Formidable start to the season for the Swiss mountain bike elite: Jolanda Neff and Lars Forster won the first race of the Internazionali d'Italia Series in Andora in front of a well-staffed field. Behind Neff were Mona Mitterwallner (AUT), Anne Tersptra (NED) and Sina Frei in fourth place. Forster was joined on the podium by Victor Koretzky (FRA) and Milan Vader (NED). Thomas Litscher finished sixth and world champion Jordan Sarrou came in eighth.