A three-man lead group with Jordan Sarrou (FRA), Hugo Drechou (FRA) and Markus Schulte-Lünzum (GER) breaks away at the front of the men's U23 race. Reto Indergand manages to catch up with the chasing group and is in contact with fifth position. However, the U23 Swiss champion loses the connection on the mountain, but rides back up again and again on the descent. On the last lap, his downhill skills are no longer enough to close the gap. Indergand finished the race in eighth place but was not unhappy: "I didn't make any mistakes, so I can be happy with eighth place."

On the fourth lap, European champion Sarrou suffers a tire failure and falls back into the chasing group. His compatriot Drechou attacked on the same lap and one lap later celebrated his first U23 World Cup victory ahead of Schulte-Lünzum. Sarrou mobilized his strength once again and snatched third place.

Another Swiss rider, Marc Stutzmann, finishes in the top ten. The Bernese racer rode a strong race. He comes out of the first lap in 26th place and rides consistently towards the front from then on. In the end, Stutzmann finished in tenth place.

Mountain strong European champion
In the U23 women's race, Ukraine's Yana Belomoyna seems to be a force to be reckoned with. She already pulled away on the first of four laps and quickly built up a lead of 30 seconds. Although the European champion loses ground to Waldis, Henderson and Indergand on the downhills, she makes up for this handicap on the climbs.

In the third lap, Australian Rebecca Henderson attacks. However, Waldis was quickly able to close the gap. A riding error in a technical section set the Swiss rider back a little. Henderson doesn't wait long and keeps up her pace, finishing second behind Belomoyna. Andrea Waldis finishes third. "I deliberately held back at the start. At altitude you have to be careful not to overdo it. I'm very happy with my third place," explained Waldis at the finish.

Linda Indergand had to let Helen Grobert catch her on the last lap and finished fifth.

Cross-Country World Cup, #4 Vallnord/AND
U23 Men
1.	Hugo Drechou (FRA)	1:13.51
2.	Markus Schulte-Lünzum (GER)	+0:00.50
3.	Jordan Sarrou (FRA)	+0:01.27
4.	Jeff Luyten (BEL)	+0:01.36
5.	Julian Schelb (GER)	+0:01.48
6.	Nicholas Pettina (ITA)	+0.01.54
7.	Pablo Rodriguez Guede (ESP)	+0:02.02
8.	Reto Indergand (SUI)	+0:02.15
9.	Christian Pfäffle (GER)	+0:02.28
10.	Marc Stutzmann (SUI)	+0:02.34
24.	Emilien Barben (SUI)	+0:04.53
29.	Andri Frischknecht (SUI)	+0:05.47
38.	Philipp Hediger (SUI)	+0:07.23
39.	Stefan Peter ((SUI)	+0:07.46
40.	Marcel Guerrini (SUI)	+0:07.52
48.	Patrick Lüthi (SUI)	+0:08.40
51.	Matthias Stirnemann (SUI)	+0:08.53
57.	Brian Brog ((SUI)	+0:09.41
65.	Florian Chenaux (SUI)	+0:13.13
66.	Bryan Allemann (SUI)	- 1 round
U23 Women
1.	Yana Belomoyna (UKR)	1:10.21
2.	Rebecca Henderson (AUS)	+0:00.22
3.	Andrea Waldis (SUI)	+0:00.38
4.	Helen Grobert (GER)	+0:00.55
5.	Linda Indergand (SUI)	+0:01.02
13.	Michelle Hediger (SUI)	+0:04.48
15.	Deborah Inauen (SUI)	+0:07.03