
21	29	Christophe Bastie	FRA	08:47:54	09:05:13	00:52:59	04:35:04	05:33:03	03:14:51	70% +0% -30% (36)	(160)
22	18	Mikita Hryhoryeu	BLR	08:53:04	09:10:58	00:50:42	04:52:56	05:48:37	03:04:27	100% +0% -0% (3)	178
23	8	Youri Severin	NED	08:55:49	09:14:59	00:47:43	04:45:24	05:38:07	03:17:42	19% +31% -50% (4)	187
24	10	Tjardo Visser	NED	09:00:05	09:30:56	00:50:42	04:58:00	05:53:42	03:06:23	100% +0% -0% (2)	(237)
25	15	Stefan Overmars	NED	09:02:20	09:20:02	00:53:18	04:40:20	05:38:38	03:23:42	100% +0% -0% (3)	202
26	26	Georgy Kaurov	RUS	09:04:14	09:34:18	00:47:34	04:48:33	05:41:07	03:23:07	82% +18% -0% (3)	242
27	21	Marijn De Jonge	NED	09:17:49	09:48:43	00:53:33	04:56:00	05:54:33	03:23:16	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(266)
	19	Hidde Bekhuis	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	20	Kristian Hoegenhaug	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	22	Matija Avirovic	CRO	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	23	Peter Res	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	27	Kristian Quintans Dominguez	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	28	Jan Wainer	CZE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	33	Armandas Rokas	LTU	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	34	Lukas Krpec	CZE	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.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	51	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	09:04:16	09:17:34	00:56:25	04:50:19	05:51:45	03:12:31	79% +0% -21% (31)	9
2	55	Simona Krivankova	CZE	09:36:07	10:00:02	01:05:35	05:12:44	06:23:18	03:12:49	78% +22% -0% (4)	83
3	56	Lucie Reed	CZE	09:36:47	09:54:36	00:51:47	05:17:54	06:14:41	03:22:06	70% +0% -30% (28)	79
4	52	Kathrin Walther	GER	09:37:02	10:26:53	00:58:16	05:03:38	06:06:53	03:30:09	24% +21% -55% (10)	(138)
5	53	Sarissa De Vries	NED	09:42:30	10:07:11	00:51:27	05:16:31	06:12:58	03:29:32	100% +0% -0% (2)	(101)
6	61	Sonja Skevin	CRO	09:48:21	10:19:24	00:54:04	05:26:05	06:25:10	03:23:11	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(126)
7	57	Lina-Kristin Schink	GER	09:52:25	10:20:47	01:09:35	05:14:25	06:29:00	03:23:25	70% +0% -30% (9)	127
8	59	Julia Mai	GER	09:55:43	10:28:43	01:00:08	05:19:35	06:24:43	03:31:00	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(143)
9	60	Vanessa Pereira	POR	09:58:38	10:24:50	01:00:37	05:21:29	06:27:06	03:31:32	61% +0% -39% (13)	134
10	54	Kristin Lie	NOR	09:59:46	10:23:47	01:11:01	05:11:41	06:27:43	03:32:03	90% +1% -9% (15)	130
11	62	Corine Nelen	NED	10:19:48	10:55:15	00:57:33	05:24:13	06:26:46	03:53:02	100% +0% -0% (2)	(161)
	58	Hanna Maksimova	BLR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	63	Anne Zijderveld	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Jan Raphael: 45% (1-1)
• Joe Skipper: 32% (2-1)
• Evert Scheltinga: 10% (9-1)
• Dirk Wijnalda: 9% (10-1)
• Anton Blokhin: 3% (35-1)

Female Race Participants

• Yvonne Van Vlerken: 74% (1-1)
• Simona Krivankova: 13% (6-1)
• Kathrin Walther: 5% (19-1)
• Lucie Reed: 4% (24-1)
• Sarissa De Vries: 2% (51-1)