The 21-year-old Frenchman Jordan Sarrou beat the numerous world-class riders at the end of the season in Frèjus in the south of France. The U23 world champion makes his ambitions clear right from the start. He soon rides away from the competition on the first big climb together with his team colleague Stéphane Tempier. The latter suffers a puncture and drops out of the race. Behind the young Frenchman, Moritz Milatz (GER), Miguel Martinez (FRA) and his compatriot Maxime Marotte, who joins him towards the end, work to close the gap - but to no avail. Sarrou wins the prestigious French race with a lead of 1.36 minutes over Martinez. The latter had the fastest legs in the sprint. Milatz, on the other hand, came away empty-handed and had to settle for fourth place.

Christoph Sauser, who can be found in the top positions at the Roc d'Azur practically every year, finished the race in sixth place. Two days earlier, Sauser finished second on the podium at the marathon in Frèjus. The winner was Maxime Marotte, who prevented a Swiss triple triumph with his solo number. Martin Fanger and Urs Huber finished third and fourth respectively.

In the elite and U23 women's race, 20-year-old Margot Moschetti dominated the action on the 56-kilometre cross-country course. She distanced the winner of the Canyon-Roc-Marathon, Helene Marcouyre, by almost six minutes. The fastest Swiss woman is Fabienne Niederberger in twelfth place.

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