After an even start lap, it is France's Loana Lecomte who, together with Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, pulls away from the competition on the back wheel. Jolanda Neff, Linda Indergand and Sina Frei are still within striking distance, while Alessandra Keller recovers from her poor start. Meanwhile, the two Frenchwomen are quickly increasing their lead.

At the start of the third of five laps, Lecomte and Ferrand-Prevot are already 40 seconds ahead of Haley Batten (USA) and Jolanda Neff. After that there is a larger gap, followed by Martina Berta (ITA), Kate Courtney (USA), Alessandra Keller, Sina Frei and Savilia Blunk (USA). The lap has barely begun when Lecomte loses the rear wheel of the world champion, who immediately increases her lead.

Ferrand-Prevot enters the final lap over a minute ahead of Lecomte, with Neff following alone a further minute behind. The final lap brings no more changes. One week after her world championship title, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot also wins the World Cup final ahead of Loana Lecomte and Jolanda Neff. "It was a super cool weekend on great tracks. Today in particular, I had a lot of fun and a really good race, as I could literally play with the bike," said the winner, describing her weekend and looking ahead: "But now it's time to refocus, because I want to be in top form again at the marathon and then at the first gravel world championships."

Behind her, Alessandra Keller is fighting for the last podium place, which goes to Sina Frei. Nevertheless, Keller has every reason to celebrate. Thanks to sixth place, she outscored the Australian Rebecca McConnell (19th) and the previous overall leader Anne Terpstra (45th) and won the overall World Cup. After Barbara Blatter and Jolanda Neff, Keller is only the third Swiss woman to win the overall World Cup. "Today I had to dig deep to get to the finish. The last long climb in particular was brutally hard. I knew that I absolutely had to keep my position, so I gave it my all. Now overall victory is a reality, even if I still have to let it sink in a bit to realize what I've achieved today," says Alessandra Keller.Ramona Forchini is the fourth Swiss woman to make it into the top 10, with Linda Indergand in twelfth place.

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Carod's solo show again

On the very first full lap, Titouan Carod lets his rivals know that his good form is not yet gone. The Frenchman opened up a small gap, allowing compatriot Jordan Sarrou and South African Alan Hatherly to catch up again and form a three-man lead with them for half a lap. But as early as the second lap, Carod once again takes his leave.

Sarrou and Hatherly are joined by Nino Schurter and Luca Braidot. However, the chasing group was unable to narrow the gap to Carod, as the Frenchman was riding too strongly and had a 24-second lead on lap three. Behind the chasing group, the Swiss Marcel Guerrini and Vital Albin are now also in the top 10.

The chasing group dwindled over the following laps. First Hatherly dropped back, then Braidot also had to let go. Sarrou and Schurter were already 46 seconds behind when they set off on the final lap. There, the world champion turns up the heat and distances himself from his companion. Even though he makes up time on Carod, he is no longer able to catch him. Titouan Carod also wins the cross-country race in Val di Sole and improves from fifth to second place in the overall standings. "It was a perfect but really tough race. I felt good, but never as good as in Mont Saint Anne - the flat sections were particularly tough for me. Nevertheless, it's incredible to land a double victory here," said a delighted Carod about his perfect end to the season.

Behind Carod, Nino Schurter was delighted with second place, with Jordan Sarrou in third. "Unbelievable! Becoming world champion again a week ago and now winning the overall World Cup, that feels great," says Schurter with a laugh, adding: "Of course I would have liked to have ridden for the win, but I didn't have the best start and was a bit stuck. After that, I focused on riding a consistent race to secure the overall victory. In the end, I still had to finish in a decent position."

A little later, three Swiss racers finished in a row: Marcel Guerrini took eighth place, Vital Albin finished ninth and Joel Roth rode to his best World Cup result with tenth place.

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Keller celebrates overall short track victory, Carod the premiere

Alessandra Keller rides to third place in the short track at the World Cup final in Val di Sole, beating Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Loana Lecomte to secure overall victory in this discipline. In the men's race, this goes to Alan Hatherly, Filippo Colombo is second and Titouan Carod, who wins the race, is third overall.

Jolanda Neff initially sets the pace, while Pauline Ferrand-Prevot gets off to a bad start and is not to be found at the front. However, Loana Lecomte soon took the reins and took control of the pace. On lap two, Ferrand-Prevot manages to catch up with the front, where Neff is joined by Alessandra Keller, Linda Indergand and Sina Frei.

The lead changes constantly, but short-track world champion Ferrand-Prevot is mostly defensive. The high pace takes its toll, the leading group breaks down to the two Frenchwomen as well as Keller and Neff. The last lap begins and now the world champion is no longer hiding. Together with Lecomte, she rides away and delivers a thrilling duel with her compatriot, which she wins by a few centimeters. Keller paints the same picture, also beating Neff by a few centimetres.
"The title means a lot to me. It also means a lot to all the people who have supported me, who have always believed in me and are part of this success." The whole season went very well - better than she had expected and dreamed, analyzed Keller after the race. "This is the crowning glory and I'm extremely proud, proud of the whole team too, who were an important part of this process," summarized the newly crowned overall Short Track World Cup winner.

A lot would have had to go wrong for Keller to lose her overall victory. With third place, however, she extends her lead over Rebecca McConnell. Jolanda Neff comes third overall. Ferrand-Prevot and Lecomte have nothing more to do with the outcome of the overall classification, finishing seventh and eighth respectively.

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South African fast train towards overall victory

South African Alan Hatherly is also almost certain to be the overall winner in the men's race. But the man doesn't believe in theory and continues to fight for the points at the front. Titouan Carod and Nino Schurter are on his rear wheel and the field is stretching out.

The World Cup leader in the short track keeps the pace so high that soon only Carod can follow. The duo soon have a lead of around ten seconds on their pursuers, including Filippo Colombo and Nino Schurter on lap seven, but Colombo struggles to catch up at the start of the eighth lap and then increasingly falls behind.

The final lap begins and the lead of the two front runners is no longer so clear, Luca Braidot and Schurter are catching up. Carod does not want to expose himself to this danger and rides away from Hatherly, while Schurter loses touch with the Italian. But the positions remain the same, and so Titouan Carod takes his first short track victory Alan Hatherly, who takes the overall short track victory and ahead of Luca Braidot. "A month ago I won in Mont Saint Anne and now I'm winning my first short track race in the last race, which means a lot to me and is important for the overall cross-country classification," said Carod, who finished fifth, not far from the top 2.

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