For Reto Indergand, the result is a bitter disappointment. "That wasn't what I had in mind. It didn't go at all for me today. I'll have to analyze why," confessed the man from Uri, who was between 10th and 15th place throughout the race, but was unable to make the decisive step forward. This was achieved by the German Julian Schelb - who, incidentally, is trained by top Swiss rider Ralph Näf. After a crash at the start, Schelb rode from last position to silver. He benefited from the tire failure of his compatriot Markus Schulte-Lünzum and from the fact that the Italian Luca Braidot, who had been leading with Kerschbaumer until then, crashed heavily. This allowed Kerschbaumer to take his first U23 world title. Michiel van der Heijden comes from the chasing group that formed with Schelb on the third lap to take bronze after Daniel Braidot - incidentally the twin brother of Luca Braidot - breaks into third place.

Marc Stutzmann rode a strong race from 55th on the grid to finish in 15th position. "I'm very satisfied. I did very well today," said Stutzmann, who also had no problems when it started to rain on the last two laps. Not much goes right for Matthias Stirnemann. In the end, he crashes badly and has to retire injured. Andri Frischknecht rides to 27th place after starting the race from the back with bib number 61. He fights his way up to 20th place, but then has to lose places again after a crash and a broken spoke.