Right from the start, Nino Schurter steps on the gas and tears a small gap between himself and most of his pursuers. Only Manuel Fumic kept up for a short time. But at the end of the first lap, he too has to let the Swiss champion go. A little later, Fumic's podium chances evaporate completely due to a tire defect.

The Italians Marco Fontana and Ralph Näf position themselves at regular intervals behind him. Lukas Flückiger caught up with the latter on the last lap, but had to let Näf go again on the last lap and finished fourth. Martin Fanger finished fifth, around ten seconds behind his team-mate. Manuel Fumic, who dropped back to 22nd due to the defect, steadily caught up and finished eighth.

Groccia surprises - Rissveds strong, but with mistakes
In the women's race, Sweden's Jenny Rissveds put in a strong performance. However, she put stumbling blocks in her own way on her ride. Initially with the Russian Irina Kalentieva, she crashed but was almost able to catch up again after a pit stop. Probably overdoing it a little with the power, she had another crash, which was followed by another pit stop to realign the saddle.

Kalentieva's lead quickly increased to around a minute after Rissved's second mishap. However, the Swede did not give up and made up a lot of ground. In the end, she is 26 seconds behind the former world champion. Behind Kalentieva and Rissveds, Marine Groccia breaks away from Alessandra Keller on the third lap and maintains her lead of 25 seconds to the finish. The 24-year-old, who has never made an appearance before, surprises with her first podium finish on the international stage.

The starting position in the category is exciting. Until the last lap, Arnaud Hertling from Fribourg led the race by a maximum of 25 seconds. Then Australian-born Casey South ignites the turbo and delivers a thrilling duel with Hertling. The latter was just able to fend off South's onslaught and won by less than a second. Dario Thoma, who was in second place until the fourth lap, finished third. Filippo Colombo, the reigning Swiss champion and local hero, already had a 27-second lead after one lap, but then suddenly fell back and dropped out of the race in 24th place.

Italy's Greta Seiwald wins the junior race, unchallenged with a lead of almost 2.5 minutes. Sonja Guerrini finished second ahead of the Russian Kristina Ilina.

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