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Challenge Almere 2024 (Sept 14th) – Seedings

Challenge-almere-amsterdam horizontal rgb onlight.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)
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