On the first climb of lap one, Neff manages to open up a gap and extend it in the following notorious downhill section "La Beatrice". Just like at the European Championships in Glasgow, Neff rides the technical sections with unerring confidence and extends her lead from six to 30 seconds on lap one. Behind her are Annika Langvad and her Specialized teammate Kate Courtney (USA), but Langvad is tied back for the time being due to a defect on lap two. At the front, Neff seems to be riding unperturbed towards her eleventh World Cup victory - but it's not as easy as it looks for the 25-year-old. "It was brutally hard from the third lap onwards. I felt the heat so much. I just had to manage and see if I could get up there somehow. The descents were great, I rode everything flawlessly, just as I wanted to. I think that's what made me stand out today. I'm delighted to have won my eleventh World Cup this week after riding the European Championships and having to make the journey." In 2010 at the World Championships in Mont Sainte Anne, similar conditions prevailed and Neff retired with circulation problems while in the lead. "I thought about that the whole time. I knew I couldn't get carried away now. I just had to hold back. Now I'm so happy that it was enough."

Alessandra Keller fights for a top five result for four laps, but then has to let defending World Cup title holder Yana Belomoina (Ukr) and Anne Tauber from the Netherlands go. "More was not possible today. When Yana came from behind, I couldn't follow," explained Keller. "I'm happy with that for today." She passed Tauber several times in the battle for fifth place, but she only did so to exploit her advantages in the technical passages. "Otherwise I rode a consistent race," said Keller, who was exactly five minutes behind Tauber.

Linda Indergand is another Swiss athlete in the top ten. In tenth place, she is seven minutes behind. After missing out on the bronze medal at the European Championships in Glasgow due to a defect, Indergand rode a better World Cup race than last time. In the final lap, she still has to fend off the US American Lea Davison, but she saves tenth place at the finish. "I'm happy with that today. After the European Championships and the short race, it was very tough, but I haven't been in the top ten for a long time," says Indergand. More precisely: since sixth place in Albstadt in May.