When Jolanda Neff takes the leading position at the start, you wouldn't expect such an effort. The lead then changes, but Jolanda Neff always remains in the leading group. After lap one of six, world champion Annika Langvad crashes on a downhill behind Neff and Belomoina in third place. The resulting gap could not be closed by the chasers. Belomoina and Neff work together and increase the gap to 20 to 25 seconds. "It was super cool to ride with Yana, we took turns fairly," said Neff, describing this phase, which lasted until the penultimate lap.

Neff then opened fire on the first climb of the four-kilometer course. With a six-second lead, she went into the next descent, extended her lead there and maintained the level. She doesn't give Belomoina another chance to catch up. "My shoulder has made real progress again this week. Today was worlds better than in Muttenz. I already had a few more confidence in myself. A week ago I had to be a lot more careful," explains Neff, adding: "Next week I can ride on the road again and then I hope that it will be completely okay for the world championships."

The fact that she can celebrate her ninth World Cup victory after a season that has not been easy for her means "a lot" to her, says Neff. "I'm really happy that I can ride my bike fast again just in time for the World Championships. That makes me very confident for the race in Cairns."

Things are not going to plan for the other Swiss women at the World Cup final. Alessandra Keller battled for a top ten result for a long time, but in the end only finished 13th (+4:00). "I didn't have my best day. At the beginning it went quite well, but I just couldn't go any faster. I gave it my best shot," she said, somewhat disappointed.

Linda Indergand only finished 25th (+6:59). She shrugs her shoulders. "I don't know what happened. I hope it goes better in two weeks," says Indergand after her weakest race of the season.
Corina Gantenbein in 20th place (+6:01) is also not quite on a par with her recent performances.

Two podium places in the overall standings

Yana Belomoina was already the overall winner before the World Cup race in Val di Sole. With second place, she extended her lead to a massive 1250 points. Maja Wloszczowska gains one place and ends the World Cup season in second place, ahead of Annika Langvad, who also gained another place in Val di Sole. Jolanda Neff makes the biggest leap, moving up from twelfth place to fourth overall thanks to her victory in Canada. Linda Indergand slips from second to fifth place overall after her disappointing 25th place. Nevertheless, this is also a success, as it is her best result in the overall World Cup rankings.

World Cup XCO Woman, Val di Sole/ITA
1.	Jolanda Neff (SUI - Kross Racing Team)	1:26.58
2.	Yana Belomoina (UKR - CST Sandd American Eagle MTB Racing Team)	1:27.18	+0.00.20
3.	Maja Wloszczowska (POL - Kross Racing Team)	1:28.06	+0.01.08
4.	Irina Kalentieva (RUS - Möbel Märki MTB Pro Team)	1:28.18	+0.01.20
5.	Annika Langvad (DEN - Specialized Racing)	1:28.40	+0.01.42
6.	Adelheid Morath (GER)	1:29.02	+0.02.04
7.	Lea Davison (USA - Clif Pro Team)	1:29.47	+0.02.49
8.	Anne Tauber (NED - Habitat Mountainbike Team)	1:29.57	+0.02.59
9.	Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (NOR - Team Merida Gunn-Rita)	1:30.13	+0.03.15
10.	Anne Terpstra (NED - Ghost Factory Racing)	1:30.24	+0.03.26
13.	Alessandra Keller (SUI - Radon Factory XC Racing)	1:30.58	+0.04.00
20.	Corina Gantenbein (SUI - Möbel Märki MTB Pro Team)	1:32.59	+0.06.01
25.	Linda Indergand (SUI - Focus XC Team)	1:33.57	+0.06.59
27.	Kathrin Stirnemann (SUI - Radon Factory XC Racing	1:34.36	+0.07.38
30.	Ramona Forchini (Strüby-BiXS Team)	1:35.28	+0.08.30
37.	Marine Groccia (SUI)	1:37.57	+0.10.59
Overall ranking
1.	Yana Belomoina 1250 pt.
2.	Maja Wloszczowska 770 pt.
3.	Annika Langvad 744 pt.
4.	Jolanda Neff 715 pts.
5.	Linda Indergand 711 pt.
6.	Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa 704 Pt.
7.	Annie Last 653 Pt.
8.	Irina Kalentyeva 652 pts.
9.	Emily Batty 649 Pt.
10.	Anne Tauber 601 pt.
11.	Alessandra Keller 569 pts.
24.	Kathrin Stirnemann 326 pts.
25.	Corina Gantenbein 319 pts.
37.	Ramona Forchini 150 pt.
46.	Katrin Leumann 112 pts.
50.	Esther Süss 100 pt.
57.	Marine Groccia 80 pt.
60.	Andrea Waldis 72 pts.
64.	Ariane Lüthi 59 pts.
93.	Eliane Müggler 11 pt.
98.	Romaine Wenger 8 pt.