"It was important for me to get into a good position after the start, as it soon became tight and I managed to do that. Initially in second position, I was then overtaken by the Italian and the Brit, who then opened up a gap. When I tried to close it again, I overshot a bit, but I was able to recover and hand over ten to fifteen seconds behind. Overall, I'm happy with my performance," says Reto Indergand, summarizing his opening lap, which he finished in fifth place. Junior Finn Treudler, who followed, then made up another place on his lap. Nicole Koller, on the other hand, is critical of her performance. However, she does not consider the fact that she loses two positions to be sobering. And it isn't. Jacqueline Schneebeli was the fourth skier to make up positions and put the Swiss team back on course for the podium.

However, the German and US teams are also riding strongly, while the French can only be tied back by a retirement. The pressure from the following teams then seemed to spur Noëlle Rüetschi on, allowing her to briefly move up to second place. But that was probably too much. The Swiss junior loses some ground again and hands over fifth place to her team colleague Alexandre Balmer, who is able to hold on to the position but is not very happy with it. Reto Indergand, on the other hand, concludes on a positive note: "We started with the aim of winning a medal and finished in fifth place. With a team of six riders, everything simply has to go right for everyone. Even if it wasn't quite enough, we put in a good performance, because you don't achieve fifth place just like that."

While final rider Jordan Sarrou secured the seventh Team Relay World Championship title for France, Germany fought for silver. But U23 rider Riley Amos just manages to hold off the German elite rider Luca Schwarzbauer and capture the silver medal for Team USA.

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