Challenge Almere 2019 (Sept 14th) – Seedings

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
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)