Once the world's best 4x rider, Jared Graves from Australia has shown in the last four World Series races that he has the potential to win. In Whistler, Graves will take the decision on the longest stage with a riding time of just under 23 minutes. By the end of the fourth stage, the Australian is still 22 seconds behind the overall leader Jerome Clementz (FRA). Graves completed the exhausting final downhill stage over 30 seconds faster than the Frenchman, which meant victory for the 2009 4x World Champion. Behind Graves and Clementz, New Zealander Jamie Nicoll rode to third place.

René Wildhaber almost finishes in third place. He finished stages one to three in fourth place and the fourth stage in third place. In the last stage, however, Wildhaber breaks his chain and loses a lot of time, but still finishes in a good 13th place. The disappointment of missing out on the podium is huge, however. "The fifth stage was my favorite because it was so long. I had a good feeling that I could ride onto the podium, but then the chain broke. I was very disappointed, but that's racing," says Wildhaber, who, for the sheer joy of biking, went for another spin on his new bike after the race.

Lukas Anrig goes all out on this day and is rewarded with ninth place. "I only found out after the third stage that I was in a good position. That gave me extra motivation to give it my all again on the last two downhill stages. I was able to work my way up from seventeenth to ninth place. I'm really happy with my result, especially as I've never had the best results so far," says a delighted Anrig.
Florian Golay finished in eleventh place, missing out on the top ten by just one second. Nevertheless, the Frenchman should also be very satisfied with eleventh place, as it is his best result in the Enduro World Series to date.

In the women's race, France's Anne Caroline Chausson is back on the winning track. After breaking a few ribs at the first stop of the series, she was only able to return at the fourth event in Winter Park (USA), but already with a second place. At the fifth race of the series in Whistler, the record-breaking downhill world champion left no stone unturned and won four of the five stages. She thus relegates overall leader Tracey Moseley (GBR) to second place. Cécile Ravanel takes third place with a stage win.

From the Swiss camp, Anita Gehrig is once again in the top ten. Without defects but with a crash that cost her ninth place, she is satisfied. " The race was so hard. The last stage in particular, from the highest point of the bike area down to the village, was extremely exhausting with over 25 minutes of riding time and therefore also tore at your concentration," says the 26-year-old. Some riders lose concentration. Lorraine Truong also felt this. The Frenchwoman rolls over on the last crest shortly before the finish, but fortunately remains uninjured. After a solid race and a fourth place in stage three, Truong finishes in eleventh place.

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