Jolanda Neff, who had been considered the big favorite in the run-up to the race, has decided to cancel her duel with U23 world champion Alessandra Keller at short notice and will not be at the start. Accordingly, Keller is the big favorite. The Nidwalden native rides in superior style and leaves nothing to chance. With a large lead, she relegates Ramona Forchini to second place and team colleague Kathrin Stirnemann to third place.

Behind her, Ramona Kupferschmied was the first U23 athlete to finish in fourth place, ahead of Paula Goricka from Poland.

Flückiger's revenge

Similar to the previous year, Swiss champion Mathias Flückiger and his French counterpart and last year's winner Titouan Carod get away early. Only Reto Indergand was able to keep up until his fatal crash on the second lap. After that, the gap to the front was too big for the rider from Uri - he finished fifth.

Flückiger subsequently withstood Carod's attacks and benefited from a flat tire on the Frenchman's final lap, allowing him to take revenge for his defeat the previous year.
Fourth place was a good result for U23 rider and local hero Filippo Colombo.

Impressive Balmer

In the Amateurs and Masters category, the youngest riders took the podium. First and foremost Alexandre Balmer, the junior world champion from Lenzerheide. He wins the Proffix Swiss Bike Cup opener with a lead of around four minutes ahead of Luca Schätti and Jan Sommer.


Italian Andreas Vittone is the winner of the junior category. Incidentally, Vittone rides for the organizing Velo Club Monte Tamaro. Jaqueline Schneebeli wins the junior women's race.

Not easy conditions

The course is wet and slippery on race day. Mastering it is no easy task, even for the pros, as the video impressively shows.

Satisfied organizers

Before the weekend, Tamaro Trophy OC President Marzio Cattani said that the children would be the champions of the weekend. He is right. Around three quarters of all participants will be competing in the junior categories. In the U17 category, over 100 boys will be battling it out for the day's victory. "Excellent work has been done by the many volunteers. They have ensured a perfect start to the season," says Simon von Allmen, project manager of the PROFFIX Swiss Bike Cup.
The second stage continues next weekend in Buchs in the Rhine Valley.

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