Challenge Almere 2026 (Sept 12th) – 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
2024	Jesper Svensson (SWE)	07:41:26	Marlene De Boer (NED)	08:22:30
2025	Will Draper (GBR)	07:41:40	Daisy Davies (GBR)	08:30:15

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Will Draper	GBR	00:50:56	04:06:16	02:39:15	07:41:40
2	Tristan Olij	NED	00:50:35	04:05:32	02:41:32	07:41:48
3	Will Grace	GBR	00:48:06	04:17:20	02:39:37	07:49:26

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Daisy Davies	GBR	00:53:01	04:36:34	02:56:33	08:30:15
2	Els Visser	NED	00:59:04	04:35:43	03:05:37	08:44:39
3	Marta Lagownik	POL	00:57:45	04:49:13	02:56:07	08:47:27

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:36:36	Menno Koolhaas	2023-09-09
Swim	overall	00:44:45	Lukasz Wojt	2024-09-14
Bike	overall	04:02:12	Andrew Starykowicz	2023-09-09
Run	overall	02:35:54	Christoph Mattner	2025-09-13
Total	female	08:22:30	Marlene De Boer	2024-09-14
Swim	female	00:51:05	Alanis Siffert	2024-09-14
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 20:48.

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
2024	29:34	01:03	25:59	02:32	33 of 42	20:30	00:36	17:10	02:44
2025	24:00	00:02	17:08	06:51	35 of 41	20:48	00:33	17:10	03:05

Prize Money

Challenge Almere has a total prize purse of 52.000 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	51	Jesper Svensson	SWE	07:47:52	08:13:16	00:46:35	04:07:53	04:59:27	02:48:25	51% +11% -38% (24)
2	54	Wojciech Kopycinski	POL	07:53:39	08:26:04	00:50:46	04:08:36	05:04:22	02:49:17	62% +0% -38% (3)
3	55	Niek Heldoorn	NED	07:55:29	08:30:29	00:47:18	04:12:00	05:04:18	02:51:11	22% +12% -65% (8)
4	52	Milan Brons	NED	07:56:57	08:21:54	00:49:16	04:12:43	05:06:59	02:49:58	73% +6% -21% (19)
5	78	Thor Bendix Madsen	DEN	07:59:24	08:26:08	00:49:57	04:12:48	05:07:45	02:51:39	34% +0% -66% (8)
6	56	Lars Lomholt	DEN	08:00:04	08:29:49	00:57:18	04:12:54	05:15:12	02:44:52	36% +25% -39% (9)
7	72	Pim Van Diemen	NED	08:07:41	08:38:41	00:49:54	04:11:29	05:06:22	03:01:19	53% +0% -47% (10)
8	68	Tomas Renc	CZE	08:11:09	08:43:23	00:50:16	04:27:53	05:23:09	02:48:00	43% +26% -30% (15)
9	53	Thomas Davis	GBR	08:11:57	08:49:16	00:47:48	04:22:38	05:15:25	02:56:32	33% +6% -61% (13)
10	60	Romain Rezsohazy	BEL	08:13:29	08:42:35	00:54:28	04:20:11	05:19:39	02:53:50	88% +12% -0% (5)
11	64	Olaf Van Den Bergh	NED	08:14:08	08:38:42	00:58:53	04:18:43	05:22:36	02:51:32	100% +0% -0% (4)
12	59	Ben Akin	GBR	08:15:54	08:41:42	00:54:42	04:20:35	05:20:16	02:55:38	64% +0% -36% (3)
13	61	Igor Amorelli	BRA	08:16:44	09:01:42	00:46:54	04:18:25	05:10:19	03:06:25	16% +4% -80% (34)
14	70	Andreas Bonnichsen	DEN	08:18:08	08:51:08	00:55:22	04:23:53	05:24:14	02:53:54	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
15	65	Jacek Krawczyk	POL	08:18:26	08:51:28	00:49:59	04:21:38	05:16:37	03:01:49	n/a (no IM Pro race)
16	66	Jesse Van Hulst	NED	08:19:34	08:49:31	00:52:38	04:16:53	05:14:30	03:05:04	42% +20% -38% (5)
17	81	Danyil Odynets	UKR	08:20:34	08:48:27	00:55:08	04:28:14	05:28:21	02:52:13	100% +0% -0% (2)
18	69	Pascal Franken	NED	08:29:00	08:53:38	00:58:14	04:19:19	05:22:33	03:06:27	72% +0% -28% (4)
19	71	Marc Unger	GER	08:31:12	08:59:35	00:53:23	04:20:25	05:18:48	03:12:24	38% +13% -50% (11)
20	74	Marijn Markusse	NED	08:31:24	09:01:15	00:55:47	04:22:32	05:23:19	03:08:05	61% +13% -26% (7)
21	67	Thomas Bosch	GER	08:33:51	09:01:30	00:58:35	04:24:07	05:27:41	03:06:10	77% +3% -20% (20)
22	62	Rastislav Srnanek	SVK	08:34:14	09:08:19	01:05:46	04:25:31	05:36:16	02:57:58	59% +0% -41% (2)
23	79	Bruno Slegers	BEL	08:50:18	09:20:38	00:55:07	04:49:10	05:49:17	03:01:01	56% +0% -44% (3)
24	77	Jan Hoeing	GER	09:10:01	09:39:33	01:12:30	04:46:18	06:03:49	03:06:12	40% +60% -0% (2)
	58	Silvije Tomac	CRO	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	63	Silas Plambaek	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	73	Jere Helminen	FIN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	75	Felix Schulz	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	76	Jan Petralia	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	80	Remi Huens	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	82	Stijn Jansen	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 1% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	1	Tiina Pohjalainen	FIN	08:56:23	09:21:45	00:58:46	04:49:43	05:53:30	03:02:53	100% +0% -0% (4)
2	5	Barbora Besperat	CZE	09:02:54	09:34:38	01:06:20	04:46:26	05:57:46	03:05:08	57% +0% -43% (6)
3	3	Kyra Meulenberg	NED	09:15:54	09:49:43	01:07:00	04:56:29	06:08:28	03:07:26	64% +0% -36% (6)
4	6	Denise Hiemann	GER	09:25:10	10:02:37	01:00:52	04:58:37	06:04:28	03:20:42	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
5	4	Maaike Vooren	NED	09:27:13	09:59:32	00:53:08	04:56:44	05:54:53	03:32:20	100% +0% -0% (2)
6	2	Vanessa Pereira	POR	09:29:34	10:04:50	01:02:18	05:00:15	06:07:34	03:22:00	57% +7% -36% (33)
7	8	Morena Stevens	NED	09:32:04	10:04:32	01:00:48	05:05:35	06:11:23	03:20:41	100% +0% -0% (2)
8	9	Margrit Elfers	GER	09:32:59	10:01:15	00:59:23	04:46:18	05:50:41	03:42:18	69% +9% -22% (11)
9	7	Cindy Lefebvre	BEL	09:41:53	10:20:27	01:02:05	05:11:31	06:18:36	03:23:17	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
10	11	Carolina Laurentiu	ESP	10:36:12	11:12:00	01:16:15	05:25:16	06:46:31	03:49:41	27% +73% -0% (4)
	10	Dieske Kruisselbrink	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Jesper Svensson: 52% (1-1)
• Wojciech Kopycinski: 20% (4-1)
• Milan Brons: 13% (7-1)
• Niek Heldoorn: 8% (12-1)
• Lars Lomholt: 5% (19-1)

Female Race Participants

• Tiina Pohjalainen: 66% (1-1)
• Barbora Besperat: 16% (5-1)
• Kyra Meulenberg: 7% (14-1)
• Vanessa Pereira: 4% (24-1)
• Maaike Vooren: 4% (26-1)
• Margrit Elfers: 2% (58-1)