Course Conditions
This year’s race in Almere saw very good conditions: It was sunny, nice temperatures and almost no wind. The adjustment of 24:07 indicates that the race conditions were about three minutes faster than last years race. The course rating for Almere is now 16:48.
This year saw a couple of new course records. The first two finishers in the men’s race broke the overall course record that was only set last year by Jaroslav Kovacic. The new mark is 7:50:15 by the male winner Matty Trautmann.
On the female side, Sarissa de Vries took the lead in the swim and then extended that gap with a 4:38:12 bike leg that improved the 2016 time by Camille Deligny by more than five minutes. She was also running well for the first three of six run laps but then started to struggle and eventually fell back to third. Yvonne Van Vlerken worked hard to win Challenge Almere. She announced that this was her final long-distance race.
Photo Credits: Jose Luis Hourcade, supplied by Challenge Almere
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Matt Trautman | ZAF | 00:49:49 | 04:11:48 | 02:44:44 | 07:50:15 | -17:19 | EUR 6,000 |
| 2 | Kristian Hogenhaug | DEN | 00:50:12 | 04:11:27 | 02:48:31 | 07:53:52 | -10:23 | EUR 3,750 |
| 3 | Tomas Renc | CZE | 00:48:47 | 04:15:31 | 02:52:13 | 08:00:44 | -05:10 | EUR 2,500 |
| 4 | Morten Brammer Olesen | DEN | 00:52:55 | 04:20:17 | 02:43:46 | 08:01:26 | -05:24 | EUR 1,750 |
| 5 | Pete Dyson | GBR | 00:55:46 | 04:21:06 | 02:52:23 | 08:13:22 | -11:57 | EUR 1,300 |
| 6 | Kieran Lindars | GBR | 00:46:51 | 04:30:10 | 02:52:33 | 08:17:14 | n/a | EUR 1,100 |
| 7 | Aliksandr Vasilevich | BLR | 00:48:09 | 04:30:09 | 02:58:46 | 08:21:11 | n/a | EUR 900 |
| 8 | Erik-Simon Strijk | NED | 00:56:05 | 04:20:28 | 03:00:00 | 08:21:28 | -02:57 | EUR 700 |
| 9 | Sergio Marques | POR | 00:56:16 | 04:36:07 | 02:45:11 | 08:22:22 | -18:37 | EUR 550 |
| 10 | Carlos Aznar Gallego | ESP | 00:56:06 | 04:33:36 | 02:48:57 | 08:22:59 | -07:09 | EUR 450 |
| 11 | Dirk Wijnalda | NED | 00:56:26 | 04:36:03 | 02:54:39 | 08:31:51 | 06:40 | |
| 12 | Sven Strijk | NED | 00:50:15 | 04:15:41 | 03:24:57 | 08:35:09 | -57:27 | |
| 13 | Ruben Geys | BEL | 00:52:56 | 04:39:28 | 03:03:54 | 08:41:11 | n/a | |
| 14 | Tjardo Visser | NED | 00:50:11 | 04:40:02 | 03:06:56 | 08:41:12 | -05:44 | |
| 15 | Stefan Overmars | NED | 00:52:53 | 04:34:41 | 03:20:25 | 08:52:37 | -07:41 | |
| 16 | Jacob Veenstra | NED | 00:56:25 | 04:33:21 | 03:17:06 | 08:53:18 | 11:37 | |
| 17 | Diederik Scheltinga | NED | 00:56:01 | 04:36:23 | 03:25:00 | 09:02:29 | 30:35 | |
| 18 | Martijn Paalman | NED | 00:50:18 | 04:52:11 | 03:15:32 | 09:02:43 | n/a | |
| 19 | Georgy Kaurov | RUS | 00:48:08 | 04:33:29 | 03:37:54 | 09:03:50 | 11:44 | |
| 20 | Erik Doornbos | NED | 00:56:10 | 04:37:47 | 03:24:41 | 09:03:56 | n/a | |
| 21 | Marijn De Jonge | NED | 00:59:57 | 04:48:46 | 03:34:49 | 09:29:06 | 20:17 | |
| Thomas Steger | AUT | DNF | ||||||
| Denis Sketako | SLO | DNF | ||||||
| Caleb Noble | AUS | DNF | ||||||
| Andrej Vistica | CRO | DNF | ||||||
| Chris Fischer | DEN | DNF | ||||||
| Jens Petersen-Bach | DEN | DNF | ||||||
| Evert Scheltinga | NED | DNF |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Yvonne Van Vlerken | NED | 00:59:05 | 04:46:33 | 03:06:31 | 08:56:10 | 02:10 | EUR 6,000 |
| 2 | Lina-Kristin Schink | GER | 01:05:25 | 04:49:07 | 03:11:40 | 09:11:27 | -14:02 | EUR 3,750 |
| 3 | Sarissa De Vries | NED | 00:51:29 | 04:38:12 | 03:38:03 | 09:12:29 | -05:15 | EUR 2,500 |
| 4 | Miriam Van Reijen | NED | 01:00:14 | 04:57:38 | 03:14:14 | 09:18:40 | -42:12 | EUR 1,750 |
| 5 | Simona Krivankova | CZE | 01:05:06 | 04:58:47 | 03:12:26 | 09:21:39 | 00:14 | EUR 1,300 |
| 6 | Sonja Skevin | CRO | 00:54:32 | 05:08:52 | 03:17:34 | 09:25:03 | -11:25 | EUR 1,100 |
| 7 | Sophie Bubb | GBR | 01:00:19 | 05:12:26 | 03:10:26 | 09:28:59 | n/a | EUR 900 |
| 8 | Ilona Eversdijk | NED | 00:54:29 | 04:58:34 | 03:46:15 | 09:43:24 | -1:05:49 | EUR 700 |
| 9 | Janien Lubben | NED | 01:09:13 | 04:59:35 | 03:36:35 | 09:50:35 | -23:58 | EUR 550 |
| 10 | Maja Urban | CRO | 01:04:20 | 05:26:48 | 03:32:26 | 10:10:32 | -05:51 | EUR 450 |
| 11 | Karla Schipper | NED | 01:09:05 | 05:18:32 | 04:14:24 | 10:46:54 | n/a | |
| Camille Deligny | FRA | DNF | ||||||
| Astrid Stienen | GER | DNF | ||||||
| Kathrin Walther | GER | DNF | ||||||
| Tessa Kortekaas | NED | DNF |