Seven male and one female rider will represent Switzerland at the 4x World Championships. These will take place this year as part of the Downhill World Cup finals in Leogang. The new world champions will be crowned on September 21 at the same venue where Roger Rinderknecht snatched the title a year ago. Following Rinderknecht's retirement, the Swiss champion Simon Waldburger is considered to have the best chances from a Swiss perspective. There is only one Swiss woman on the women's starting list, Luzia Oetjen.

With the removal of the discipline from the World Cup and from the official World Championship program, the attitude of the cycling world federation towards the 4x shows a clear lack of interest. However, the races of the World Cup replacement event "4x Pro Tour" still show the discipline in its best light. So it is to be hoped that the 4x World Championships will be brought back together with the cross-country and downhill title fights in the near future.

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Swiss 4x squad
Rider	Residence	Club
Simon Waldburger	Hottwil AG	VC Leibstadt
Roger Keller	Klingnau AG	VC Leibstadt
Benjamin Kistner	Andelfingen ZH	BMX Power Bike Winterthur
Adrian Weiss	Lindau ZH	BMX Power Bike Winterthur
Mirco Weiss	Kloten ZH	BMX Power Bike Winterthur
Werner Muther	Zurich	BMX Power Bike Winterthur
Marco Muff	Winterberg ZH	BMX Power Bike Winterthur
Lucia Oetjen	Zurich	BMX Power Bike Winterthur