In the women's U23 World Cup race, Switzerland's Ronja Blöchlinger already pulls away in the first of four laps. From then on, she increasingly extended her lead over Noëlle Buri. The forecast rain makes the course even more difficult, and Blöchlinger and Buri seem to like it. While Blöchlinger rides unchallenged in the lead, Buri is overtaken by the American champion Madigan Munroe before the halfway point of the race. Monique Halter is also closing in on Buri and looks set to challenge her compatriot for third place.

At the start of the last lap, Blöchlinger is over a minute ahead and 15 more seconds ahead of Buri and Halter. Noëlle Buri recovered, caught up with Munroe and pulled away second by second. Blöchlinger is also increasingly losing ground. But the World Cup leader settles this at 31 seconds and brings her first U23 World Cup victory in cross country to the finish line.

After the overall short track victory, Blöchlinger also wins the overall classification in cross country. "That was a really great race, and I have to admit that I really like mud races. And finally I have a victory in the cross country. I'm now looking forward to putting the bike away for a few weeks before starting preparations for next season. Then dBlöchlinger will start in the elite category, which she is already looking forward to. "I can't wait to ride against the big names soon!"

Noëlle Buri finished safely in second place behind Blöchlinger and said of her race to catch up: "I was still in fourth place at the start of the last lap. As it's my last U23 race, I really wanted to finish on the podium and make up time."

Munroe, on the other hand, has to hurry again, as Halter has not yet given up her hopes of a podium finish. But the finish line comes up short for the Swiss athlete, and so Madigan Munroe takes last place on the podium.

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Amos' grand finale

In the U23 men's race, the last race is all about the day's victory, as Frenchman Adrien Boichis is already the overall winner. But the race for rank is still open

After the start, Riley Amos (USA), Carter Woods (CAN) and Adrien Boichis soon pulled away. But by the end of the first big lap, the lead was down to just one duo, while Woods dropped back and found himself in fourth place on lap two.

Even Boichis could no longer follow Amos and was 40 seconds behind at times, while another American, Björn Riley, was closing in. On lap four, it was the end of the road for Canadian Carter Woods after he crashed in the rock garden and left the course with a pained face.

Now things get exciting again when Amos loses time again. But the Frenchman was no longer a real threat. Riley Amos wins the final World Cup race ahead of Adrien Boichis and secures second place in the overall standings. Riley Amos secures third place.

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