Canadian Catherine Pendrel took the lead on the first lap - from Kathrin Stirnemann, who had the best start. However, the sprint world champion soon has to leave the lead and then struggles to the finish in 39th place with a bad feeling in her stomach. Pendrel, on the other hand, managed her solo to the finish and won 21 seconds ahead of the Russian Irina Kalentieva.

She was still battling with Maja Wloszczowska from Poland for silver and bronze, but Wloszczwoska suffered a defect at the end of the third lap and dropped back. Lea Davison (USA) came on strong and took bronze on the fourth lap, which she defended until the end against the upcoming Slovenian Tanja Zakelj.

Esther Süss has to "suffer" the entire race, as she says. "All the illnesses this year were just too much. I realized right at the start that I couldn't do it today. Unfortunately, my legs weren't good," explains Süss.

Katrin Leumann crossed the finish line eight seconds later and had similar things to say. She hit her changer at the start and then had problems with the chain. "That made up maybe three or four places," she defends herself. "I had been feeling bad all week. My legs weren't good. We suspect it has something to do with the bruises from the crash in Méribel. It's a shame," she says of her race, which she finished in 27th place.www.uci.ch