After the start of the women's elite race, it is Pauline Ferrnd-Prevot who convincingly outpaces her competitors. The Swiss, with Sina Frei, Jolanda Neff, Linda Indergand and Alessandra Keller, are in the top 10. However, the Frenchwoman's lead did not last long, as Britain's Evie Richards broke away from the chasing group and slowly crawled to the front.

Richards did not stay with Ferrand-Prevot for long and began to extend her lead. The Frenchwoman, however, began to weaken and was caught by Anne Terpstra at the start of the fourth lap. The Dutchwoman consolidates her second position as the race progresses, while Pauline Ferrand-Prevot drops out of the medal decision altogether.

Jolanda Neff is not disappointed about missing out on the medal: "I didn't have the best legs and the best feeling today. But I fought right to the end and fourth place is a good result and I couldn't have done much better or worse. The decision for the medal was made before the last downhill, where Sina Frei had the better legs and took the start before me. After that, it's hardly possible to overtake."

Alessandra Keller showed a strong race and finished tenth, Linda Indergand was twelfth.

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Austrian double victory in the U23 race

In the U23 women's race, Mona Mitterwallner becomes world champion ahead of her teammate Laura Stigger and Caroline Bohe (DEN). Noelle Buri is the best Swiss woman in eighth place

Austrian Mona Mitterwallner, who is only 19 years old, is still tied with Laura Stigger in the starting round. However, on the first full lap, Mitterwallner breaks away and steadily increases her lead. She became U23 world champion with a lead of over two minutes, seamlessly following on from her last U19 season in 2020, where she was also world champion.

Already almost three and a half minutes behind, Denmark's Caroline Bohe won the bronze medal. She was slightly behind at the start but fought her way into third position on lap two, which she kept until the end.

Despite difficulties before the race, Noelle Buri rode a strong race and expressed her satisfaction: "I was shot down by an e-biker during the warm-up, which broke my bike. Five minutes before the start, it was ready to ride again and there was no further warm-up. I'm very happy that I was able to deliver my performance despite this incident!"

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