The mountain bikers scooped all the prizes at the Swiss Cycling Night - and it was high time they did. But is the money now rolling into the mountain bikers' coffers?

It doesn't look like it. Some top athletes are still looking for sponsors for the next racing season. Race series and even the World Cup in Lenzerheide are still looking for partners. And in the national media, the mountain bike hype will soon fade after the Olympic bubble. But: We are a force! Hardly any other sport combines fun, the experience of nature and performance under one roof like mountain biking. It's high time that the money and support from the association flowed into the deserving corners. A change of power is now on the cards in cycling: Fabian Cancellara has retired - it will be years before his successor Stefan Küng has a similar reputation. And that's despite the fact that Switzerland has almost never had such a promising and likeable man... apart from Beat and Urs. Football is becoming less and less interesting - you could just as easily leaf through a hairdressing magazine and learn even more thanks to the crossword puzzle. Ice hockey may be a good winter filler, but internationally the sport doesn't hold a candle to mountain biking. Mountain biking has everything it needs: The successes are coming in by the dozen, we don't have to worry about young talent and the right figures are also present. So, dear Swiss economy: let's invest in mountain bike racing, the protagonists have deserved it for a long time!