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Challenge Almere 2018 (Sept 8th) – Seedings

ChAlmereLogoPrevious 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)
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