Olympic champion Julien Absalon (Orbea) and Switzerland's Esther Süss (Wheeler-IXS Pro Team) prevailed in the elite men's and women's races comprising the third round of the Racer Bikes Cup.
In the elite men's event, Absalon set a furious tempo from the start and distanced everyone except world champion Nino Schurter (Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing) and his teammate Florian Vogel. Schurter, however, suffered a flat tire on the fourth of eight laps and dropped out of contention for the victory.
The elite women's race was decided on the second lap when Esther Süss attacked and rapidly distanced herself from the field. Süss bested Swiss champion Katrin Leumann (goldwurst-power / Sputnik) by 3:36 with Italy's Eva Lechner (Colnago Arreghini Südtirol) rounding out the podium for third one second later.
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| 1 | Julien Absalon (Fra) Orbea | 1:46:06 |
| 2 | Florian Vogel (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 0:00:28 |
| 3 | Thomas Litscher (Swi) MIG-Bike-Team | 0:02:30 |
| 4 | Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 0:04:02 |
| 5 | Patrik Gallati (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 0:04:06 |
| 6 | Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida Biking Team | 0:04:16 |
| 7 | Nicola Rohrbach (Swi) SRM Stevens | 0:04:55 |
| 8 | Sam Schultz (USA) USA National MTB Team | 0:05:00 |
| 9 | Lukas Flückiger (Swi) 23 deegres/Trek | 0:05:03 |
| 10 | Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:05:17 |
| 11 | Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 0:05:24 |
| 12 | Martin Gujan (Swi) Cannondale Factory Racing | 0:05:26 |
| 13 | Balz Weber (Swi) DS-Rennsport | 0:07:15 |
| 14 | Jeremy Huguenin (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team | 0:07:45 |
| 15 | Silvio Bundi (Swi) ewz-Giant MTB-Team | 0:08:21 |
| 16 | Martin Fanger (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team | 0:08:25 |
| 17 | Nicolas Lüthi (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen | 0:08:26 |
| 18 | Magnus Darvell (Swe) Team Kalas | 0:08:31 |
| 19 | Urs Huber (Swi) Stöckli-Craft | 0:08:55 |
| 20 | Lukas Buchli (Swi) Bixs-ixs Pro Team | 0:09:02 |
| 21 | Daniel Mcconnell (Aus) Torq Nutrition Australia | 0:09:16 |
| 22 | Giancarlo Sax (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:09:41 |
| 23 | Rob Squire (USA) USA National MTB Team | 0:10:14 |
| 24 | Tobias Hollenstein (Swi) Giant - Micarna | 0:12:14 |
| 25 | Mirco Widmer (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team | 0:12:38 |
| 26 | Michael Hutter (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss | 0:13:04 |
| 27 | Jonas Baumann (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB | 0:13:13 |
| 28 | Fabian Rabensteiner (Ita) Profi Bike Team | 0:14:15 |
| 29 | Tad Elliott (USA) USA National MTB Team | 0:14:34 |
| 30 | Travis Livermon (USA) USA National MTB Team | 0:14:39 |
| 31 | Lucien Besançon (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team | 0:14:45 |
| 32 | Silvio Büsser (Swi) BiXS - iXS Swiss Team | 0:15:30 |
| 33 | Matthias Allenspach (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | 0:15:34 |
| 34 | Tristan Cowie (USA) USA National MTB Team | 0:15:38 |
| 35 | Heiko Gutmann (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team | 0:15:46 |
| 36 | Benjamin Büchi (Swi) GS Domaine du Frigoulet | -1lap |
| 37 | Olof Jonsson (Swi) O2 Orbea | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Marco Arnold (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Pascal Schmutz (Swi) Corratec World Team | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Damian Perrin (Swi) Free Mountain-Koba/RC Steffisburg | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| 41 | Marc Metzler (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Arnaud Grand (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Markus Bless (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| 44 | Christian Bickel (Swi) christianbickel.ch/RV Winterthur | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | Mathias Krähemann (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer-Micarna | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Severin Disch (Swi) Giant-Swiss-Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Yves Corminboeuf (Swi) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Samuel Reichen (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Stephen Ettinger (USA) USA National MTB Team | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 50 | Joel Graf (Swi) Fehr Velos Erlen | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 51 | Ethan Gilmour (USA) USA National MTB Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Felix Euteneuer (Ger) Rothaus-Cube MTB Team | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Matthias Rupp (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Patrick Tresch (Swi) GU Plus/Thomyk/VMC Silenen | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Benoit Beaud (Swi) P.E.V Genève | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marcus Derungs (Swi) Casutt Velos/VC Surselva | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Simon Weber (Swi) Merida Suisse Team | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Oliver Schär (Swi) GU Plus/thomyk | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Bryan Falaschi (Swi) Giant Italia Team | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Florian Thie (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| DSQ | Christoph Sauser (Swi) Specialized | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Esther Süss (Swi) Wheeler-IXS Pro Team | 1:35:07 |
| 2 | Katrin Leumann (Swi) goldwurst-power / Sputnik | 0:03:36 |
| 3 | Eva Lechner (Ita) Colnago Arreghini Südtirol | 0:03:37 |
| 4 | Marielle Saner-Guinchard (Swi) BikePark.ch/Scott | 0:03:38 |
| 5 | Nathalie Schneitter (Swi) Colnago Arreghini Südtirol | 0:03:41 |
| 6 | Virginie Pointet (Swi) BikePark.ch/Scott | 0:03:50 |
| 7 | Petra Henzi (Swi) Fischer-BMC | 0:04:21 |
| 8 | Kathrin Stirnemann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team | 0:05:07 |
| 9 | Jane Nüssli (Swi) credo-bikes.com / Aegeri Bike Club | 0:08:08 |
| 10 | Fabienne Niederberger (Swi) Team Felt | 0:09:39 |
| 11 | Sofia Pezzatti (Swi) Team Wittwer | 0:11:24 |
| 12 | Myriam Saugy (Swi) Texner BMC | 0:12:16 |
| 13 | Lorraine Truong (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen / ccl | 0:13:39 |
| 14 | Nadine Rieder (Ger) racingteam.youngstars | 0:15:18 |
| 15 | Cornelia Schuster (Ita) SSV Pichl Gsies Raiffeisen | 0:18:13 |
| 16 | Céline Farner (Swi) Velo Franz/Univega | 0:18:32 |
| 17 | Rahel Rüegge (Swi) Jumpin Crazy Team | 0:18:56 |
| 18 | Tanja Starkermann (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | -1lap |
| 19 | Marina Giger (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Deborah Spescha (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Céline Ernst (Swi) Stöckli Racing Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Karin Rappo (Swi) Mahu/BSO | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Catherine Lohri (Swi) Koba | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Andrea Wilhelm (Swi) Tröhler / VC Hittnau | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Roger Walder (Swi) Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing | 1:28:09 |
| 2 | Kevin Krieg (Swi) PBR-Matic Swiss MTB Team | 0:00:33 |
| 3 | Michael Stünzi (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB | 0:01:38 |
| 4 | Patrick Lüthi (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen CCL | 0:01:53 |
| 5 | Mitchell Codner (Aus) Australian National Team | 0:01:58 |
| 6 | Fabian Paumann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team | 0:02:22 |
| 7 | Jonas Loretz (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:02:40 |
| 8 | Janos Ruch (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:02:48 |
| 9 | Stefan Peter (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz | 0:03:22 |
| 10 | Valentin Berset (Swi) ACBroye / Dom Cycle | 0:03:47 |
| 11 | Florian Chenaux (Swi) Vélo-Club Fribourg/ Cycles Pache | 0:04:10 |
| 12 | Erik Jonsson (Swi) Jonsson Dom Cycle | 0:04:28 |
| 13 | Claude Koster (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team | 0:04:37 |
| 14 | Bryan Allemann (Swi) BikePark.ch/Scott | 0:04:50 |
| 15 | Tobias Spescha (Swi) Merida Suisse Team | 0:05:50 |
| 16 | Elia Omodei (Swi) VC Wohlen / SCOTT Radsport Stutz | 0:06:25 |
| 17 | Roger Jenny (Swi) Bike 4 Fun | 0:06:34 |
| 18 | Severin Sägesser (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:06:38 |
| 19 | Maxi Maier (Ger) MTB Club München / Team Merida Schulte | 0:06:59 |
| 20 | Marco Tippmann (Ger) MTB-Teck | 0:07:00 |
| 21 | Armin Kiebacher (Ita) A.S.V. St. Lorenzen Rad | 0:07:03 |
| 22 | Dominik Risi (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz / RMC Kerns-Kägiswil | 0:07:17 |
| 23 | Sylvain Engelmann (Swi) Alouettes.ch | 0:07:29 |
| 24 | Rico Von Burg (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:07:53 |
| 25 | Jan Gafner (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen CCL | 0:08:27 |
| 26 | Florian Suter (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:08:37 |
| 27 | Philipp Hediger (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:09:47 |
| 28 | Nick Albrecht (Swi) Race Team - RV Stadt Winterthur | 0:10:07 |
| 29 | Tobias Gees (Swi) VC-Meiringen-Brienz | 0:10:11 |
| 30 | Dylan Page (Swi) Dom Cycle / VC Rennaz | 0:11:09 |
| 31 | Daniel Humm (Swi) Tempo-Sport Cannondale Team/VC Wädenswil | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Johannes Gujan (Swi) VC Surselva | 0:11:58 |
| 33 | Ronny Koller (Swi) RSS-Rheintal | 0:13:06 |
| 34 | Yann Rausis (Swi) Happy sport | 0:13:27 |
| 35 | Jan Schär (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:14:58 |
| 36 | Pascal Stettler (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:15:02 |
| 37 | Silvan Casutt (Swi) biketeam.gr | 0:16:35 |
| 38 | Sébastien Angiolini (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:16:42 |
| 39 | Maxime Ebel (Swi) Frenetic Bernasconi HiRe | 0:16:55 |
| 40 | Nico Tambarikas (Swi) rss-rheintal | 0:17:01 |
| 41 | Michael Grod (Swi) VBT-Seetal | 0:17:41 |
| 42 | Brian Brog (Swi) Free-Mountain-Koba-Team | 0:20:16 |
| 43 | Tobias Schraner (Swi) Fischer-BMC | -1lap |
| 44 | Raphael Kyburz (Swi) RC Gränichen | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | Nicola Conrad (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Linda Indergand (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz/IG RS-Uri | 1:23:23 |
| 2 | Jolanda Neff (Swi) ewz-Giant MTB-Team | 0:00:23 |
| 3 | Vania Schumacher (Swi) Merida Suisse Team | 0:02:43 |
| 4 | Lisa Mitterbauer (Aut) BikePark.ch/Scott | 0:02:44 |
| 5 | Fabienne Andres (Swi) Cannondale Küttel Team/VMC Hägglingen | 0:06:15 |
| 6 | Laura Munizaga (Chi) Scott Agricom Movistar | 0:06:36 |
| 7 | Lisa Rabensteiner (Ita) Profi Bike Team | 0:11:22 |
| 8 | Julia Innerhofer (Ita) A.S.V. St. Lorenzen Rad | 0:11:38 |
| 9 | Jil Saxer (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:13:12 |
| 10 | Romaine Wenger (Swi) Thömus/ Bergsportcenter | 0:13:13 |
| 11 | Carmen Gehriger (Swi) Team-Brander.ch | 0:15:34 |
| 12 | Katja Schuster (Ita) SSV Pichl Gsies Raiffeisen | 0:22:44 |
| 13 | Viviane Furrer (Swi) Bike Windlin | -1lap |
| DNF | Michelle Vollenweider (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
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| 1 | Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Merida Suisse Team | 1:26:36 |
| 2 | Reto Indergand (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz/IG RS-Uri | 0:01:28 |
| 3 | Marc Stutzmann (Swi) Free Mountain - Koba / RSC Aaretal Münsingen | 0:02:23 |
| 4 | Michael Wildhaber (Swi) Tower Sports-VC Eschenbach | 0:03:20 |
| 5 | Xavier Dafflon (Swi) Team PRO Cycles-Scott-NewWork | 0:03:36 |
| 6 | Mike Schuler (Swi) TG Zentralschweiz FRM | 0:04:31 |
| 7 | Gustav Wildhaber (Swi) Raiffeisen/Susobike | 0:05:18 |
| 8 | Roger Winkler (Swi) VBC Rupperwil | 0:05:24 |
| 9 | Benoit Grelier (Fra) Scott / P.B. | 0:05:26 |
| 10 | Andreas Zünd (Swi) Pink Gili Swiss | 0:05:33 |
| 11 | Matthias Lauk (Swi) Energie MTB Team | 0:06:13 |
| 12 | Rick Reimann (Swi) PBR-MATIC-Swiss MTB Team | 0:06:30 |
| 13 | Sandro Soncin (Swi) Goodsport-Giant | 0:06:39 |
| 14 | Jeremias Marti (Swi) TG-Zentralschweiz | 0:06:58 |
| 15 | Yannick Sarret (Swi) Prof Raiffeisen | 0:07:18 |
| 16 | Adrian Sauer (Ger) SC Hausach / Team Neumayer Tekfor | 0:07:33 |
| 17 | Adrian Amsler (Swi) Velo Franz-Univega | 0:07:40 |
| 18 | David Baumann (Swi) Haibike-Swiss IT Repair MTB | 0:07:57 |
| 19 | Moreno Trabucchi (Ita) paduano martina racing | 0:08:09 |
| 20 | Michael Frei (Swi) Velo Franz-Univega | 0:08:13 |
| 21 | Anthony Grand (Swi) DOM Cycle / VC Rennaz | 0:08:45 |
| 22 | Marcel Knecht (Swi) CSI Group MTB Team | 0:08:47 |
| 23 | Manuel Scheidegger (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:08:48 |
| 24 | Emilien Barben (Swi) Zeta Cycling Club | 0:09:37 |
| 25 | Yann Montavon (Swi) Alouettes.ch/C.C.Moutier | 0:09:44 |
| 26 | Michael Wicki (Swi) RSS Rheintal / Team Radsportfrei | 0:10:08 |
| 27 | Claudio Andenmatten (Swi) Zenger Radsport | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | René Rohrer (Swi) Free Mountain | 0:10:25 |
| 29 | Valentin Wendel (Swi) Bike Zone Baden | 0:11:03 |
| 30 | Benedikt Mündle (Lie) Merida Liechtenstein | 0:11:21 |
| 31 | Sandro Hediger (Swi) Fischer Junior MTB Team | 0:11:22 |
| 32 | Mirco Zürcher (Swi) BSK Graf/VC Volketswil | 0:13:04 |
| 33 | Marc Flury (Swi) Thömus Racing Team | 0:13:49 |
| 34 | Marcel Bader (Swi) Bike Zone / VBT Seetal | 0:14:00 |
| 35 | Fabian Obrist (Swi) RV Winterthur/ Stevens | 0:14:04 |
| 36 | Sandro Kessler (Swi) biketeam.gr | 0:14:15 |
| 37 | Patrick Hediger (Swi) RV Merishausen/Russenberger Velosport | 0:14:54 |
| 38 | Ralph Federer (Swi) Bike Team Ramsauer-Micarna | 0:15:26 |
| 39 | Patrick Gobat (Swi) Alouettes.ch/C.C.Moutier | 0:15:49 |
| 40 | Peter Furrer (Swi) Bike Windlin | 0:16:27 |
| 41 | Simon Fankhauser (Swi) MTB Cycletech Racing Team | 0:18:51 |
| 42 | Maxime Schmid (Swi) BikePark.ch/Scott | -1lap |
| 43 | Rafael Haubensak (Swi) fehr-velos.ch | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| 44 | Yves Albrecht (Swi) Race Team - RV Stadt Winterthur | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | Bruno Figueiredo (Por) Jurrasic Bikes/Giant | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Thomas Weber (Swi) biketeam.gr | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Andreas Niederhäuser (Swi) By Schneider | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Bruno Schertenleib (Swi) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| 49 | Dominique Geiser (Swi) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 50 | Stephan Noser (Lie) DRIFT Bike Shop | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Lukas Anrig (Swi) Drift Bike Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Amotz Nehoray (Isr) C.C.C / Team Israel | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Robin Böhi (Swi) Ramsauer-Micarna | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
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