First, Laura Stigger sets the pace and rides the fastest lap time. That was probably too much, the Austrian then collapsed and gave up the race after five laps. Loana Lecomte soon took the lead on the relatively high-altitude lap, pulling away on lap three and extending her lead.

Behind her, her pursuers increasingly form a trio consisting of Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, Rebecca McConnell and Jolanda Neff. However, the Swiss rider loses patience, launches a courageous attack downhill and tries to close the gap to Lecomte on her own. However, she is caught again by Ferrand-Prevot and McConnell.

Shortly before the last lap, the world champion loses touch and Neff also loses touch with McConnell. She slowly crawls up to Lecomte and brings more excitement into the race. But that was no longer enough. The Frenchwoman takes the win ahead of the Australian McConnell and Jolanda Neff. Sina Frei rides to seventh place and secures the front row for the cross-country race. Alessandra Keller and Linda Indergand finished 13th and 15th and will therefore start from the second row on Sunday.

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Flückiger on the offensive to victory

The men's race gets off to a less than ideal start for Nino Schurter. He falls off the pedals after two turns of the cranks and quickly finds himself at the back of the field. Meanwhile, Mathias Flückiger takes the lead. The newly crowned Swiss champion kept up the pressure for a few laps, drawing the field into the distance.

But that's not all. Together with Czech champion Ondrej Cink, Flückiger even pulled away in the middle of the race and maintained a lead of around ten seconds, even extending it slightly. The two harmonized until the last lap, and then it was Cink who launched an attack. However, Flückiger parried and immediately followed up and the Czech was unable to make up any ground on the downhill.

Mathias Flückiger wins his first short track victory ahead of Ondrej Cink and the Dutchman Milan Vader. Reto Indergand also puts in a good performance and grabs the second starting row in the cross-country race in 14th place. Nino Schurter, on the other hand, barely makes up any ground and finishes 30th

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