World championship final in Huttwil

The first season of the ÖKK BIKE REVOLUTION came to a wet but worthy end in Huttwil in Upper Aargau. With Nino Schurter, Pauline Ferrand Prevot, Simone Avondetto and Monique Halter, four reigning world champions were at the start in Huttwil. The day's victory went to Pauline Ferrand Prevot and Lars Forster from Eastern Switzerland.

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While the sun was still shining during the build-up to the "Bike Village Huttwil", the weekend was characterized by rain and mud. The attractive route therefore demanded a little more from the participants. Nevertheless, over 700 mountain bikers were at the start in Huttwil. Spread across the licensed, children's and amateur categories. As a result, the race in Huttwil catapulted itself into the top 3 cross-country races in Switzerland at its premiere.

In the elite women's race, the world champion from France demonstrated all her class. She rode away from the overall World Cup winner Alessandra Keller (Nidwalden) on the first lap and went on to celebrate a start-finish victory that was never threatened. Swiss riders Alessandra Keller and Sina Frei followed in 2nd and 3rd place.

In the elite men's race, the team of mountain bike legend Thomas Frischknecht celebrated an impressive triple victory. First it was world champion Nino Schurter who set the pace and stretched the field. Behind him, however, Lars Forster was getting stronger and stronger and was able to take the lead in the second of five laps and maintain it to the finish. Behind second-placed Schurter, Andri Frischknecht was able to climb onto the podium in third place.

In Huttwil, the decisions in the overall standings of the ÖKK BIKE REVOLUTION were also made. There were no big surprises. The leaders were able to defend their leads. And so the names Alessandra Keller and Titouan Carod (France) are forever established as the first winners of this new Swiss mountain bike series.

The third race of the ÖKK BIKE REVOLUTION was also a success. Despite bad weather, the organizers counted over 5,000 spectators.

Five more races are planned for 2023. The dates have been set (26.03., 30.04., 28.05., 09.07. and 03.09.). However, they still have to be confirmed by the UCI in the coming weeks.

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Ranking list elite men

1. Lars Forster, SUI, 1:08.23
2nd Nino Schurter, SUI, + 0.38
3. Andri Frischknecht, SUI, + 1.16
4th Marcel Guerrini, SUI, + 1.57
5th Vital Albin, SUI, + 3.44

Ranking elite women

1. Pauline Ferrand Prevot, FRA, 1:04.04
2nd Alessandra Keller, SUI, + 2.51
3rd Sina Frei, SUI, + 4.09
4th Laura Stigger, AUT, + 5.49
5th Noelle Buri, SUI, + 6.12