Thanks to a tactical masterstroke, Sina Frei can celebrate her first victory in this year's PROFFIX Swiss Bike Cup. Local rider Linda Indergand (who finished third) and Russian Irina Kalentyeva set a fast pace right from the start. Sina Frei has a small gap after one lap, which she is able to make up by the second lap. Under Frei's pace dictation, first Indergand and then Kalentyeva in the last lap have to let go, whereupon Sina Frei can celebrate an unchallenged victory. She thus takes a big step towards overall victory in the Cup standings ahead of the stages in Basel and Lugano.

Another Swiss victory in the men's race

An exciting and turbulent race is also taking place in the men's race. The two Swiss riders Reto Indergand and Martin Fanger and the Russian Anton Sintsov dominate the race. The latter was able to pull away from the chasing pack after stepping up the pace on lap seven, but one lap later Reto Indergand emerged as the leader. Sintsov suffers a broken saddle on lap eight. Indergand then rides to his first victory since the Swiss Bike Cup in Buchs last year, ahead of Fanger and Sintsov. Due to the absence of leader Andri Frischknecht and Nino Schurter, Reto Indergand is the new leader in the PROFFIX Swiss Bike Cup.

In Gränichen, the Swiss U23 Cup leader Filippo Colombo narrowly missed out on victory in the final sprint. Now he has made an impressive return to the top step of the podium in Andermatt. He defeats compatriot Vital Albin - also in the sprint - and celebrates his fourth victory in the fifth race of the year.

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