At the start of the race, it is Poland's Maja Wlosczcowska who takes the lead and races away from her competitors. But not for long, as Katerina Nash (CZE), Eva Lechner (ITA) and Jolanda Neff (SUI) catch up with her. Shortly afterwards, Neff tries her luck and sets off alone on the laps. On the second lap, however, she is back in the group, which has grown to six riders. Katrin Leumann is hindered several times by falling riders and therefore moves around 15th position.

While the leading group kept up the pace, Wloszczowska, together with her teammate Neff on the back wheel, fell back. Meanwhile, Katerina Nash dictates the pace at the front. Right on time at the end of the fourth lap, Jolanda Neff rolls back into the leading group and now has a good chance of finishing in the top five. Meanwhile, Swiss champion Leumann is on a big chase and is closing in on the chasers in the leading group.

Neff is unable to maintain the pace at the front and has to let the group go. Nash continued to push the pace and tried to shake off her opponents, which she succeeded in doing. However, Spitz fights back on the final climb and overtakes Nash before the last section of forest. Shortly before the finish, Gunn Rita Dahle and Eva Lechner are also back on and leave the decision open. Spitz, however, is not to be beaten and surprisingly wins ahead of Nash, who again comes second. Lechner was no longer able to follow, but prevailed against Dahle.

When Jolanda Neff should have emerged, World Cup leader Tanja Zakelj (SLO) appeared in fifth place. After her successful race to catch up, Katrin Leumann crossed the finish line in sixth place. "After the first lap, I wouldn't have thought that I could finish so far ahead. I tried to ride smart and always attack in the right places," says Leumann.
Neff achieved her best World Cup result in the elite class in seventh place. "I didn't have a slump, but Tanja and Katrin were simply faster. But I'm not dissatisfied, I think I fought really well," explained Neff.