After the start, six riders soon form the front of the field. They stay together until the end of the second big lap. Only Andrin Beeli almost manages to catch up with the leaders. Under the pace dictation of Andri Frischknecht, the group begins to crumble and Fabian Pauman, Marcel Guerrini, Severin Sägesser and Florian Chenaux fall away. Only Frischknecht's training partner Lars Forster was able to keep up the pace.

While Frischknecht and Forster continue unperturbed at the front, Guerrini runs out of steam in third position. As a result, Fabian Paumann overtakes and heads for the bronze medal with regular lap times. On the last lap, Beeli also overtakes Guerrini, but is unable to make any further progress. The last lap is also the fastest of the entire U23 race for the two leaders, as Frischknecht launches an attack in order to leave Forster behind. This tactic actually worked until shortly before the finish. However, Forster caught up on the pump track before the finish and was able to use his momentum to sprint away from Frischknecht to take the win. "I felt really good and the damp, not too warm weather also suited me. My race went pretty much according to plan, although my attack came to nothing two laps before the end. Andri then briefly left me behind. Towards the end, however, I was able to catch up again and then win the sprint - I'm over the moon with the title," said a delighted Lars Forster. Andri Frischknecht, on the other hand, is a little disappointed with how the race ended for him: "The race didn't go well for me in the end. I should actually have held on to the lead on the last lap, but Lars came close again. Unfortunately, I didn't stand a chance against him in the sprint."

Colombo takes the title in Ticino
Never before has a rider from the southern canton won the Swiss champion's jersey. This is now changing in Lostorf in Solthurn. The 17-year-old Colombo has been attracting attention with top performances throughout the season and has thus earned himself the role of favorite. At the Swiss Junior Championships, Filippo Colombo steps on the gas right from the start and, together with Noah Blöchlinger, pulls away a little.

Blöchlinger, however, soon drops back to third position. The rider from Ticino is now on his own and heads for a lonely race. After six completed laps, Colombo celebrates his victory, twelve seconds ahead of Ramon Lauener, who was just under six seconds behind the new Swiss champion at one point. "I prepared well for the championship race and was very motivated and convinced that I could win the race. Soon after the start, I was able to pull away and defend my lead until the end," Colombo reports. Behind Lauener, Frenchman Sandro Trevisani rode to the bronze medal.

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