Taramarcaz, who lives just 15 minutes from Sion, has already won this cyclo-cross twice. This weekend too, Taramarcaz took the lead immediately after the start. Already with a slight lead, the Frenchman crashes on the fourth of nine laps, whereupon the French champion Francis Mourey is able to catch up. A short time later, the Frenchman suffered the same fate. Julien Taramarcaz thus has a clear ride and can even extend his lead a little. Mourey finishes second, around half a minute behind.

Marcel Wildhaber finishes in third place. The Swiss champion in the Eliminator sprint has a technical problem and loses important seconds as a result. Lukas Flückiger doesn't fare any better either. He even crashes on the start lap and finds himself in 19th position. Thanks to a brilliant race to catch up, Flückiger was able to rescue fourth place. He is just five seconds off third place.

U17 rider Olivia Hottinger wins the women's race. Classified with the women in the race, the U17 riders are 60 seconds ahead of the women. Hottinger, like Svenja Wüthrich and Michelle Schätti, is able to maintain this lead and wins the race. Jennifer Sägesser had to settle for fourth place as first in the actual women's category.

Among the juniors and amateurs, Johan Jacobs from the Zurich Unterland won. He relegated Frenchman Anthony Grand to second place with a whopping 40-second lead. Grand, on the other hand, beat Jacobs' club colleague Timon Rüegg in the sprint.www.radquer.ch