The day's victories in the penultimate races of the 30th CIC ON Swiss Bike Cup in Basel went to Alessandra Keller (Thömus Maxon) and New Zealander Anton Cooper. Another piece of good news from the Swiss ranks: Filippo Colombo (Scott-Sram MTB Racing) made a great comeback in 2nd place after an injury break of almost five months.

The five-day stage race Spar Swiss Epic celebrates two superior favorite victories with the Swiss Marc Stutzmann and the Czech Martin Stosek, as well as Vera Looser from Namibia and Kim Le Court from Mauritius. Stutzmann/ Stosek win ahead of the duos Daniel Geismayr / Wout Alleman and Simon Schneller / Axel Roudil Cortinat. Looser/ le Court win ahead of Katazina Sosna and Irina Lützelschwab and Monica Calderon and her partner Tessa Kortekaas.

David Gysling almost pulled off a sensation in a Hitchcock final. It was only on the final descent that the Valaisan was caught by last year's winner Andreas Seewald and relegated to second place. Bike Marathon Classics leader Hansueli Stauffer came third.  In the women's race, the German Stefanie Dohrn was in a class of her own. Frenchwoman Estelle Morel came second ahead of last year's winner Claudia Peretti from Italy.

After his victory in Laax, Tim Bratschi also wins the third stop of the Swiss Enduro Series at Bike Kingdom Lenzerheide. The man from Uri wins ahead of Tarmo Ryynänen from Finland and former Swiss champion Patrick Lüthi. In the women's race, Melanie Pugin from France leaves nothing to be desired and wins the race with three out of four fastest times. Delia da Mocogno and Ysaline van Kampen take second and third place respectively.

At the European Downhill Championships in Les Menuires, France, Antoine Vidal takes the title ahead of his French compatriot Babtiste Pierron and Great Britain's Ethan Craik. Swiss rider Yannik Bächler finished in a good ninth place. Eleonora Farina from Italy won the women's race ahead of Monika Hrastnik from Slovenia. Switzerland's Lisa Baumann wins bronze and her first international medal.