It's the first time this season that all the big names, with the exception of Jaroslav Kulhavy, have come together in the race. The focus will be on Florian Vogel, who has been stringing together victory after victory since the start of the season, Swiss champion Nino Schurter and world champion Julien Absalon. The pace is horrendous right from the start. Only Lukas Flückiger is able to follow the Vogel/Schurter fast train, but he soon has to let them go. After a moderate start, Julien Absalon crawls forward to the chasing group. A thrilling duel now broke out between Vogel and Schurter and everything pointed to it being fought to the finish line.

After two thirds of the race, however, Schurter emerges alone at the front. There was no sign of Vogel for a long time. It was a puncture that put an end to the long-awaited duel. Vogel, who had deposited a spare wheel in just one tech zone, lost a lot of time and finished tenth. "It's a shame that we couldn't finish our duel. That's why I would have preferred to finish second instead of dropping out of the decision," said Vogel.

Nino Schurter was no longer held back by the approaching Absalon and pulled away on his own. "The race went great. It's a shame that Vogel was unlucky and dropped out of the decision. But I would have preferred it if he had only broken down on the last lap, then I wouldn't have had to suffer alone for so long," jokes Schurter, not entirely seriously.

Absalon has to settle for second place, 21 seconds behind. Lukas Flückiger ends up in third place, just ahead of his BMC team colleague Martin Fanger. Lars Forster also put in another good performance. The U23 Swiss champion finished seventh a few seconds behind Marco Fontana and Mathias Flückiger.

Neff prepares for European Championships with victory
After the start of the women's race, Jolanda Neff immediately takes the lead and comes back after one lap with a lead of just under ten seconds. She steadily extended this lead to one minute and maintained it until the finish. Esther Süss finishes in second place, beating Sweden's Jenny Rissveds.

Immediately after her victory, Neff traveled to nearby Singen, where she took part in the European Marathon Championships for the first time. There, she is considered a title contender even without long-distance experience.