Jolanda Neff takes the lead at the start, but it soon becomes clear that she will have to leave the lead to Kate Courtney. Anne Tauber from the Netherlands also passes the Swiss rider and sets off in pursuit of Kate Courtney.

From behind, Neff is even threatened by the German Elisabeth Brandau, but she has overdrawn a little and pays with cramps.
In front of her, Anne Tauber, on her 24th birthday, allowed herself a major crash in the penultimate lap of a slippery passage, which threw her off her rhythm and also demolished her gears a little.

These incidents allowed Neff to regain second position. In the end, she also successfully fended off the strong Yana Belomoina and, as on Friday, took second place.
"I'm super happy with this second place. It's much better than I expected with my changed season structure. I'm happy that I was able to hold on to third position and even ride up to second place. The result is "wow". I know that I am still miles away from my top form in all parameters at the moment and am therefore extremely happy that I was able to finish second."

Sina Frei rides in the group from fourth to sixth place for three laps, but then she can no longer follow. "I didn't have such a good day and just couldn't get up the hill," says Frei, who was competing in her first Elite World Cup.
Eleventh place should therefore not be a disappointment. "Well," she says, making it clear that she had hoped for more.

Nicole Koller in sixth place with cramps

Laura Stigger, the 2018 Junior World Champion, wins her first U23 World Cup race. The Austrian won ahead of a strong German U23 champion Ronja Eibl and Haley Batten from the USA. Nicole Koller fights for the podium for a long time and finally finishes sixth.

While Stigger and Batten soon form a leading duo that rides over a minute ahead, Nicole Koller is in third place for a while, but then gets company from the two Germans Ronja Eibl and Nina Benz. Eibl turns up the heat in the last two laps, while Koller drops back.
"I had cramps on the last two laps," said Koller at the finish. Whether this was due to a lack of magnesium or the tough course? "I don't know," she shakes her head a little disappointedly.

Ramona Kupferschmied was the second Swiss woman to finish in twentieth place.

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