Swiss champion on the road, Swiss champion in cross country and now Swiss champion in cyclo-cross: Jolanda Neff has achieved what no other Swiss woman has done in the same season. But the title does not come as a complete surprise. Neff had already proven her class several times in the current cyclo-cross season, including in Sion. She pulled away early on the slippery course and extended her lead. She wins her first cyclo-cross championship title by 1:37 minutes over Nicole Koller. Lara Krähenmann - still at U23 age - takes third place.

Rüegg dethrones Forster

In the men's race, a group of five riders took the lead. Defending champion Lars Forster and Timon Rüegg emerged as the strongest riders. Forster was also surprised by his performance, as he was still ill beforehand. And because things are going well, he wants to bring about the preliminary decision. He gains ten seconds on Rüegg - perhaps this effort is too much of a strain on his concentration.

Forster falls into a puddle of all things and soon has to give up his lead. He starts to freeze so badly that he can't do anything against Andri Frischknecht, who is coming on strong - he ends up in third place.
Frischknecht, on the other hand, pushes hard on the gas and steadily catches up. But in the end, he is four seconds off the pace and still in contention for the title.

Rüegg thus surprisingly becomes Swiss champion. Perhaps not so surprising for everyone. After all, the man from Steinmaurer has already been Swiss champion twice in the U23 category and was one of the fastest Swiss riders in the cyclo-cross World Cup races.

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