Forchini up and away

New year, new team and new colors for Ramona Forchini from Toggenburg in Lukas Flückiger's Bixs Performance Race Team. She wins the first edition of the Bike Revolution Series 2025 ahead of local hero Alessandra Keller and her team colleague Seraina Leugger. This is the second time after the Marlene Südtirol Sunshine Race that Forchini has won an international UCI Hors-Category race in the new year. Under the watchful eye of national coach Kathrin Stirnemann, the experienced athlete rode a strong race right from the start and never relinquished her lead.

"Everyone wanted to be first on the climb and I was able to pull away in the first part and pull out a nice lead by the middle of the race," said a happy winner at the finish, explaining her success and thanking her entire team in particular for their wonderful support in recent weeks and months. Last year's overall World Cup runner-up Alessandra Keller rode a solid race after a crash on the first lap and, not far from home, was able to safely ride to the finish in second place. "I didn't have the very best legs and am accordingly satisfied with the result," she said in front of many members of her fan club who had traveled to the event.

Guerrini's World Cup schedule is right

In the men's race, Marcel Guerrini impressed in his first race in 2025 in Switzerland with strong early form and won ahead of his two teammates Timon Rüegg and Luca Schätti. The battle for second place was exciting for a long time before Luca Schätti dropped back decisively after making a mistake on the last lap. Fourth and fifth place went to Dario Lillo from the Giant Factory Offroad Team and Fabio Püntener from Bike Team Solothurn in Uri. "I'm in good shape for my first World Cup in Nové Město and I'm already looking forward to the next Bike Revolution race in Huttwil the weekend after next," said the happy winner from Lucerne after the race.

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120 helpers for a perfect race

Around the race course, which was perfectly prepared by the local trail construction crew led by course manager Pirmin Kündig, 120 helpers were on hand for the event. The president of the local organizing committee, Julia Barandun, expressed her happiness and satisfaction after the weekend: "Last weekend, we were able to present the monastery village of Engelberg as a versatile outdoor Eldorado and vacation destination for perfect mountain moments."

A total of around 600 active mountain bikers and around 5000 fans enjoyed a weekend packed with fun, games and racing action in the Engelberg Valley, despite the weather conditions changing by the minute. As the leading Swiss cross-country mountain bike event series, the Bike Revolution combines the elements of top-class sport, youth development and mountain biking fun for amateur athletes.

Top duel in Huttwil

The second edition of this year's Bike Revolution season will take place the weekend after next, from May 16 to 18, 2025, in the small flower town of Huttwil. Among other things, spectators can expect an exciting duel between 2016 Olympic champion Nino Schurter and 2022 Olympic silver medallist Mathias Flückiger.

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