Fourteen nations took part in the mountain bike cross country mixed team relay, which was held in dry conditions. Many nations competed with the male U23 riders, with tactics taking center stage. Great Britain's Charlie Aldridge went into the first section, the first climb and the entire first lap as the leader, followed by Adrien Boichis from France and Dario Lillo from Switzerland, before the gap grew to a group from Austria, Germany, Canada and Denmark.

Great Britain and France were the first to hand over to their second riders. As the teams used riders from different categories on the second lap, the lead changed several times and provided plenty of excitement.

At the halfway point, Austria had taken the lead of the field, 42 seconds ahead of France and 1:20 ahead of Canada. With a gap of 1:25 to Switzerland, spectators wondered what Nino Schurter would do on the final lap.

But the Swiss team didn't want to leave all the work to Schurter. U23 rider Ronja Blöchlinger and Anina Hutter (juniors) rode excellent lap times, allowing Schurter - the oldest man in the race - to take the lead by seven seconds over France's Jordan Sarrou (men's elite).

The two men finished in that position, with Schurter crossing the line for Switzerland in a time of 1:05:42, nine seconds ahead of Sarrou. Denmark finished third.

"It's always nice to start the week with a win, it's good for the morale of the whole team," said Schurter.