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Challenge Samorin (June 3rd) – Top Seedings

ChallengeSamorinPrevious Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2016 Evert Scheltinga (NED) 03:58:14 Helle Frederiksen (DEN) 04:18:13
2017 Lionel Sanders (CAN) 03:40:03 Lucy Charles (GBR) 04:13:59

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Lionel Sanders CAN 00:24:46 01:56:04 01:14:21 03:40:03
2 Sebastian Kienle GER 00:24:45 01:56:09 01:16:07 03:41:46
3 Michael Raelert GER 00:22:48 02:00:16 01:18:01 03:45:34

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Lucy Charles GBR 00:23:25 02:19:29 01:25:10 04:13:59
2 Annabel Luxford AUS 00:23:49 02:15:57 01:29:30 04:14:33
3 Heather Wurtele CAN 00:26:01 02:14:46 01:29:14 04:15:36

Prize Money

Challenge Samorin has a total prize purse of 150.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Live Stream

The race will be live streamed via http://www.challenge-family.com/live/.

Top Seeded Male Race Participants

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Overall
1 1 Lionel Sanders CAN 03:44:23 03:48:53 00:26:28 01:59:54 02:29:52 01:14:31 2
2 2 Sebastian Kienle GER 03:45:03 03:49:57 00:25:46 01:59:52 02:29:09 01:15:54 3
3 5 Sam Appleton AUS 03:49:42 03:54:55 00:23:50 02:04:25 02:31:45 01:17:57 10
4 3 Michael Raelert GER 03:50:23 03:56:12 00:23:47 02:04:59 02:32:15 01:18:08 15
5 6 Sven Riederer SUI 03:52:00 03:57:28 00:23:48 02:06:26 02:33:44 01:18:16 27
6 8 Mauricio Mendez Cruz MEX 03:52:01 03:58:03 00:23:46 02:16:00 02:43:16 01:08:45 34
7 4 Andreas Dreitz GER 03:52:16 03:59:44 00:24:57 02:04:34 02:33:01 01:19:15 47
8 7 Maurice Clavel GER 03:53:05 03:58:57 00:24:00 02:07:37 02:35:07 01:17:58 42
9 10 James Cunnama ZAF 03:54:11 03:59:06 00:25:10 02:07:51 02:36:30 01:17:41 43
10 14 Pieter Heemeryck BEL 03:54:23 04:01:19 00:23:58 02:08:04 02:35:32 01:18:51 60

Top Seeded Female Race Participants

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Overall
1 104 Anne Haug GER 04:09:33 04:15:43 00:26:54 02:19:50 02:50:14 01:19:19 2
2 108 Helle Frederiksen DEN 04:16:30 04:23:34 00:25:32 02:20:41 02:49:42 01:26:48 9
3 103 Heather Wurtele CAN 04:16:42 04:21:31 00:27:34 02:19:08 02:50:13 01:26:29 5
4 102 Annabel Luxford AUS 04:17:06 04:21:59 00:25:34 02:20:28 02:49:32 01:27:34 6
5 101 Lucy Charles GBR 04:17:08 04:27:40 00:24:33 02:22:27 02:50:29 01:26:39 23
6 106 Emma Pallant GBR 04:19:09 04:27:17 00:27:54 02:24:00 02:55:25 01:23:44 20
7 105 Ellie Salthouse AUS 04:19:55 04:26:49 00:26:04 02:22:09 02:51:43 01:28:12 18
8 110 Kaisa Sali FIN 04:20:31 04:24:54 00:28:03 02:23:02 02:54:35 01:25:56 14
9 114 Radka Kahlefeldt CZE 04:21:46 04:28:23 00:25:27 02:26:15 02:55:12 01:26:34 28
10 107 Sarah Lewis GBR 04:23:04 04:30:27 00:27:32 02:24:21 02:55:23 01:27:41 34

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

The men’s race looks like a repeat of last year’s race when Lionel and Sebi were neck to neck for most of the day:

  • Lionel Sanders: 55% (1-1)
  • Sebastian Kienle: 41% (1-1)

Female Race Participants

Anne Haug is the clear favorite on the female side – she has shown a number of very strong 70.3s this year. But she faces a large number of competitors including last year’s winner Lucy Charles who is likely to lead for the swim and a large portion of the bike. But when the others manage to catch Lucy towards the end of the bike, it’ll be a running race, and Anne holds most of the cards in that situation.

  • Anne Haug: 58% (1-1)
  • Lucy Charles: 11% (8-1)
  • Emma Pallant: 6% (15-1)
  • Helle Frederiksen: 6% (15-1)
  • Radka Kahlefeldt: 5% (18-1)
  • Annabel Luxford: 5% (19-1)
  • Heather Wurtele: 5% (21-1)
  • Ellie Salthouse: 3% (35-1)

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3 thoughts on “Challenge Samorin (June 3rd) – Top Seedings”

  1. -SK

    Hi, Kaisa Sali clocked 4:06:33 at IRONMAN 70.3 Monterrey two weeks ago. Sorry, but she will definitely finish better than 8th position in Samorin. 🙂

  2. LB

    I don’t see how Kienle will take time on Sanders in swimming. Previous races where they were both on the start line saw Sanders pulling Kienle all 1.9km long…
    And no Bart Aernouts in the top10?

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