Gusti Wildhaber is regarded as one of Switzerland's greatest mountain bike talents, and the enduro discipline is tailor-made for him. The man from Walenstadt is exceptionally fast downhill and is also remarkably fit. However, injury breaks have thwarted Wildhaber's plans on several occasions. This spring, for example, he broke his collarbone in training and missed the start of the season.

But things are set to get worse: On his return to the racing circuit at the enduro race in La Clusaz, he climbed straight onto the podium and finished second behind his team-mate Nicolas Lau. Everything pointed to a brilliant return to the world series. But now Wildhaber's season is already over again. During an overtaking maneuver during the World Series race in Valloire, he crashes, tears his cruciate ligaments and has to go under the knife again. A return to racing this season is very unlikely in view of these findings.