The old is also the new Swiss champion. Filippo Colombo (Scott Sram) confidently defended his title at the Škoda Swiss Bike Cup in Savognin, which was held as the Swiss Championships.

At the halfway point of the race, the Ticino rider stepped up the pace and broke away from the leading group with Fabio Püntener (Bike Team Solothurn), Luca Schätti (Bixs Performance Race Team) and Matthias Flückiger (Thömus Maxon). "I'm delighted to be able to wear the shirt with the Swiss cross for another year," says Colombo. "I haven't had the results I was hoping for in the World Cup yet, so this title gives me all the more confidence on a challenging course with a top field of riders."

Püntener secured the silver medal, riding to the finish eight seconds after Colombo. "I'm happy with the two silver medals this weekend. They confirm that I'm on the right track." Bronze goes to Schätti.

Keller puts on a show of strength

The Swiss champion for the third time is Alessandra Keller (Thömus Maxon). The 29-year-old pulled away in the third lap and left nothing to be desired. In the end, her lead over silver medal winner Sina Frei (Specialized Factory Racing) was over a minute. "It was a brutally tough race in these temperatures. It was one of my goals for the season to win the title. I'm all the happier now," said Keller. Ginia Caluori (Nexetis) was delighted with bronze.

Treudler doubles up

After his victory the day before in the short track, Finn Treudler (Cube Factory Racing) doubled up on Saturday in the cross country in the U23 category. Nicolas Halter (Thömus Akros) and Khalid Sidahmed (Scott Davos MTB Project) completed the podium as on the previous day, taking silver and bronze.

Fiona Schreiber (Bike Team Solothurn) took the U23 women's title by 15 seconds ahead of Monique Halter (Thömus Maxon) and Lea Huber (Nexetis). Fynn Lanter (Cube Next Generation) was crowned U19 Swiss champion. Lewin Iten (RVW Pasolino Racing) confidently led the race until the last lap, before suffering a defect and ultimately taking silver. Bronze went to Lenny Hochstrasser (Specialized Junior Team Switzerland). In the U19 women's race, Anja Grossmann (Specialized Junior Team Switzerland) won gold with a lead of over six minutes ahead of Tess de Almeida (Thömus Young) and Chloe Tschumi (Bike Team Solothurn).

Results

The next Škoda Swiss Bike Cup race will take place as part of the Bikefestival Basel on August 16 and 17.

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