Stefan Kung digs in(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
The men's podium(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Lukas Fluckiger(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
The women's winners(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
The winners of the men's open competition(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Nicola Rohrbach leads Simon Andreassen in the fight for the win(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Lukas trails Matthias through a series of corners(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Junior cross country mountain bike champion Simon Andreassen(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Sebastian Reichenbach takes on one of the tougher parts of the course(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Simon Andreassen and Mathias Flueckiger(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Lara Kraehemann after winning(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Pascal Richard passes through a tunnel(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Tim Johnson(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
One of the team Scott Sports riders going over the boards(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
RB USA's Tim Johnson(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
A rider takes on the tricky steps section(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Lukas Winterberg negotiates a corner(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Simon Andreassen takes on one of the ramps(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Michael Albasini was one of the road racers to take part(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Simon Andreassen leads a small group(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Nicola Rohrbach celebrates the victory(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Nicola Rohrbach(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Lukas Winterberg takes a well-earned drink after winning the race with his partner(Image credit: Red Bull Media House)
Several road riders switched the road for the mud in the second annual Red Bull Velodux in Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland earlier this month.
Among those taking part were a number of Switzerland’s WorldTour riders, including BMC’s Stefan Kung, Danilo Wyss and Silvan Dillier, Orica-GreenEdge’s Michael Albasini and IAM Cycling’s Jonathan Fumeaux and Sebastien Reichenbach. They were joined by Swiss mountain bike stars Lukas and Mathias Fluckiger, and Simon Andreasson.
After a Le Mans-style start, the tough course brought the riders down stairs, over ramps, cobbles and through the mud.
Swiss cyclo-cross rider Lukas Winterberg won with his partner and mountain biker Nicola Rorhbach. Sina Frei and Lara Krahemann won the women’s event ahead of Chrystelle Baumann and Eliane Muggler.
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