The starting signal for the team relay, the cross-country competition for the national relay teams, will be given at 4.00 pm. The Swiss relay team with Ralph Näf, Jolanda Neff, Marc Stutzmann and Andrin Beeli will also be riding for one of the coveted medals. However, there will be no live TV coverage of the team relay.

The World Championships will have to do without the German medal candidate Sabine Spitz. The Olympic champion from Beijing crashed in training and injured her shoulder again. With her victory in Vallnord (AND), Spitz celebrated a successful World Cup comeback and catapulted herself to become one of the favorites for the World Championship title. This also has consequences for the German relay team, where Spitz would have played a key role. Who will represent Spitz in the team relay should be decided soon.
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