Until the final of the women's race, it looked like the battle for overall victory in the women's race would be a close duel between Alexandra Engen and Kathrin Stirnemann. But the relatively long climb after the start shows Kathrin Stirnemann her limits. Where she was still able to dominate in the semi-final, she now falls back hopelessly and is unable to intervene in the battle for victory. In the end, she finished fourth, but was able to maintain second place in the overall World Cup standings. "I just couldn't recover from the semi-final. Even at the start I had legs like rubber, I was completely blue. I fought, but nothing worked," confessed Stirnemann, somewhat disappointed.

In the end, it was Sweden's Jenny Rissveds who won the race ahead of Eva Lechner. World champion Alexandra Engen rides a risk-free race to third place and can celebrate as overall World Cup winner. Jolanda Neff misses out on the final run due to a riding error. She already seems to have lost ground, but is then able to fight her way back up to second place in a technical passage. "Then I rode into the bushes again, just like in qualifying. I really gave it away," Neff comments on the mishap. If she had managed to get past Alexandra Engen, who was in second place, she could possibly have helped her compatriot Stirnemann to overall World Cup victory.

The starting position in the men's race is less dramatic. Having made it through to the quarter-finals, Austria's Daniel Federspiel already has the overall World Cup victory in the bag. He manages this without any problems, ultimately finishing fourth in the final run in Hafjell. With a brilliant start on the second climb, Germany's Simon Gegenheimer finally came out on top and secured his first World Cup victory. The Swiss Patrick Lüthi makes it to the semi-finals, but has no chance against the eventual winner Gegenheimer and against Federspiel. The tough climb also saps his strength. In the end, he finished eighth.

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