The elite races in the Aletsch Arena and in Bellwald offer excitement right to the end. The big favorite, overall World Cup winner Ella Conolly (GBR), is in a tough duel with Elly Hoskin. Conolly opens with the fastest time on the first stage, but her ten-second lead does not last long. Hoskin takes the lead after the third descent. After the fourth stage, Conolly is back in front, the penultimate stage brings no change, and so the decision is made on the final descent to Fiesch. Hoskin is faster there and takes the title with a lead of 4.53 seconds.

The gaps are also close behind. Bronze medal winner Melanie Pugin (FRA) always remains within reach and only loses 6.84 seconds to Hoskin in the end.

The Swiss co-favorite Delia Da Mocogno shows that she has what it takes to win a medal with second place on the second stage. Although it wasn't enough for precious metal, sixth place was one of her best international results. Raphaela Richter takes seventh place. The German champion rides three top three times and confirms her ambitions.

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Drama until the last downhill

Overall World Cup winner Slawomir Lukasik also starts as the favorite in the elite men's race. The Pole defended his lead until the final stage, but lost crucial seconds on the third and fifth downhill. Before the final, Rude is only 19 hundredths of a second behind. On the fast final descent to Fiesch, the American turned the race around and secured the title with a lead of 2.5 seconds after just under 30 minutes.

While Lukasik was digesting the initial disappointment of silver, Elliot Jamieson was celebrating bronze. The Canadian set the fastest time on the second stage and took a small lead over defending champion Alex Rudeau (FRA) into the final downhill, where he once again came out on top.

Frederik Matz impressed as the best German. He rode a consistent race with four top 20 times, including sixth place on the second stage, and achieved his personal best in 14th place. Moritz Silberhorn sets an exclamation mark with the second-fastest time on the fifth stage and finishes 19th - one place ahead of the fastest Swiss Urien Minuty. 20th place is also a career best for the Valais rider.

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Two medals for Switzerland

Nežka Libnik triumphs in the U19 women's race. The Slovenian won four stages and won by over 40 seconds ahead of France's Elise Porta, who only won the first downhill

It was Elena Frei's first major international race, but she rode strongly. She impresses on stages two and three with fast descents, even ahead of the eventual world champion on stage three. In the end, the Swiss racer remains within reach of Porta and takes bronze. Luise Huber rode to eighth place as the best German.

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In the U19 men's race, Melvin Almueis underlined his ambitions for victory with the best time on the first stage. The Frenchman took three stage wins, two second and a fourth time and was crowned world champion.

Noé Forlin surprised everyone with silver after an injury break. The Swiss rider, winner of the U19 Enduro World Cup in La Thuile, was out of action after breaking his wrist, which is why his start is not a given. After a puncture and 24th place at the start, he improved and rode the best times on stages two, four and six to win the silver medal, just ten seconds behind the winner. Bronze went to Belgian Gabriel Sainthuile.

Another Swiss rider, Cedric Wenzel, finished in the top 10 in eighth place. The best German was Matthis Frölich in 13th place.

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