Young Alessandra Keller from central Switzerland, on the other hand, is satisfied. World champion Jolanda Neff and Alessandra Keller pulled away from the rest of the leading group around halfway through the race. So clearly that it soon became clear that the winner would be one of these two women. On the final lap, it is the world champion who sets off alone and finishes around half a minute ahead of Keller. Behind her, Elisabeth Brandau (GER) finished third. Fourth and fifth place went to Sina Frei and Nicole Koller.

Forster confirms good form

The elite men's race is characterized by many lead changes. The size of the leading group changes lap by lap. Cup leader Mathias Flückiger is always at the front. Flückiger and Lars Forster are able to break away from the chasing pack at the final finish. In the meantime, the duo has a lead of around 25 seconds. Forster, who only joined the leading group in the second half of the race, suddenly appears alone at the front. Flückiger broke away and was soon overtaken by Reto Indergand and Andri Frischknecht, who finished second and third. Fifth place goes to the Frenchman Titouan Carod, who also comes dangerously close to Flückiger at the end. Nino Schurter reaches the finish in sixth place.

Colombo with first win of the season

After his second place at the U23 World Cup in Nove Mesto, Filippo Colombo is the top favorite at the start in Gränichen. The Ticino rider lived up to this role, but at the start it was the Frenchman Axel Zingle who tried a lightning start. Although he has a lead of 20 seconds at the first finish, Swiss champion Colombo and Joel Roth work well together and steadily reduce their gap. As soon as they caught up with Zingle on the penultimate lap, Colombo attacked and rode out to a twelve-second lead. Filippo Colombo was able to maintain this lead to the finish. Behind them, there was a duel between Zingle and Roth, with the Frenchman coming out on top. The third best Swiss rider is Joris Ryf in sixth place. He was beaten by the Spaniard Jofre Estape Cullell and the German Luca Schwarzbauer.

In the juniors, Alexandre Balmer came out on top against strong foreign competition. The Frenchman enters the final lap with the six-man leading group, where he launches the decisive attack. In the end, he reaches the finish line eleven seconds ahead of second-placed Pierre Chabaud (FRA) and third-placed Tim Van Dijke (NED). Luca Schätti was the second best Swiss rider in fifth place.

The junior women's race is dominated by Austria's Laura Stigger. She already pulls away on the first lap. Stigger wins with a lead of almost two minutes over Franziska Koch from Germany and Isaure Medde from France. The best Swiss woman is Tina Züger in seventh place.

The next race of the Proffix Swiss Bike Cup will take place on June 23 and 24 in Andermatt - but not for the hobby categories. The license categories will ride in Andermatt for the coveted Swiss championship titles.

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