Challenge Almere 2022 (Sept 10th) – Seedings

Previous Winners

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
2019	Matt Trautman (ZAF)	07:50:15	Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED)	08:56:10
2021	Kristian Hogenhaug (DEN)	07:37:46	Sarissa De Vries (NED)	08:32:04

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Kristian Hogenhaug	DEN	00:49:44	04:03:15	02:41:38	07:37:46
2	Jesper Svensson	SWE	00:47:08	04:05:40	02:43:20	07:39:25
3	Reinaldo Colucci	BRA	00:49:40	04:12:47	02:39:03	07:45:15

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Sarissa De Vries	NED	00:53:31	04:32:41	03:01:49	08:32:04
2	Manon Genet	FRA	00:56:28	04:36:09	02:58:01	08:34:22
3	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	00:56:26	04:30:56	03:07:38	08:38:53

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:37:46	Kristian Hogenhaug	2021-09-12
Swim	overall	00:46:10	Dylan McNeice	2013-09-14
Bike	overall	04:02:46	Adam Hansen	2021-09-12
Run	overall	02:38:48	Victor Arroyo Bugallo	2021-09-12
Total	female	08:32:04	Sarissa De Vries	2021-09-12
Swim	female	00:51:29	Sarissa De Vries	2019-09-14
Bike	female	04:30:56	Michelle Vesterby	2021-09-12
Run	female	02:52:32	Elisabetta Curridori	2021-09-12

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Almere is 18:21.

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	00:51	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	00:59	14:27	02:16	36 of 43	11:08	01:38	07:34	01:56
2016	23:11	01:39	21:21	00:17	28 of 34	14:09	01:37	11:01	01:32
2017	16:07	00:52	13:15	02:05	34 of 48	14:32	01:27	11:28	01:38
2018	20:50	-00:47	14:53	07:21	26 of 31	15:35	00:59	12:02	02:35
2019	24:07	01:03	20:28	03:06	32 of 43	16:48	00:55	13:14	02:40
2021	29:12	-00:05	23:27	06:23	42 of 52	18:21	00:44	14:31	03:08

Prize Money

Challenge Almere has a total prize purse of 40.000 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
1	1	Evert Scheltinga	NED	08:01:04	08:25:04	00:48:23	04:17:58	05:11:21	02:49:43	88% +0% -12% (13)
2	3	Andrew Starykowicz *	USA	08:04:05	08:32:21	00:48:16	04:04:31	04:57:46	03:06:19	29% +20% -51% (15)
3	2	Thomas Steger	AUT	08:04:49	08:35:48	00:48:41	04:27:01	05:20:43	02:44:06	64% +0% -36% (3)
4	5	Jaroslav Kovacic	SLO	08:07:45	08:38:47	00:48:59	04:24:18	05:18:16	02:49:29	46% +5% -49% (16)
5	4	Milan Brons	NED	08:11:22	08:37:45	00:48:40	04:18:37	05:12:17	02:59:05	17% +50% -33% (5)
6	7	Tomas Renc	CZE	08:11:56	08:44:45	00:49:00	04:29:32	05:23:32	02:48:24	77% +0% -23% (10)
7	6	Joao Ferreira	POR	08:14:34	09:00:42	00:48:40	04:28:30	05:22:10	02:52:24	12% +31% -57% (4)
8	14	Strahinja Trakic	SRB	08:14:37	08:42:25	00:48:35	04:28:21	05:21:56	02:52:41	64% +0% -36% (3)
9	8	Lukasz Wojt	GER	08:15:23	08:36:27	00:44:29	04:19:13	05:08:42	03:06:41	75% +0% -25% (8)
10	17	Per Van Vlerken	GER	08:20:26	08:47:23	00:50:01	04:26:47	05:21:48	02:58:38	58% +13% -29% (35)
11	10	Kieran Lindars	GBR	08:21:47	09:00:32	00:46:59	04:36:14	05:28:13	02:53:34	27% +0% -73% (2)
12	21	Lukas Kraemer	GER	08:23:42	08:43:07	00:55:12	04:29:56	05:30:09	02:53:33	65% +0% -35% (7)
13	19	Antoine Perche	FRA	08:31:08	08:57:03	00:53:23	04:32:05	05:30:28	03:00:40	100% +0% -0% (2)
14	20	Tom Oosterdijk	NED	08:31:52	09:05:56	00:56:49	04:31:12	05:33:00	02:58:52	37% +0% -63% (2)
15	18	Niek Heldoorn	NED	08:35:45	09:08:43	00:48:31	04:28:00	05:21:31	03:14:14	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
16	23	Julian Fritzenschaft	GER	08:42:13	09:14:13	00:52:01	04:33:25	05:30:26	03:11:47	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
17	25	Alexander Berggren	SWE	08:45:50	09:35:09	00:46:13	04:39:31	05:30:45	03:15:05	5% +30% -65% (7)
18	30	Diego Vasquez	ECU	08:53:22	09:43:46	00:56:03	04:37:13	05:38:15	03:15:07	8% +33% -59% (5)
19	29	Guillem Rojas Moreno	ESP	08:55:51	09:34:09	00:46:55	04:38:52	05:30:47	03:25:04	8% +49% -43% (4)
20	31	Stefan Overmars	NED	09:01:10	09:34:48	00:54:13	04:36:10	05:35:23	03:25:47	50% +0% -50% (11)
21	24	Maciej Chmura	POL	09:09:48	09:32:54	00:50:10	04:39:17	05:34:27	03:35:21	71% +8% -21% (5)
	9	Tristan Olij	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	11	Kristian Grue	NOR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	15	Benjamin Mark Andersen	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	16	Lukas Kocar	CZE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	0% +0% -100% (2)
	22	Simon Huckestein	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	26	Kevin Vabaorg	EST	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	27	Joona Tuikka	FIN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	0% +0% -100% (3)
	28	Christian Trunk	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	33	Juuso Manninen	FIN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	34	Tero Setola	FIN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	35	Juha-Matti Halonen	FIN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	37	Petr Civela	CZE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

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
1	51	Els Visser *	NED	08:55:46	09:16:05	00:57:27	04:44:28	05:46:55	03:08:51	41% +59% -0% (8)
2	52	Alexandra Tondeur *	BEL	09:11:06	09:29:05	00:58:25	05:00:39	06:04:04	03:07:02	49% +3% -48% (13)
3	57	Chloe Lane *	AUS	09:17:39	09:45:06	00:53:56	05:01:07	06:00:03	03:17:36	42% +19% -39% (5)
4	53	Lina-Kristin Schink *	GER	09:20:35	09:54:01	01:05:59	04:56:27	06:07:26	03:13:09	39% +34% -28% (15)
5	58	Katharina Wolff	GER	09:26:26	09:51:20	00:58:00	05:10:56	06:13:55	03:12:31	100% +0% -0% (3)
6	55	Simona Krivankova	CZE	09:28:06	09:57:40	01:05:37	05:05:48	06:16:24	03:11:42	99% +1% -0% (17)
7	59	Jenny Nae	SWE	09:37:22	10:02:45	01:05:02	05:11:30	06:21:32	03:15:50	100% +0% -0% (6)
8	54	Vanessa Pereira	POR	09:40:00	10:25:30	01:02:38	05:10:39	06:18:17	03:21:43	35% +17% -48% (22)
9	56	Janien Lubben	NED	09:49:08	10:18:48	01:07:38	05:08:12	06:20:50	03:28:18	67% +33% -0% (6)
10	63	Karina Gosvig	DEN	09:54:00	10:30:23	00:59:08	05:10:34	06:14:43	03:39:17	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
11	62	Jenny Nilsson	SWE	10:14:27	10:49:04	01:04:11	05:30:42	06:39:54	03:34:33	100% +0% -0% (2)
	60	Julie Aspesletten	NOR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	64	Jana Uderstadt *	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	65	Martine Hoaas	NOR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Evert Scheltinga: 54% (1-1)
• Andrew Starykowicz: 18% (5-1)
• Milan Brons: 8% (12-1)
• Jaroslav Kovacic: 7% (13-1)
• Thomas Steger: 5% (19-1)
• Tomas Renc: 4% (24-1)
• Joao Ferreira: 3% (37-1)

Female Race Participants

• Els Visser: 70% (1-1)
• Alexandra Tondeur: 15% (6-1)
• Lina-Kristin Schink: 10% (9-1)
• Chloe Lane: 4% (26-1)