Isabeau Courdurier (Intense Mavic Cycling) makes her intentions known right at the start and wins her sixth Queen Stage of the season. The Frenchwoman doesn't have the easiest race. But crashes and a leg injury don't slow her down enough. She won two of the six downhill stages, and that was enough to secure victory. So she remains unbeaten this season.

Noga Korem (GT Factory Racing) achieved an amazingly consistent performance, winning one stage and finishing in the top three on the remaining five stages. This puts the Israeli in second place. Andreane Lanthier Nadeau (Rocky Mountain/Race Face Enduro Team) puts in a strong performance in front of her home crowd and takes third place.

Anita Gehrig is happy about a big step forward. Although the Swiss rider had a crash on both the first long stage and the last stage, she managed a few good stages in between to finish in the top five. In the end, she finished a good seventh. Carolin Gehrig finishes in 14th place.

Richie Rude (Yeti/Fox Shox Factory Race Team) also took victory in the men's Queen Stage. He put his opponents under pressure right from the start and carried this through the race. Reigning EWS champion Sam Hill (Chain Reaction Cycles Mavic) reclaims the time on Sunday and finishes second, while Eddie Masters (Pivot Factory Racing) wins the second stage and finishes the race in third place.

Maxime Chapuis delivers a strong race with some solid stage performances. With a tenth-place time on the final descent, he finishes 13th overall. Gusti Wildhaber is also doing well. He was well on his way to another top 10 result, but then he crashed on a wooden bridge and lost some time. But that was not to be the end of it: Wildhaber complains of a puncture on the final stage and has to make do with 47th place in the end.
Private rider Silvan Marfurt puts in a surprising performance. He improves markedly in the second half of the race and is the third best Swiss rider in 57th place.

Louise Paulin once again takes victory in the women's masters category. A Swiss woman, Alba Wunderlin, is delighted with second place.

For the next race in the series, the EWS squad moves to Northstar in California, USA.

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