After a slow start to the season due to final exams, Emilie Siegenthaler has clearly improved. She already showed that this course suits her well in the qualifying run, which she finished in fifth place. In the race, Siegenthaler was even able to step up a gear and finished in fourth place. "On this course, you have to get through cleanly at the top. That's where you get into the acid. Everything went really well. It was just enough for the big jumps at the bottom, but it's a great feeling when you can jump everything," enthused Siegenthaler about her run.

Frenchwoman Emmeline Ragot secured a superior victory this time. She beat Great Britain's Manon Carpenter and her compatriot Floriane Pugin into second and third place by four and seven seconds respectively. Rachel Atherton, who had dominated the race so far, ended her winning streak with a crash. Nevertheless, the Brit is the undisputed leader of the overall rankings. Miriam Ruchti (SUI) finished 14th after a crash: "It's difficult to get back on the bike afterwards. I lost a lot of time there. But overall I feel I'm making progress, my strength is coming back," explained Ruchti.

Niederberger with a small comeback
The winner of the first Junior World Cup did not finish in the top ranks at the second and third events. This time he returned to his old form and celebrated a small comeback with his third place. Niederberger just manages to save his podium place across the finish line, as his rear tire loses air shortly before the finish. Nevertheless, the man from Aargau was only nine tenths of a second off victory, which went to Frenchman Loris Vergier. Despite his podium finish, Niederberger criticized himself for riding too cautiously in a stone field and added: "I didn't take the last left-hand bend well either. That cost me a lot of time."

The second Swiss rider in the starting field, Myles Weber, crashed in the upper part of the course and only finished 31st: "I came over a bend with my front wheel and slipped. Unfortunately, there was a flat section afterwards, so I lost a lot of momentum," reports Weber, who is still in the younger age group and is gaining experience in the World Cup this year.