After the UCI decided to remove the Eliminator from the World Cup program after just three years for cost reasons, the Swiss lost a highly successful discipline. Linda Indergand already set a mark in the qualification that no one else achieved and the U23 rider also managed to win her races from the top from the round of 16 to the final of the top four.

Until the semi-final, she even managed to save energy, which ultimately gave her the necessary reserves in the final. After the start, she is the first off a ramp into a steep bend and doesn't let the lead slip away from her. She remains stable on the home straight and Kathrin Stirnemann settles for second place as the overall winner, while behind her Jenny Rissveds is unable to attack due to a chain problem and finishes fourth. "I was a bit lucky with my heats," says Indergand modestly, but she has her fastest qualifying time to thank for that. "At the end I thought it was all or nothing. It was cool on the home straight in front of so many people." An appealing and atmospheric crowd witnesses the Eliminator.

Kathrin Stirnemann is happy for her compatriot: "We can celebrate a Swiss double victory, that's a great end to the sprint," explains the Swiss champion. "I see the fact that there will no longer be a sprint in the World Cup next year with one laughing and one crying eye. The good thing is that I can then concentrate on cross-country," says Stirnemann.

Michelle Hediger is beaming about her fifth place. After breaking her wrist in the spring, she had not had the opportunity to compete in a World Cup sprint before. Regrettably. "It's a shame. I already knew I was good at it. Now I'm super happy that I made it onto the podium in the last World Cup sprint," said a delighted Hediger, who beat Italy's Eva Lechner, Anne Terpstra from the Netherlands and Lisa Mitterbauer from Austria in the small final.

Indergand improved to fifth place in the overall standings. The Swedish world champion Alexandra Engen finished third behind Rissveds. Engen had already interrupted her season at the beginning of August due to mental exhaustion.

Wildhaber: Everything invested in the semi-final
Belgium's Fabrice Mels wins his third World Cup race ahead of Germany's Simon Gegenheimer and France's Kevin Miquel. Catriel Soto (ARG) finished fourth ahead of Austria's Daniel Federspiel, who won the small final. Marcel Wildhaber has the same fate as last time in Windham. He put everything into the semi-final, was eliminated by a hair's breadth against Fabrice Mels and Catriel Soto and then shortly afterwards had no strength left to compete in the small final. "I actually had good legs, but I invested everything again in the semi-final. The recovery was just too short," said Wildhaber.In the overall standings, Fabrice Mels succeeds Daniel Federspiel as overall World Cup winner. Simon Gegenheimer comes second, as he did in 2013. Last year's winner Federspiel in third place overall.

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Results #6 Eliminator World Cup Méribel/FRA
Men
1.	Fabrice Mels (BEL)	Salcano Alanya
2.	Simon Gegenheimer (GER)
3.	Kevin Miquel (FRA)
4.	Catriel Andres Soto (ARG)	MMR BIKES PRO TEAM
5.	Daniel Federspiel (AUT)	ÖTZTAL SCOTT RACING TEAM
6.	Matthias Wengelin (SWE)
7.	Emil Lindgren (SWE)	GIANT PRO XC TEAM
8.	Marcel Wildhaber (SUI)	SCOTT-ODLO MTB RACING TEAM
9.	Paul van der Ploeg (AUS)
10.	Martino Fruet (ITA)
13.	Patrick Lüthi (SUI)
19.	Martin Fanger (SUI)	BMC MOUNTAINBIKE RACING TEAM
21.	Sepp Freiburghaus (SUI)	Thömus
28.	Roger Jenny (SUI)
Overall ranking men
1.	Fabrice Mels (BEL)	Salcano Alanya	217 p.
2.	Simon Gegenheimer (GER)		164 P.
3.	Daniel Federspiel (AUT)	ÖTZTAL SCOTT RACING TEAM	150 P.
4.	Paul van der Ploeg (AUS)		150 P.
5.	Catriel Andres Soto (ARG)	MMR BIKES PRO TEAM	139 P.
9.	Marcel Wildhaber (SUI)	SCOTT-ODLO MTB RACING TEAM	50 P.
11.	Patrick Lüthi (SUI)		34 P.
21.	Sepp Freiburghaus (SUI)	Thömus	17 P.
27.	Andri Frischknecht (SUI)	SCOTT-ODLO MTB RACING TEAM	12 P.
28.	Roger Jenny (SUI)		12 P.
34.	Matthias Stirnemann (SUI)		8 P.
36.	Nicolas Lüthi (SUI)		6 P.
38.	Fabian Giger (SUI)	GIANT PRO XC TEAM	6 P.
44.	Stefan Peter (SUI)		3 P.
Women
1.	Linda Indergand (SUI)	STRÜBY-BIXS TEAM
2.	Kathrin Stirnemann (SUI)	SABINE SPITZ HAIBIKE PRO TEAM
3.	Ingrid Boe Jacobsen (DEN)	SEPURA XC SUPERIOR
4.	Jenny Rissveds (SWE)	SCOTT-ODLO MTB RACING TEAM
5.	Michelle Hediger (SUI)	Fischer BMC
16.	Ramona Forchini (SUI)	STRÜBY-BIXS TEAM
22.	Romaine Wenger (SUI)
24.	Jennifer Kupferschmied (SUI)	WHEELER - IXS TEAM
Overall ranking women
1.	Kathrin Stirnemann (SUI)	SABINE SPITZ HAIBIKE PRO TEAM	265 P.
2.	Jenny Rissveds (SWE)	SCOTT-ODLO MTB RACING TEAM	185 P.
3.	Alexandra Engen (SWE)	Ghost Factory Racing Team	160 P.
4.	Ingrid Boe Jacobsen (DEN)	SEPURA XC SUPERIOR	98 P.
5.	Linda Indergand (SUI)	STRÜBY-BIXS TEAM	90 P.
15.	Jolanda Neff (SUI)	Liv Pro Racing Team	30 P.
19.	Aline Seitz (SUI)		22 P.
20.	Michelle Hediger (SUI)	Fischer BMC	20 P.
22.	Ramona Forchini (SUI)	STRÜBY-BIXS TEAM	19 P.
46.	Pierrina Beeli (SUI)		2 P.