Challenge Almere 2024 (Sept 14th) – 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
2023	Menno Koolhaas (NED)	07:36:36	Els Visser (NED)	08:36:24

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Menno Koolhaas	NED	00:46:20	04:04:49	02:41:39	07:36:36
2	Kieran Lindars	GBR	00:48:58	04:02:24	02:52:56	07:48:30
3	Milan Brons	NED	00:49:08	04:05:44	02:50:11	07:49:49

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Els Visser	NED	00:58:50	04:23:34	03:09:43	08:36:24
2	Marlene De Boer	NED	00:58:12	04:36:16	03:04:15	08:43:09
3	Katrine Graesboell Christensen	DEN	01:06:58	04:32:39	02:59:45	08:43:23

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:36:36	Menno Koolhaas	2023-09-09
Swim	overall	00:46:10	Dylan McNeice	2013-09-14
Bike	overall	04:02:12	Andrew Starykowicz	2023-09-09
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	04:23:07	Renee Kiley	2023-09-09
Run	female	02:52:32	Elisabetta Curridori	2021-09-12

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Almere is 19:36.

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
2019	24:07	00:33	20:28	03:06	32 of 43	16:48	00:55	13:14	02:40
2021	29:12	-00:38	23:27	06:23	42 of 52	18:21	00:44	14:31	03:08
2022	21:47	01:46	16:43	03:18	34 of 42	18:44	00:51	14:45	03:09
2023	27:23	-02:03	30:18	-00:51	33 of 47	19:36	00:34	16:18	02:45

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 3% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	77	Ognjen Stojanovic	SRB	07:54:45	08:15:57	00:46:06	04:15:55	05:07:01	02:47:44	71% +0% -29% (3)
2	79	Jesper Svensson	SWE	07:54:48	08:19:08	00:46:24	04:11:04	05:02:29	02:52:19	75% +4% -20% (17)
3	78	Florian Angert	GER	07:56:09	08:18:48	00:46:50	04:11:29	05:03:19	02:52:50	63% +0% -37% (9)
4	80	Milan Brons	NED	07:59:41	08:26:41	00:48:27	04:14:05	05:07:32	02:52:09	74% +19% -8% (12)
5	51	Pim Van Diemen	NED	08:05:37	08:37:15	00:50:15	04:18:04	05:13:18	02:52:19	61% +0% -39% (3)
6	52	Joshua Lewis	GBR	08:05:46	08:34:37	00:46:25	04:10:30	05:01:54	03:03:52	41% +59% -0% (2)
7	61	Piotr Lawicki	POL	08:06:16	08:38:14	00:53:46	04:21:22	05:20:08	02:46:08	62% +0% -38% (3)
8	53	Strahinja Trakic	SRB	08:11:26	08:32:43	00:48:44	04:21:33	05:15:17	02:56:09	53% +0% -47% (7)
9	65	Lukas Kocar	CZE	08:12:42	08:40:00	00:48:04	04:18:59	05:12:04	03:00:38	70% +0% -30% (4)
10	71	Lukasz Wojt	GER	08:13:05	08:37:28	00:44:56	04:15:54	05:05:49	03:07:16	53% +0% -47% (13)
11	74	Tomas Renc	CZE	08:15:56	08:53:29	00:48:56	04:28:22	05:22:18	02:53:38	48% +0% -52% (13)
12	57	Corentin Chouvelon	FRA	08:18:51	08:50:40	00:54:40	04:31:35	05:31:15	02:47:36	100% +0% -0% (2)
13	56	Benjamin Goodfellow	GBR	08:19:45	08:51:25	00:51:38	04:23:44	05:20:22	02:59:23	45% +55% -0% (4)
14	63	Lars Lomholt	DEN	08:22:30	08:54:33	00:55:11	04:28:12	05:28:24	02:54:06	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
15	76	Erik-Simon Strijk	NED	08:23:52	08:54:21	00:55:00	04:24:53	05:24:53	02:58:59	59% +0% -41% (16)
16	58	Andrew Horsfall-Turner	GBR	08:24:41	08:51:55	00:45:47	04:23:05	05:13:52	03:10:49	25% +0% -75% (9)
17	73	Tom Oosterdijk	NED	08:28:55	08:54:53	00:56:14	04:24:44	05:25:57	03:02:58	81% +0% -19% (4)
18	67	Thomas Bosch	GER	08:32:20	08:56:41	01:00:42	04:25:08	05:30:50	03:01:30	37% +7% -56% (16)
19	66	Toby Nisbet	GBR	08:40:58	09:14:13	00:53:02	04:38:02	05:36:03	03:04:55	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
20	75	Petr Civela	CZE	08:43:37	09:25:25	00:55:54	04:40:07	05:41:00	03:02:37	38% +0% -62% (2)
21	62	Matthias Tuerk	GER	08:43:57	09:17:23	00:56:57	04:29:13	05:31:10	03:12:47	44% +0% -56% (4)
22	69	Marijn Markusse	NED	08:49:46	09:18:05	00:56:33	04:34:28	05:36:01	03:13:45	74% +0% -26% (3)
23	64	Robert De Korte	NED	08:53:00	09:27:01	00:55:06	04:32:30	05:32:35	03:20:25	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
24	70	Jan Hoeing	GER	09:11:17	09:39:33	01:12:30	04:47:15	06:04:45	03:06:32	40% +60% -0% (2)
	54	Kieran Storch	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	55	Bastian Peitersen	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	59	Hadrien Baritaux	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	60	Ignacio Cabrera Fernandez	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	68	Jorik Van Egdom	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	72	Matteo Montanari *	ITA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	81	Michal Grabowski *	POL	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 5% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	1	Marlene De Boer *	NED	08:51:11	09:18:05	00:54:54	04:46:46	05:46:40	03:04:31	100% +0% -0% (5)
2	7	Tiina Pohjalainen	FIN	08:57:13	09:22:17	00:59:52	04:48:20	05:53:12	03:04:01	100% +0% -0% (3)
3	8	Jana Uderstadt	GER	08:59:09	09:29:17	00:59:09	04:45:30	05:49:39	03:09:30	36% +40% -24% (3)
4	3	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	08:59:39	09:27:37	00:55:23	04:41:30	05:41:53	03:17:46	63% +7% -30% (36)
5	15	Alexandra Tondeur	BEL	09:09:47	09:46:19	00:58:36	04:58:44	06:02:21	03:07:26	20% +1% -79% (16)
6	21	Liesbeth Verbiest	BEL	09:20:53	10:06:19	01:03:02	04:53:24	06:01:26	03:19:27	18% +0% -82% (4)
7	6	Magda Nieuwoudt	ZAF	09:21:07	09:45:53	00:58:00	04:55:30	05:58:30	03:22:37	21% +23% -55% (5)
8	18	Leonie Kleine-Bley	GER	09:22:01	09:49:58	01:10:38	04:51:39	06:07:17	03:14:44	55% +45% -0% (3)
9	9	Katrien Verstuyft	BEL	09:23:19	09:48:12	00:59:23	04:56:50	06:01:13	03:22:06	76% +0% -24% (3)
10	2	Lina-Kristin Schink	GER	09:23:51	10:06:20	01:07:19	04:52:59	06:05:18	03:18:33	27% +3% -70% (21)
11	20	Heleen Moes	NED	09:29:30	10:05:51	01:08:02	05:04:55	06:17:57	03:11:33	54% +0% -46% (3)
12	11	Simona Krivankova	CZE	09:29:59	09:58:45	01:06:23	05:06:05	06:17:28	03:12:31	99% +1% -0% (18)
13	12	Dieuwertje Bax	NED	09:33:46	09:59:50	01:03:04	05:06:33	06:14:37	03:19:09	100% +0% -0% (3)
14	4	Camille Deligny	FRA	09:42:09	10:16:57	01:05:44	05:04:35	06:15:19	03:26:50	38% +0% -62% (11)
15	16	Fabia Maramotti	ITA	10:10:41	10:43:11	00:54:30	05:03:31	06:03:02	04:07:39	100% +0% -0% (2)
16	19	Carolina Laurentiu	ESP	10:58:18	11:40:19	01:13:29	05:20:58	06:39:26	04:18:52	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	5	Alanis Siffert	SUI	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	14	Chloe Sparrow	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	17	Tina Christmann	GER	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

• Jesper Svensson: 44% (1-1)
• Milan Brons: 26% (3-1)
• Florian Angert: 15% (6-1)
• Ognjen Stojanovic: 11% (8-1)

Female Race Participants

• Marlene De Boer: 58% (1-1)
• Tiina Pohjalainen: 15% (6-1)
• Jana Uderstadt: 12% (7-1)
• Michelle Vesterby: 11% (8-1)