Hosting cycling competitions is a major challenge due to the pandemic-related restrictions. Against this backdrop, Swiss Cycling considers itself extremely fortunate to have found an organizer for this year's Swiss Championships in the MTB downhill discipline. The national title fights will take place on the weekend of October 3-4 in St. Luc above Sierre - combined with an event of the national race series "Hot-Trail Series". From the perspective of the Swiss figureheads, the SM will be the main rehearsal for the season highlight, as the World Championship medals will be awarded a week later in Leogang, Austria.

While last year's Swiss elite champion Lutz Weber will be trying to keep the competition at bay once again in St. Luc, the reigning elite champion Carina Cappellari retired from top-class sport last fall. The first contenders to win the gold medal are reigning European champion Camille Balanche and last year's World Championship fifth-placed Emilie Siegenthaler.
The Swiss Downhill Championships will be held three times in Leysin between 2021 and 2028. Swiss Cycling has agreed a corresponding partnership with the tourist destination from the canton of Vaud.www.swiss-cycling.ch