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The team relay was on the schedule for the first day of competition. Teams were composed of one elite man, one junior, one U23 rider and one elite woman. The Italian "Azzurri" won by four seconds ahead of Switzerland and 12 seconds ahead of the Dutch team.
With two strong riders missing from Italy's team, this win came a bit of a surprise. Eva Lechner, who had started as third rider after Michele Casagrande and Gioele Bertolini was seventh fastest in her category and passed on to the last rider Luca Braidot as third. Braidot, the U23 rider, was able to pass Switzerland's Kathrin Stirnemann on the penultimate hill and took the win home for Italy.
Full Results
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 1:01:14 |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Michele Casagrande | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Gioele Bertolini | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| Row 3 - Cell 0 | Eva Lechner | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| Row 4 - Cell 0 | Luca Braidot | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 1:01:18 |
| Row 6 - Cell 0 | Martin Gujan | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Dominic Zumstein | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| Row 8 - Cell 0 | Katrin Leumann | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | Matthias Stirnemann | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 1:01:26 |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | Michiel Van Der Heijden | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| Row 12 - Cell 0 | Jesper Slik | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| Row 13 - Cell 0 | Anne Terpstra | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| Row 14 - Cell 0 | Henk Jaap Moorlag | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Poland | 1:01:31 |
| Row 16 - Cell 0 | Marek Konwa | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| Row 17 - Cell 0 | Piotr Brzozka | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| Row 18 - Cell 0 | Piotr Konwa | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| Row 19 - Cell 0 | Maja Wloszczowska | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 1:01:55 |
| Row 21 - Cell 0 | Jan Škarnitzl | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| Row 22 - Cell 0 | Tereza Huriková | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| Row 23 - Cell 0 | Martin Fusek | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| Row 24 - Cell 0 | Ondrej Cink | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Germany | 1:02:11 |
| Row 26 - Cell 0 | Julian Schelb | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| Row 27 - Cell 0 | Ben Zwiehoff | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| Row 28 - Cell 0 | Sabine Spitz | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| Row 29 - Cell 0 | Moritz Milatz | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Sweden | 1:02:16 |
| Row 31 - Cell 0 | Olof Jonsson | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| Row 32 - Cell 0 | Emil Linde | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| Row 33 - Cell 0 | Alexandra Engen | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| Row 34 - Cell 0 | Emil Lindgren | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 1:03:08 |
| Row 36 - Cell 0 | Vera Andreeva | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| Row 37 - Cell 0 | Alexey Lomilov | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| Row 38 - Cell 0 | Timofey Ivanov | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| Row 39 - Cell 0 | Evgeny Pechenin | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | France | 1:03:17 |
| Row 41 - Cell 0 | Victor Koretzky | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| Row 42 - Cell 0 | Romain Seigle | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| Row 43 - Cell 0 | Pauline Ferrand Prevot | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| Row 44 - Cell 0 | Stephane Tempier | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Spain | 1:05:00 |
| Row 46 - Cell 0 | Pablo Rodriguez Guede | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| Row 47 - Cell 0 | Javier Cerdeño Rodrigu | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| Row 48 - Cell 0 | Anna Villar Argente | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| Row 49 - Cell 0 | Carlos Coloma Nicolas | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 1:06:02 |
| Row 51 - Cell 0 | Sergii Rysenko | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| Row 52 - Cell 0 | Denys Gromko | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| Row 53 - Cell 0 | Iana Belomoina | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| Row 54 - Cell 0 | Dmytro Titarenko | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
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