Huber fifth at her premiere

In the junior women's race, Line Burquier and Olivia Onesti landed a French double victory, with third place going to Italy's Sara Cortinovis. Switzerland's Lea Huber and Monique Halter came fifth and tenth respectively.

At the start, it was France's Tatiana Tournut who put her stamp on the race. Meanwhile, Lea Huber joins the chasing pack until the lead changes hands. Tournut loses ground and it is her compatriot Olivia Onesti who tries her luck first. On the last lap, however, Line Burquier caught up and crossed the finish line five seconds ahead of Onesti, who was almost caught by Sara Cortinovis.

17-year-old Lea Huber rides a great race at her world championships and finishes in fifth place. "It was very tough - probably one of the toughest races I've ever ridden. But thanks to the great course, it was also very cool," says Huber and is delighted: "I'm very happy with fifth place!" Swiss champion Monique Halter took a good tenth place.

Results

Start-to-finish victory for France

Similar to the juniors, a Frenchman also went wide in the first round of the U19 men's race. A three-man chasing group with the Swiss Nils Aebersold followed a good 15 seconds behind. Adrien Boichis is over a minute ahead at times. But with Aebersold stepping up the pace, not only did the chasing trio break away, but the Frenchman's lead also shrank to just under 50 seconds.

The Swiss rider's effort was probably a little too great, he gradually lost ground again and soon had to make way for the Colombian Camilo Andres Gomez-Gomez. In the last of the four rounds, the battle for second to fourth place becomes even more exciting. But even if Aebersold gets closer to the Colombian once again, the order at the finish remains the same. Adrien Boichis wins the third gold medal for France, Gomez-Gomez takes silver and Nils Aebersold wins bronze and the first medal for Switzerland at these World Championships.

"After a bitter fourth place at the European Championships, it's an incredible feeling to win bronze at the World Championships. At the start of the race, I would never have thought that something like this was possible. But then I had a good feeling right from the start and was always in the mix. I lost second place, but that doesn't matter now, I won third place. That was certainly one of the best races I've ridden this season," says Aebersold.

Finn Treudler, who was initially still in the top 10, dropped back a little, but was able to hold on to 16th position and bring it home. Romano Püntener from Liechtenstein finishes his first World Championship race in 13th place.