Nino Schurter is always to be found in the first positions over the entire distance of nine laps. However, he always leaves the lead to his rivals. At the start of the eighth lap, Schurter attacked on the climb, but Henrique Avancini (Bra) was able to counter and Mathieu van der Poel also stayed with him.

The leading group comes together again and it comes to a showdown on the final lap. Avancini takes the lead, puts the pressure on, van der Poel rides behind, Schurter is in third position. A few hundred meters before the finish, van der Poel rides into first position sprinting from the front after the last corner. Avancini tries to do something in the slipstream, but he can do nothing against the power of the Dutchman, who is celebrating his third short track victory.Nino Schurter is narrowly edged out of third place by Frenchman Victor Koretzky on the home straight.
"I felt great. On the last lap I got pushed off again. I don't want to go into details," explained Schurter. "But I felt very good."

The second best Swiss rider is Lars Forster in tenth place. He catches up with the leaders in the second half of the distance and then always stays at the back of the first group.

Ladies: Neff is sprinted off by Brandau

In the women's race, Jolanda Neff rides a similar tactic to Schurter. It keeps changing at the front, but the European champion always rides in the top five

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At the start of the sixth of seven laps, Kate Courtney rides past the leading Elisabeth Brandau (Germany) and attacks. The American was quickly able to open up a gap of three seconds and even managed to extend it to the finish.

Brandau tries to close the gap and makes work for Jolanda Neff and Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra), who has also come along.
On the climb at the start of the final lap, Neff rides past Brandau and Ferrand Prevot also follows. The former world champion was also able to pass the Swiss rider and defended her position to the finish.

On the home straight, Brandau roars up from behind and sprints away from Neff.
"That was super hard, I don't think it's ever been so hard, you never had a moment's rest, it was always full throttle," commented Neff. "Lisa (Brandau) did a great job of catching up and I was able to hang on. Then Pauline came and I stayed with her, but in the end it wasn't enough. I rode everything I could, congratulations to the top three."

Ramona Forchini finished the race in fifth place. "It was brutal, right from the start we were pushing hard up the climb and the potholes made it really extreme. This time I also got a good start. I'm confident for Sunday," explains Forchini.