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Challenge Almere 2019 (Sept 14th) – Seedings

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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
2018 Jaroslav Kovacic (SLO) 07:55:43 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 09:00:01

Last Race’s TOP 3

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

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Jaroslav Kovacic SLO 00:50:07 04:18:52 02:43:27 07:55:43
2 Cameron Wurf AUS 00:53:47 04:10:48 02:52:24 08:00:55
3 Kristian Hogenhaug DEN 00:54:56 04:13:50 02:50:22 08:03:31

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 01:00:29 04:48:33 03:07:02 09:00:01
2 Els Visser NED 01:00:29 04:53:03 03:19:12 09:16:29
3 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 01:07:39 04:56:14 03:08:09 09:17:46

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:55:43 Jaroslav Kovacic 2018-09-08
Swim overall 00:46:10 Dylan McNeice 2013-09-14
Bike overall 04:10:48 Cameron Wurf 2018-09-08
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 15:35.

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 00:57 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 00:44 14:27 02:16 36 of 43 11:08 01:38 07:34 01:56
2016 23:11 01:34 21:21 00:17 28 of 34 14:09 01:37 11:01 01:32
2017 16:07 00:47 13:15 02:05 34 of 48 14:32 01:27 11:28 01:38
2018 20:50 -01:23 14:53 07:21 26 of 31 15:35 00:59 12:02 02:35

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 3% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 1 Kristian Hogenhaug (KQ) DEN 08:08:24 08:30:28 00:52:27 04:16:25 05:13:52 02:54:32 62% +0% -38% (6) 48
2 10 Matt Trautman (KQ) ZAF 08:12:21 08:33:39 00:50:02 04:24:36 05:19:37 02:52:44 20% +22% -58% (9) 55
3 25 Tomas Renc CZE 08:13:03 08:37:34 00:48:43 04:30:29 05:24:12 02:48:51 100% +0% -0% (2) (70)
4 14 Morten Brammer Olesen DEN 08:13:37 08:33:25 00:51:38 04:27:55 05:24:33 02:49:04 100% +0% -0% (3) 54
5 2 Evert Scheltinga NED 08:14:26 08:35:20 00:48:05 04:22:52 05:15:56 02:58:30 83% +0% -17% (9) 60
6 7 Jens Petersen-Bach DEN 08:18:51 08:34:12 00:49:46 04:33:44 05:28:30 02:50:21 56% +6% -39% (26) 56
7 18 Andrej Vistica CRO 08:25:12 08:38:36 00:54:37 04:32:24 05:32:02 02:53:10 95% +0% -5% (19) 71
8 8 Erik-Simon Strijk NED 08:27:05 08:52:05 00:51:50 04:30:42 05:27:32 02:59:33 72% +1% -27% (12) (117)
9 17 Chris Fischer DEN 08:27:12 08:47:25 00:53:15 04:30:33 05:28:49 02:58:23 77% +3% -20% (11) (103)
10 3 Marc Unger GER 08:27:33 09:17:30 00:51:31 04:29:01 05:25:31 03:02:02 9% +28% -63% (6) 202
11 5 Denis Sketako SLO 08:27:50 08:51:45 00:52:53 04:33:57 05:31:50 02:56:00 73% +10% -18% (6) 114
12 6 Dirk Wijnalda NED 08:30:36 08:53:20 00:56:33 04:36:19 05:37:52 02:52:44 84% +3% -13% (25) 121
13 21 Carlos Aznar Gallego ESP 08:31:46 08:57:55 00:57:09 04:44:52 05:47:01 02:44:45 22% +33% -44% (5) 141
14 19 Pete Dyson GBR 08:32:00 08:57:57 00:55:05 04:29:54 05:29:58 03:02:02 35% +39% -26% (3) (142)
15 4 Diederik Scheltinga NED 08:34:53 09:01:29 00:51:42 04:37:03 05:33:44 03:01:09 16% +44% -39% (7) (153)
16 15 Sergio Marques POR 08:43:37 09:08:51 00:53:59 04:44:21 05:43:20 03:00:17 54% +3% -43% (40) (177)
17 30 Georgy Kaurov RUS 08:43:59 09:21:57 00:48:05 04:49:50 05:42:55 03:01:04 45% +55% -0% (4) (214)
18 24 Jacob Veenstra NED 08:45:31 09:10:57 00:55:54 04:33:37 05:34:31 03:11:00 76% +24% -0% (3) (184)
19 16 Stefan Overmars NED 08:51:59 09:29:43 00:53:07 04:35:02 05:33:09 03:18:50 44% +0% -56% (7) 224
20 22 Tjardo Visser NED 08:52:58 09:15:43 00:50:51 04:51:26 05:47:17 03:05:41 48% +20% -33% (5) (198)
21 26 Marijn De Jonge NED 09:17:36 09:39:59 00:54:55 04:49:25 05:49:20 03:28:16 100% +0% -0% (4) (242)
22 12 Sven Strijk NED 09:41:18 10:13:40 00:52:46 04:42:24 05:40:11 04:01:07 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (259)
23 9 Caleb Noble AUS 10:24:42 10:59:29 00:47:33 05:12:05 06:04:38 04:20:04 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (266)
11 Thomas Steger AUT n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
20 Aliksandr Vasilevich BLR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
23 Kieran Lindars GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
27 Martijn Paalman NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
28 Erik Doornbos NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
29 Ruben Geys BEL 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.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 51 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 08:59:46 09:17:57 00:56:58 04:47:53 05:49:51 03:09:55 83% +0% -17% (38) 21
2 53 Sarissa De Vries NED 09:13:14 09:48:15 00:52:27 04:48:23 05:45:49 03:27:25 48% +52% -0% (3) (62)
3 59 Astrid Stienen GER 09:14:51 09:33:01 00:58:14 04:56:38 05:59:52 03:14:59 58% +18% -23% (12) (50)
4 52 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 09:27:31 09:56:01 01:06:19 05:01:17 06:12:36 03:14:55 25% +41% -34% (14) 75
5 57 Simona Krivankova CZE 09:28:21 09:52:22 01:05:01 05:06:10 06:16:11 03:12:10 96% +4% -0% (11) 70
6 54 Camille Deligny FRA 09:29:31 10:02:47 01:01:14 04:54:22 06:00:36 03:28:55 51% +0% -49% (5) (80)
7 56 Kathrin Walther GER 09:35:27 10:52:21 00:58:58 05:02:32 06:06:29 03:28:58 9% +8% -84% (14) (120)
8 55 Tessa Kortekaas NED 09:38:38 10:05:52 01:00:39 05:11:56 06:17:35 03:21:03 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (82)
9 61 Sonja Skevin CRO 09:46:04 10:13:48 00:55:51 05:23:11 06:24:01 03:22:03 100% +0% -0% (2) (93)
10 60 Vanessa Pereira POR 09:46:35 10:23:02 01:03:17 05:10:35 06:18:52 03:27:43 27% +22% -50% (17) 104
11 62 Miriam Van Reijen NED 10:24:14 10:44:47 01:08:25 05:49:41 07:03:07 03:21:07 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (115)
12 58 Janien Lubben NED 10:25:32 11:00:21 01:12:14 05:15:38 06:32:51 03:52:41 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (121)
13 65 Maja Urban CRO 10:28:11 11:03:09 01:03:18 05:41:46 06:50:05 03:38:06 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (121)
14 66 Ilona Eversdijk NED 10:57:25 11:35:45 00:57:17 05:20:18 06:22:34 04:34:51 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (123)
63 Sophie Bubb GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
64 Karla Schipper NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Kristian Hogenhaug: 49% (1-1)
  • Evert Scheltinga: 13% (7-1)
  • Matt Trautman: 13% (7-1)
  • Morten Brammer Olesen: 11% (8-1)
  • Tomas Renc: 9% (11-1)
  • Jens Petersen-Bach: 4% (24-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Yvonne Van Vlerken: 69% (1-1)
  • Sarissa De Vries: 15% (6-1)
  • Astrid Stienen: 10% (9-1)
  • Simona Krivankova: 2% (50-1)
  • Camille Deligny: 2% (59-1)
  • Lina-Kristin Schink: 2% (62-1)
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