Sina Frei manages to ride away from the leading group in the pouring rain on the sixth of nine laps. She quickly opens up a gap of seven seconds, while Jolanda Neff is still holding back.
"When a Swiss teammate rides away, of course I don't ride behind her. Sina had mega courage to ride away with four laps to go," explains Jolanda Neff.

First the US American Chloe Woodruff tries to close the gap, then Pauline Ferrand Prevot also stretches out in front. Neff then manages to open up a gap herself and within a lap she closes the gap to Sina Frei.

The Swiss duo rode the last two laps together and Neff won the race with the better finish, three seconds ahead of Frei. It is her second short track victory of the season.
"It's super cool that two Swiss women are in front. The race was super tough, but it was also super nice. These are perfect weather conditions for me," says Neff.

Sina Frei says that she "didn't want to attack", but that a gap opened up on the descent. "It had happened before and when it happened again, I thought: give it a go. It was certainly good to ride another lap with Jolanda, four laps alone is not so easy. In any case, it's mega cool that we have achieved a Swiss double victory," commented Frei.
Alessandra Keller was third best Swiss in twelfth place (+0:28).

MVP unstoppable

In the men's race, Nino Schurter did not get off to the best of starts and was initially in seventh and eighth place. When Mathieu van der Poel opens up a gap on the second lap, Schurter is not yet in a good position.
The Brazilian Henrique Avancini is able to break away from the chasing group and catch up with Van der Poel.
"I didn't have the legs for it," admits Schurter, who was also not helped by the muddy conditions.

However, the Olympic champion obviously chose the right tires. "My strength lies in the longer distances, so I have to make sure that I can beat Mathieu van der Poel. I don't even have to try in the short track. My goal is always to score as many points as possible and to be on the front row of the grid. I managed to do that," explains Schurter.

In the finish, he was outsprinted by Belgian Jens Schuermans and Czech Ondrej Cink and finished fifth, 14 seconds behind van der Poel.
The Dutchman attacked his companion Avancini on the final lap and rode confidently to his fourth short track victory of the season.

Mathias Flückiger, who is in the chasing group for the entire distance, finishes in seventh place and also secures the front row. Reto Indergand and Florian Vogel finish in ninth and tenth place and thus on the second row of the grid.

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