Amaury Pierron was the fifth-last rider to start the race and he beat the previous best time set by Val-di-Sole winner Laurie Greenland (GBR) by 4.266 seconds.

The remaining four riders had to bite their teeth out at the mark of 2:49:422 minutes. Veteran Greg Minnaar halved his deficit on the second half of the course, but the clock still showed a difference of 0.951 seconds at the finish.

Loic Bruni, last year's world champion in Lenzerheide for the third time, is also unable to threaten his buddy Pierron. He needs 1.4 seconds longer than Pierron, whose star first rose last year. For the defending champion, who crashed at the 2018 World Championships, it is the third win of the season and the sixth for a Frenchman this year.
As a result, Bruni goes into the final in Snowshoe Mountain, USA, with a 90-point lead over Pierron.

Lutz Weber is the only rider to make it into the final of the top 60 in front of his home crowd.
"I attacked at the top, then made a mistake and therefore didn't take as many risks in the root section," explains Weber. "I'm satisfied, but I could have done a bit more."

In the end, he finished 26th (+13.650). Weber was only better four years ago in Lenzerheide, when he finished 25th.