Kathrin Stirnemann confidently reached the final and was able to surprise the competition about halfway down the almost 1000-metre course. She comes out of first position after a short climb and pushes hard once again. In doing so, she tore a gap in front of two-time season winner Alexandra Engen, which the Scandinavian was unable to close.

"I thought, it can't be that Alexandra can't be beaten. I wanted to be at the front on this climb, then take some speed out at the top so that there was an accordion effect and then start again. However, I didn't think that I would get such a gap straight away. I'm happy that it worked out today," explains Stirnemann, who took her first World Cup victory in Andorra last year.

Linda Indergand also had a strong day. She relegated Anne Terpstra from the Netherlands to fourth place. "I'm happy that I made it to the grand final," said Indergand, who already came third in the World Cup in Val di Sole in 2013. The World Championship bronze medallist was unable to get involved in the battle for victory. "I had no chance," explains Indergand and adds: "The two in front were too strong."

Lüthi exceeds his expectations
In the men's race, Patrick Lüthi shows his qualities on the long home straight. He is on the brink of elimination in the round of 16. It came down to a photo finish with Roger Jenny and Frenchman Titouan Perrin-Ganier, who the two Swiss riders just managed to catch.
Lüthi works his way into the final by a similarly narrow margin. There, he was no match for the Belgian Fabrice Mels and the Australian Paul van der Ploeg, but was able to catch the Canadian Leandre Bouchard on the home straight. After his victory in La Bresse in 2012, this is Lüthi's biggest success and a small surprise after the World Cup in Nove Mesto.

"My goal was the semi-final, third place is much more than I had hoped for. I wanted to save energy in the heats and put everything into the home straight. Mels and van der Ploeg were too strong technically, so I couldn't keep up," explained Lüthi.
Roger Jenny finishes a strong ninth

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Results World Cup Eliminator
Men
1.	Fabrice Mels (BEL)
2.	Paul van der Ploeg (AUS)
3.	Patrick Lüthi (SUI)
4.	Leandre Bouchard (CAN)
5.	Simon Stiebjahn (GER)
6.	Heiko Gutmann (GER)
7.	Elia Silvestri (ITA)
8.	Andres Soto Catriel (ARG)
9.	Roger Jenny (SUI)
10.	Andy Eyring (GER)
24.	Stefan Peter (SUI)
Women
1.	Kathrin Stirnemann (SUI)
2.	Alexandra Engen (SWE)
3.	Linda Indergand (SUI)
4.	Anne Terpstra (NED)
5.	Ingrid Boe Jacobsen (DEN)
6.	Ramona Forchini (SUI)
7.	Anna Oberparleitner (ITA)
8.	Lena Putz (GER)
13.	Aline Seitz (SUI)
23.	Jenny Kupferschmied (SUI)
24.	Janina Wust (SUI)