On the first of four laps, a gap began to open up between second and third place, which grew to over a minute. Jaqueline Schneebeli took the lead and then pulled away together with Mona Mitterwallner. Behind them, Hungary's Blanka Vas, Helene Marie Fossesholm and Australia's Zoe Cuthbert are battling for bronze after Ronja Blöchlinger, who was leading at the start, completely lost touch on lap two.

On the same lap, Mitterwallner crashed while in first position and Schneebeli, who was riding behind, only just managed to avoid a crash of her own. "I just managed to avoid riding into a tree," she says.

She has to get off her bike, but manages to pass Mitterwallner, increases her lead and rides solo to victory. The European champion rides her rhythm confidently and also gets through the many technically difficult passages very well.
"I had a very good day. After my European Championship title, I was already aiming for a medal here, but the fact that I've now won gold is absolutely amazing," commented Schneebeli on her result.

Ronja Blöchlinger "parks", as she says herself, more and more from the second round onwards. Did she start too fast? "No idea," she shrugs her shoulders.
From sixth position, she is dropped back to 13th (+7:38).

Juniors: Gold for Great Britain's Aldridge - Baumann in seventh place

In the junior world championship race in Mont Sainte Anne, Canada, the Swiss were left without another medal. Britain's Charlie Aldridge won in 1:07:31 hours, 11 seconds ahead of France's Luca Martin and 20 seconds ahead of Italy's Andreas Vittone. The best Swiss runner-up at the European Championships was Janis Baumann in seventh place (+2:39).

Janis Baumann can never play a role in the leading group. "I didn't really have good legs," confessed Baumann. When a six-man leading group formed with the eventual medal winners, he was not there.
"Even the start wasn't ideal," says Baumann. "It was very nervous and you had to find your way, which was a bit difficult for me."
When a defect then set him back, any hope of a result close to the medals was over. However, the minute he lost on the penultimate lap would have meant a maximum of sixth place.

Luke Wiedmann crashed in a sandy corner on the first lap and then had to have his handlebars fixed in the technical zone. "I was also in pain at first and had difficulty finding my rhythm again. Eventually it worked out and I was able to work my way forward step by step," said Wiedmann, who was thrown back from 13th to 20th position. "Under these circumstances, I'm happy with eleventh place."
3:58 minutes behind are measured for him.

In the battle for the world title, Italian Andreas Vittone seizes the initiative on the third lap and rides out to an eleven-second lead. But the Briton Charlie Aldridge still has reserves, catches up with Vittone again and on the final lap Aldridge attacks on the climb.
Vittone counterattacks, they come into contact and the Italian crashes. The chain slipped off and he also lost silver to the Frenchman Luca Martin.

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