Wildhaber, who has his sights set on the World Cup this cyclo-cross season but wants to compete in as many Swiss races as possible, rides to his first win of the season in Beromünster, Lucerne. Together with Simon Zahner, the Swiss Eliminator champion pulled away from his rivals Lukas Winterberg and Sascha Weber (GER) in the eighth of thirteen laps. Due to a near-crash by Zahner on the second-to-last descent, Wildhaber is forced to tackle the last descent first. He succeeds with a spirited attack. Zahner is no longer able to make up the resulting gap and is therefore narrowly beaten.

Behind them, Sascha Weber and Lukas Winterberg start the battle for third place. This ends in favor of the German cyclo-cross specialist. Lukas Winterberg has to settle for a thankless fourth place.Jane Nüssli, who is known as a strong marathon biker, celebrates a successful premiere. She rode to the top step of the podium in her first cyclo-cross race. The Swiss-British dual national had secretly expected a podium place, but not victory straight away. Nicole Hanselmann and Lise-Marie Henzelin finished second and third behind Nüssli.

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