Challenge Almere 2023 (Sept 9th) – 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
2022	Kieran Lindars (GBR)	07:55:44	Katharina Wolff (GER)	09:10:10

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Kieran Lindars	GBR	00:46:40	04:22:45	02:42:54	07:55:44
2	Niek Heldoorn	NED	00:46:38	04:22:58	02:48:03	08:00:38
3	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	00:49:56	04:11:37	02:56:16	08:01:44

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Katharina Wolff	GER	00:58:32	04:58:04	03:09:15	09:10:10
2	Lina-Kristin Schink	GER	01:04:11	04:49:25	03:17:14	09:15:57
3	Jenny Nae	SWE	01:02:56	05:11:10	03:02:09	09:21:04

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 18:44.

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
2022	21:47	01:53	16:43	03:18	34 of 42	18:44	00:51	14:45	03:09

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 5% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	66	Menno Koolhaas	NED	07:50:58	08:16:15	00:44:59	04:17:40	05:07:39	02:43:19	100% +0% -0% (2)
2	57	Jesper Svensson	SWE	07:54:36	08:15:30	00:46:29	04:12:44	05:04:13	02:50:23	56% +8% -36% (14)
3	51	Kieran Lindars	GBR	07:57:44	08:21:48	00:47:15	04:20:59	05:13:14	02:44:30	52% +30% -18% (4)
4	54	Matt Trautman	ZAF	08:00:29	08:19:27	00:49:28	04:15:08	05:09:36	02:50:53	68% +7% -26% (16)
5	53	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	08:03:37	08:29:07	00:50:20	04:11:02	05:06:22	02:57:15	36% +8% -57% (17)
6	52	Milan Brons	NED	08:07:55	08:33:49	00:48:20	04:15:30	05:08:50	02:59:05	44% +40% -16% (8)
7	55	Evert Scheltinga *	NED	08:09:07	08:34:34	00:47:59	04:21:30	05:14:29	02:54:38	49% +0% -51% (15)
8	56	Tomas Renc	CZE	08:10:24	08:42:23	00:48:37	04:28:12	05:21:50	02:48:34	81% +0% -19% (11)
9	58	Pamphiel Pareyn	BEL	08:10:57	08:34:26	00:46:56	04:21:23	05:13:19	02:57:38	65% +35% -0% (6)
10	74	Strahinja Trakic	SRB	08:14:15	08:47:38	00:48:28	04:28:07	05:21:35	02:52:40	39% +0% -61% (4)
11	84	Lukasz Wojt	GER	08:15:15	08:37:56	00:44:23	04:17:03	05:06:26	03:08:49	69% +0% -31% (10)
12	69	Christoph Mattner	GER	08:15:49	08:43:09	00:51:26	04:33:06	05:29:31	02:46:18	100% +0% -0% (3)
13	68	Adriano Engelhardt	SUI	08:20:02	08:56:22	00:50:16	04:20:09	05:15:25	03:04:37	43% +0% -57% (2)
14	75	Benjamin Mark Andersen	DEN	08:24:16	08:55:33	00:52:08	04:21:31	05:18:39	03:05:37	60% +0% -40% (2)
15	78	Marc Unger	GER	08:25:32	08:55:26	00:52:45	04:26:35	05:24:20	03:01:12	28% +52% -20% (8)
16	70	Simon Huckestein	GER	08:31:06	08:57:00	01:02:26	04:31:12	05:38:38	02:52:28	29% +44% -27% (3)
17	72	Jesper Nybo Riis	DEN	08:32:40	08:55:45	00:59:01	04:32:04	05:36:05	02:56:35	84% +0% -16% (10)
18	73	Thomas Bosch	GER	08:32:42	09:07:20	01:00:18	04:27:15	05:32:32	03:00:10	21% +12% -67% (14)
19	92	Alexander Berggren	SWE	08:45:27	09:35:09	00:46:07	04:39:16	05:30:23	03:15:04	5% +30% -65% (7)
20	64	Petr Civela	CZE	08:45:48	09:19:49	00:55:44	04:42:23	05:43:07	03:02:41	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
21	62	Michal Holub	SVK	08:46:46	09:20:51	01:03:39	04:37:43	05:46:22	03:00:24	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
22	80	Michiel De Wilde	NED	08:48:11	09:21:05	00:54:52	04:34:16	05:34:08	03:14:03	3% +30% -67% (10)
23	82	Thomas Hounjet	NED	08:51:37	09:30:15	00:59:39	04:42:10	05:46:49	03:04:48	48% +0% -52% (2)
24	71	Gregor Schreiner	GER	08:53:53	09:26:09	00:48:20	04:26:39	05:19:59	03:33:54	23% +56% -22% (3)
25	61	Jan Sneberger	CZE	09:03:58	09:32:01	00:54:00	04:53:29	05:52:29	03:11:29	100% +0% -0% (2)
26	87	Lars Schmidt	DEN	09:31:01	10:06:27	00:49:34	04:30:57	05:25:31	04:05:30	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
27	76	Christopher Walker	GBR	09:46:01	10:22:22	00:52:43	04:57:56	05:55:39	03:50:22	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	60	Levente Berekmeri	HUN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	65	Thomas Bishop	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	67	Ognjen Stojanovic	SRB	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	77	Henrik Kjaergard	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	79	Christoffer Damm	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	85	Jan Hoeing	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	86	Marijn Markusse	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	88	Christoffer Heick	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	89	Dennis Bakker	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	90	Mathias Tuerk	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	91	Pim Van Diemen	NED	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 4% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	6	Els Visser	NED	08:56:32	09:16:39	00:56:48	04:44:04	05:45:52	03:10:40	80% +20% -0% (11)
2	11	Katrine Graesboell Christensen	DEN	09:03:23	09:37:05	01:02:54	04:55:38	06:03:32	02:59:51	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
3	7	Marlene De Boer	NED	09:08:18	09:42:19	00:55:28	05:00:24	06:00:53	03:07:25	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
4	10	Alexandra Tondeur	BEL	09:10:42	09:34:46	00:58:17	05:00:23	06:03:41	03:07:01	37% +2% -61% (14)
5	9	Renee Kiley	AUS	09:15:52	09:44:53	00:56:11	04:49:16	05:50:27	03:25:25	48% +12% -40% (18)
6	1	Katharina Wolff	GER	09:19:07	09:57:17	00:59:07	05:02:03	06:06:10	03:12:57	64% +0% -36% (5)
7	4	Lina-Kristin Schink	GER	09:21:00	10:14:23	01:05:17	04:52:23	06:02:40	03:18:20	29% +8% -64% (18)
8	12	Margrit Elfers	GER	09:24:31	10:04:26	00:59:53	04:50:21	05:55:14	03:29:17	26% +0% -74% (6)
9	2	Janien Lubben	NED	09:39:16	10:16:11	01:06:06	05:03:44	06:14:49	03:24:27	77% +23% -0% (7)
10	3	Vanessa Pereira	POR	09:40:29	10:15:06	01:02:59	05:07:01	06:15:00	03:25:29	58% +11% -31% (24)
11	14	Leonie Zumhasch	GER	09:41:07	10:17:10	01:11:02	05:00:25	06:16:27	03:24:40	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
12	16	Cathrine Sand	DEN	09:43:54	10:09:18	01:00:21	05:06:56	06:12:17	03:31:37	100% +0% -0% (3)
13	5	Martine Hoaas	NOR	10:39:08	11:11:14	01:04:49	05:42:07	06:51:56	03:47:12	40% +60% -0% (2)
	8	Lisa Gerss	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	15	Dieuwertje Bax	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Jesper Svensson: 35% (2-1)
• Menno Koolhaas: 24% (3-1)
• Kieran Lindars: 18% (4-1)
• Matt Trautman: 8% (12-1)
• Pamphiel Pareyn: 8% (12-1)
• Milan Brons: 4% (26-1)
• Evert Scheltinga: 2% (54-1)

Female Race Participants

• Els Visser: 80% (1-1)
• Katharina Wolff: 4% (23-1)
• Alexandra Tondeur: 4% (24-1)
• Renee Kiley: 4% (25-1)
• Katrine Graesboell Christensen: 3% (30-1)
• Marlene De Boer: 2% (54-1)
• Lina-Kristin Schink: 2% (62-1)