After a difficult first race, downhill world champion Danny Hart puts on a knife-edge ride on the difficult Vallnord course. He often chooses narrow but extremely difficult lines and almost crashes several times. But he gets his ride down and crosses the finish line with a five-second lead. He also remains in the hot seat when Frenchman Loic Bruni comes dangerously close and crosses the finish line just 33 hundredths of a second behind.

Aaron Gwin, like Bruni, also makes up a lot of time on the last third of the course, but is unable to match Hart's time at the end. But South African Greg Minnaar does it again and beats Hart's time. But nothing comes of the 21st victory. Troy Brosnan starts last as the qualifying winner and holds his nerve. Slightly slower than Minnaar in the upper section, he turns up the heat in the lower section and takes his second ever World Cup victory and the first for the newly founded Canyon team.

The best Swiss rider was Niel Niederberger in 45th place: "The run didn't go so well for me, I never really got going and made one mistake after another. Somehow I was asleep. I was fine this morning, but this was the worst run of the weekend. It's a shame, but that happens."

Niederberger suffered whiplash after a motocross accident, and it was only in April that it was discovered that this was responsible for his concentration problems. "I still have two treatments a week, but I'm fine now. Overall, I'm happy with my fitness. It's better than the last two years."

Jerome Caroli makes a promising start with a top 20 split time. However, a puncture prevents a good result. Caroli finishes in 73rd place.