For the second time, brothers Lukas and Mathias Flückiger are organizing the Flückiger Cross in Madiswil together with OC President Andreas Moser. The event not only attracts numerous spectators to the course, but also cycling greats such as Julien Absalon and Ralph Näf. Lukas Flückiger, himself one of the world's best mountain bikers, had previously dreamed of winning his home race. So far, however, he has often been dogged by bad luck and complained of headaches before the start.

These were more likely due to nervousness, as Flückiger found himself in the lead just after the start. After three of ten laps, a trio consisting of Simon Zahner, Marcel Wildhaber and Lukas Flückiger pulled away. The German Sascha Weber and the Frenchman Arnaud Grand are no longer able to keep up the pace and fall back.
Around one kilometer before the finish, the decisive phase begins when a rider makes a mistake. This time it was Marcel Wildhaber. The Swiss Eliminator champion gets his front wheel stuck in a barrier and also blocks Simon Zahner. Lukas Flückiger just manages to get out of the way and carry the winning momentum into the final meters. However, Wildhaber and Zahner fight their way back and sprint to the finish line just six tenths of a second behind Flückiger in second and third place.Behind the leading trio, the three BMC riders Arnaud Grand, Ralph Näf and Julien Absalon finished fourth to sixth. Andreas Moser once again proves himself to be probably the fastest OC president ever, finishing in ninth place - one place ahead of mountain bike specialist Florian Vogel.

Two-time cyclo-cross world champion Hanka Kupfernagel is one of the top-class riders at the start in Madiswil. However, it is the 16-year-old Sina Frei who turns the throttle on hard and already says goodbye to the world-class athlete in the first of five laps. At the end of the five laps, Frei crossed the finish line 42 seconds ahead of the experienced Kupfernagel. Former marathon specialist Jane Nüssli finished in third place.

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