Weber for the second time, Da Mocogno with a premiere

In the race for the Swiss women's title, Delia Da Mocogno dominated the field from A to Z. Thanks to her versatility and her current brilliant form, she secured victory by a margin of over 35 seconds ahead of defending champion Anita Gehrig. She in turn fought a close duel with her twin sister Caro Gehrig. On the first two stages, the local heroes were only 18 hundredths of a second apart. Anita found a little more speed towards the end and secured the silver medal in the Swiss Enduro Championship. However, she was not disappointed that she had to relinquish the title to Da Mocogno: "We had a great day on the mountain bikes, I had a good feeling on the stages, and Delia was clearly faster on them today."

In the men's race, local hero Basil Weber demonstrated to the elite field who is at home in Laax. With a race time of 24:22.90, he showed what is possible and, despite crashing on the third stage, took the champion's jersey from Patrik Lüthi, who did everything he could to close the gap. Tim Bratschi, last year's series winner, snatched third place on the last stage and thus a place on the Swiss champion's podium.

Results women

1. Delia Da Macogno 28:02.53   
2. Anita Gehrig + 0:35.36    
3. Caro Gehrig + 0:48.54    
4. Ysaline van Kampen + 1:06.50    
5. Claudia Grassi + 1:53.70    

Results men

1. Basil Weber 24:22.90
2. Patrik Lüthi + 0:19.99
3. Tim Bratschi + 0:28.45
4. Nik Küttel + 0:31.07
5. Mirco Widmer + 0:38.27
    

Guests take the lead in the SES race

The elite women's field was dominated from stage one by France's Melanie Pugin, who held on to her lead until the end. Melanie extended her lead until the final stage and secured her victory with a total time of 27:46.89 minutes.

However, the Frenchwoman was not allowed to make any major mistakes. Delia Da Mocogno was always hot on her heels. She overtook Pugin on the final stage and reduced her lead. In the end, Da Mocogno was 15.64 seconds short of the day's victory. The battle for third place was a family affair between Anita and Caro Gehrig, with the better ending for Anita, who finished third in the day's classification.

SES Elite Women

1. Melanie Pugin 27:46.89th
2. Delia Da Mocogno +0:15.64
3. Anita Gehrig +0:51.00
4. Caro Gehrig +1:04.18
5. Ysaline van Kampen +1:22.24

The men's race was also led by the international elite. Swedish enduro champion Zakarias Johansen led the race on stages one to three. Italian Enduro champion Mirco Vendemmia constantly chased Zakarias and snatched the winner's podium on the last stage with a lead of less than two seconds. This was enough for Johansen to take second place. Basil Weber started the race in second place after the first stage on his home trail, but had to give up his place after the second stage to Mirco Vendemmia, who was getting faster and faster. A crash and a jammed chain prevented Weber from making life difficult for the two leaders. He ultimately remained in third place.

SES Elite Men

1. Mirco Vendmmia 24:07.11
2. Zakarias Johansen + 01.39
3. Basil Weber +15.79
4. Patrick Lüthi +35.78
5. Tarmo Ryynänen + 39.02
    

On September 07 and 08, the Swiss Enduro Series will be a guest in Valais, more precisely in Leukerbad, where the third race of the Swiss Enduro racing series will be held.

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