The lesser-known Australian Dean Lucas starts 64th out of 82 riders. With a good run and a time of 3:02.34, he achieved a new best time and was allowed to sit on the hot seat. On this beautiful Saturday, the hot seat is indeed very hot in the truest sense of the word. One top rider after another tried - temporarily unsuccessfully - to take it from him. The reigning world champion from Great Britain, Gee Atherton, fails, as does his compatriot Josh Bryceland, who ends up in second place.

But then comes Greg Minnaar, three-time downhill world champion and three-time overall World Cup winner, racing unstoppably down the course. The bike arena at the Rothornbahn valley station becomes a cauldron and the crowd goes wild as Minnaar crosses the finish line with a new best time of 3:00.55. No one can beat this time and Greg Minnaar takes his 18th World Cup victory. Loic Bruni finishes second, the surprising Dean Lucas third.

Minnaar on his victory: "The conditions were difficult. I didn't expect it to be so dry in Switzerland. But my ride was good and the race was great! In general, the surroundings and the view are great! It was great here." The US American Aaron Gwin, on the other hand, is not experiencing a "Happy Fourth of July". The current number one and runner-up in Friday's qualification is struggling and is behind right from the start. In the end, it was only enough for seventh place. As in qualifying, Lutz Weber is also the best Swiss in the final. He achieved 26th place, Noel Niederberger came 36th and Nick Beer felt an upward trend again and finished in 40th place.