Everything seems to be going very well for the Swiss relay team. Until fourth position, when Jolanda Neff starts her lap behind the Australians. They have filled the two final positions with women, so it is assumed that Neff will almost close the gap and Nino Schurter will complete the work of art. But Jolanda Neff doesn't quite have the performance you would expect from the world champion. Although she gets closer to the Australians, she has to allow the German U23 champion Ronja Eibl to close the gap on her.

So Schurter and Fumic set off together on the final 4.2 kilometers. But the champion leaves nothing to chance. Nino Schurter attacks on the asphalt climb after just one minute and Fumic lets him go. He goes into the first downhill with a six-second lead, which he extends to 13 seconds. Fumic, for his part, doesn't take any more risks and is intent on securing the silver medal. "My teammates did a good job in the lead-up and then I only had to deal with Manuel Fumic," explains Schurter about the gold medal ride. "It's great to start the world championships like this and it takes some of the pressure off us."

For Jolanda Neff, it is surprising that Ronja Eibl was able to catch up with her. "The young German rode a great race. I didn't feel bad, but I can certainly do even better." Eibl actually produced the best time of all the women in the competition. "It's definitely good to win gold here and take the energy with me for Saturday."

Sina Frei is also faster than Jolanda Neff, although this was also the case last year. "It's always difficult to defend a title, so it's super cool that it worked out."

Everyone praised the atmosphere on the track, Junior Alexandre Balmer said that he had forgotten his headache because of the volume. Filippo Colombo, who was fourth on the grid, is satisfied with his performance. "I knew that you shouldn't start so fast. On this lap you can also go down and that happened to some," said Colombo. He only lost twelve seconds to the Italian Gerhard Kerschbaumer.