Race Conditions
The main data characteristic from the 2016 race was an extremely fast bike with an adjustment of 27:34. I don’t know if there were any course changes, but this year’s bike was a bit more “normal”, even if the adjustment of 15:50 was still pretty fast. The overall adjustment was 10:50, indicating that Challenge Venice continues to be a fast course.
Male Race Results
Lukas Krämer, fastest agegrouper in Kona 2016, won his first full-distance race as a Pro making up a lot of time and places with his race best marathon. Second place went to Alberto Casadei, followed by Jan Raphael in third.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Lukas Kraemer | GER | 01:01:33 | 04:31:23 | 02:46:33 | 08:23:38 | n/a | EUR 6,000 |
| 2 | Alberto Casadei | ITA | 00:53:37 | 04:32:01 | 02:57:05 | 08:26:52 | -05:11 | EUR 3,900 |
| 3 | Jan Raphael | GER | 00:58:59 | 04:31:35 | 02:54:23 | 08:29:57 | 02:46 | EUR 2,750 |
| 4 | Dirk Wijnalda | NED | 01:01:54 | 04:31:24 | 02:57:16 | 08:34:36 | -03:22 | EUR 1,900 |
| 5 | Thomas Bosch | GER | 01:05:11 | 04:38:11 | 02:54:19 | 08:43:03 | -20:25 | EUR 1,500 |
| 6 | Lars Vold | NOR | 00:58:57 | 04:31:33 | 03:10:51 | 08:46:09 | -01:21 | EUR 1,200 |
| 7 | Davide Giardini | USA | 00:53:35 | 04:31:28 | 03:33:08 | 09:02:27 | n/a | EUR 1,000 |
| 8 | Stefan Overmars | NED | 01:01:50 | 04:31:20 | 03:26:16 | 09:03:43 | -03:13 | EUR 750 |
| 9 | Allan Hovda | NOR | 01:06:07 | 04:40:49 | 03:15:22 | 09:07:05 | 06:10 | |
| 10 | Lucky Berlage | BEL | 01:06:05 | 04:50:49 | 03:08:39 | 09:12:30 | 11:12 | |
| 11 | Sergio Marques | POR | 01:05:13 | 04:38:37 | 03:25:48 | 09:14:27 | 29:37 | |
| 12 | Marc Unger | GER | 01:01:32 | 04:31:13 | 03:53:07 | 09:30:16 | n/a | |
| Per Bittner | GER | 00:54:45 | 04:33:59 | DNF | ||||
| Pascal Ramali | GER | 01:08:53 | 04:23:47 | DNF | ||||
| Hendrik-Jan Verhaegen | BEL | 01:01:51 | 04:48:42 | DNF | ||||
| Matic Modic | SLO | 01:03:27 | 05:54:33 | DNF |
Female Race Results
Challenge Venice was Sofie Goos’ return to Pro racing after being attacked and injured at the end of a training run. She had a great day, racing strong and winning by almost twenty minutes in front of Simona Krivankova and Sonja Skevin.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Sofie Goos | BEL | 01:06:28 | 04:54:25 | 03:11:03 | 09:17:17 | -06:31 | EUR 6,000 |
| 2 | Simona Krivankova | CZE | 01:15:27 | 05:07:38 | 03:08:31 | 09:36:25 | -12:24 | EUR 3,900 |
| 3 | Sonja Skevin | CRO | 01:01:48 | 05:19:30 | 03:23:07 | 09:49:21 | n/a | EUR 2,750 |
| 4 | Martina Dogana | ITA | 01:08:38 | 05:21:49 | 03:22:53 | 09:59:20 | 30:37 | EUR 1,900 |
| Vanessa Pereira | POR | 01:10:09 | DNF |