U23 world champion Jolanda Neff loses contact with a leading group of four on the first lap and then gradually drops back to twelfth place by the fifth of six laps. Over the last four kilometers, however, she was able to mobilize her last bit of energy and secure her fourth top ten place of the season. "I lacked a bit of energy today. I was able to make up three places at the end, it went quite well, but I had an energy gap in between," explained Neff.

The 20-year-old has also been nominated for the World Road Championships in Florence. "That's super cool. It surprised me myself. I no longer expected it because I haven't ridden a road race since the spring. But the people in charge said that there wasn't a third rider coming up and that I had proven at the mountain bike world championships that I was in good form," commented Neff on the decision.

Esther Süss does not have a good day. She didn't get off to a good start, but was unable to catch up as usual afterwards. "I only arrived on Thursday and hadn't got to grips with the track yet. I then crashed in training and bruised a rib. That wasn't great today," said Süss, who finished twelfth after also crashing on the final lap.
Nathalie Schneitter finishes 16th after having to repair a puncture on the first lap. Swiss champion Katrin Leumann finishes ten seconds later in 17th place.

In the battle for the day's victory, Julie Bresset (FRA) appears to be on her way to her fifth World Cup win. She broke away from the leading group on the penultimate lap when she hit a stone on a fast descent and suffered a puncture. Bresset drops back to fourth place behind Lea Davison (USA), Eva Lechner (ITA) and Irina Kalentieva ride away at the front. On the final lap, Kalentieva is able to pull away and end her three-year winless streak.

The overall World Cup victory, however, goes to Tanja Zakelj. The Slovenian skier rode safely and always had her rival Katerina Nash behind her. The Czech drops back to third place in the overall standings behind Eva Lechner. The best Swiss rider is Jolanda Neff in sixth place. Katrin Leumann finishes the 2013 overall World Cup in eighth place. Esther Süss is 14th overall, while Kathrin Stirnemann suffers a rear and front wheel defect on the first lap and drops to 25th place. She finishes the overall classification in 20th place.www.hafjellworldcup.com

Ranking World Cup 2013, #6 Hafjell/NOR, Women
1. Irina Kalentieva (RUS)	1.25.34	+0.00
2. Eva Lechner (ITA)	1.25.54	+0.20
3rd Julie Bresset (FRA)	1.25.56	+0.22
4th Lea Davison (USA)	1.26.28	+0.54
5th Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (NOR)	1.26.51	+1.17
6th Tanja Zakelj (SLO)	1.28.22	+2.48
7th Catharine Pendrel (CAN)	1.28.57	+3.23
8th Maja Wloszczowska (POL)	1.29.51	+4.17
9th Jolanda Neff (SUI)	1.30.20	+4.46
10th Alexandra Engen (SWE)	1.30.49	+5.15
12th Esther Süss (SUI)	1.31.30	+5.56
16th Nathalie Schneiter (SUI)	1.29.29	+3.55
17th Katrin Leuman (SUI)	1.32.47	+7.13
25th Kathrin Stirnemann (SUI)	1.36.18	+10.44

Overall standings World Cup 2013, women
1.	Tanja Zakelj (SLO)	1080 points
2.	Eva Lechner (ITA)	960
3.	Katerina Nash (CZE)	955
4.	Maja Wloszczowska (POL)	890
5.	Alexandra Engen (SWE)	680
6.	Jolanda Neff (SUI)	606
7.	Catharine Pendrel (CAN)	605
8.	Katrin Leumann (SUI)	600
9.	Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (NOR)	589
10.	Lea Davison (USA)	582
14.	Esther Süss (SUI)	450
20.	Kathrin Stirnemann (SUI)	323
21.	Nathalie Schneitter (SUI)	316
27	Corina Gantenbein (SUI)	242
89.	Sarah Koba (SUI)	29