A new update of the (unofficial) startlist for our 46th edition. We can already see that the long distance race for the women is in high demand, we are very pleased to see this. We look forward how the ladies will make the guys race a hard one, give them boys a hard race girls!
For the real time start list please use your paddleguru account and check the start list in the Race entry section of this website.
After many requests we have decided that senior ladies can join the longer distance race, they will be put in a separate category and start along with all the guys in the mass start. We think the ladies will proof tough competition for many of the men in our race and we hope those ladies who choose the longer track will enjoy racing along with the guys.
This longer distance is a try-out for the organisation and every female competitor can choose freely if she wishes to race the long (21km) or shorter distance (16km).
Vaikobi Ocean Performance is the newest sponsor for the 2018 Amsterdam Waterland Marathon. The brand “dressed up” 2017 winner Sean Rice in A VCold Storm shirt during last years race through the Amsterdam canals and grass field portages. It was a tough race with wind and cold conditions but the VCold Storm shirt kept Sean at the perfect temperature to win the race with a massive sprint and a new track record.
For the 2018 edition there will be Limited Vaikobi Ocean Performance VCold Storm shirts to win for all competitors.
Pre entries before December 31st will have more chance to win a Vaikobi Ocean Performance VCold Storm shirt.
Enter as soon as possible and, see you at the Amsterdam Waterland Marathon 2018!!
And thanks to Arjan for the inquiry off brining in the new sponsor.
The 45th edition of the Amsterdam Waterland Marathon has been won by South-African Sean Rice. He beat the 2016 winner Leonel Ramalho from Portugal and Adrián Boros from Hungary to the finish line in tough weather conditions. Lizzie Broughton won the seniors women race yet again for the third consecutive time.
The total field of 134 paddlers had to deal with the Dutch weather and water which made the 45th series another very tough edition. In the 24 km mens field of 87 paddlers it were the top athletes s from Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Germany and Italy that kept a very high pace till the first portage. The first three km a big group of 12 lead the race, after the first bridhge a lead pack of five managed to take off from the rest of the field. Three from this lead pack of paddlers managed to escape after the first portage and could not be caught by their pursuers.
In the final two kilometers it was Sean Rice who had the most strength left, he dropped Adrián Boros and was left with a hard sprint to the finish line to win, just before Leonel Ramalho.
Lizzie Broughton had a solid race chasing the junior lead pack all the way to the end. The two Dutch paddlers Eef Haaze and Hedy Pol could not keep her pace but ended up with a good second and third place which completed the ladies senior podium.
The junior race has been won by Hungarian paddler Mathias Majores who raced in a group of three together with Rien Coppens and Kobe Pannecoucke. In the junior ladies race the top three consisted of Amber van Broekhoven, Joke Plas and Ardis Luda.
More pictures and videos will follow soon!
Unofficial race results can be found below, time correction on 24 km race is + two minutes.
Wij zijn ieder jaar weer vereerd met de hulp van Nelo kayaks en Kanocentrum Arjan Bloem voor het leveren van topmateriaal voor onze deelnemers. Ook jullie hier van profiteren, want deze eenmalig gebruikte kampioensboten zullen ná de marathon met fikse korting worden verkocht. Meer weten? Klik hier.
Ramalho wins tough 44th edition of Amsterdam Waterlands Marathon
The 44th edition proved to be one of the toughest editions in the last five years. Where mild temperatures and sunshine favored the late editions, this edition took place in less favorable conditions of strong winds and the occassional rainshower. This provided all competitors with another challenge apart from surviving the mass starts and the challenging race course. Many athletes took unforunate swims in the chilly conditions, all finished safe and some even managed to finish in top rankings despite swimming.
With a start of 104 paddlers the first obstacle after surviving the start for the masters and senior men would be to survive the narrow section exactly one kilometer after the start line. This obstacle was taken best by the top favorites Adrián Boros, Emilio Merchan, Alejandro Sanchez, Joep van Bakel and Dries Corrijn forming the strongest elements of a large lead pack. In the narrow channel leading trough the Dutch waterlands, it was these top favorites setting the racing pace on to the first portage. On this portage Adrián Boros and José Leonel Ramalho managed to escape from the rest of the field, as some of the chasers like Emilio Merchan took unlucky swims at this portage. It was the second portage where José Leonel Ramalho managed to escape from Adrián Boros leading the race all the way from the second portage to the finish line. Adrián Boros took home the second place and Emilio Merchan Alonso finished in third place despite his unlucky swim.
At the masters men race the first place was taken by Torben Thomson form Denmark followed by the two Belgian paddlers Aleksandr Soloid and Erik Verduyckt. At the masters women event the top rankings were taken by Dutch paddlers Esther van Lohuizen and Elly Onnekes in first and second and in third place Sabine Goossens.
With 71 paddlers , all women and junior men had a challenge of their own to deal with, not only was this the largest mass start ever on the 14 kilometer course, the start also took place in one of the most choppy, strongly wind-blown sections of the course. The ladies and junior men had to fight these strong headwinds on all sections of the coming race, making it an extra tough race for all 71 that started.
Top favorite at the senior ladies Richmond Canoe Club paddler Lizzie Broughton, did not dissapoint in these challenging conditions. She sovereignly took home her third win in a row at the Amsterdam Waterland Marathon. Lucy Lee Smith (second) and Jennifer Klein finished four minutes after Lizzie. We wonder if Lizzie will keep up this winning spree until our 50th edition.
At the juniors race it was the British national squad taking home the top rankings at both the men and women, followed by an Belgian kayaker in third place. At the men it was Cristopher Carson in first, Joe Petersen in second followed by) Nick Verduyckt in the third place. The top four paddlers in the junior men all finished within seconds of eachother, demonstrating the high level of competition for the junior men.
At the womens junior race Emma Russel took the highest place and Freya Peters the second place, with Roos Broekx finishing in the third place.
We look back at a tough but sportive 44th edition of the Amsterdam Waterland Marathon where hard earned points of the ICF classic series have been divided.
Kayak club Viking Amsterdam is very proud to organise this growing one of a kind event, we would like to thank all the participants, volunteers and our sponsors for their royal contributions. Big thanks toour main sponsors Funderingstechnieken “De Coogh”, Kano Centrum Arjan Bloem and our event suppliers Nelo Kayaks and Red Bull for their energy.
We hope to see all of you again at the 45th edition!
Check out our video of the 44th edition of the Amsterdam Waterland Marathon