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Challenge Almere 2017 (Sep 9th) – Seedings

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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)
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