At the Swiss national marathon championships, the Multivan Merida Biking Team scored a double: Andreas Kugler won the race held in Medrisio with Ralph Näf finishing in second after an excellent display of teamwork. Kugler led for a huge portion of the race, riding all alone up front pretty often.
"When Ralph caught up with me on the descent from the Monte Generoso, I knew that he could back me up in case of any mechanical problem. That's when I started to believe in my chances to win," said Kugler at the finish. When Näf finally could not follow another acceleration, Kugler pulled away and built up a two-minute lead.
Esther Süss won the women's title ahead of Petra Henzi and Fabienne Heinzmann.
Full Results
Elite men
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|
| 1 | Andreas Kugler (Swi) | 4:34:47 |
| 2 | Ralph Naef (Swi) | 0:01:53 |
| 3 | Thomas Stoll (Swi) | 0:02:28 |
| 4 | Lukas Buchli (Swi) | 0:07:23 |
| 5 | Urs Huber (Swi) | 0:14:58 |
| 6 | Max Knox (RSA) | 0:20:14 |
| 7 | Roger Beuchat (Swi) | 0:25:05 |
| 8 | Stefan Roffler (Swi) | 0:26:27 |
| 9 | Christof Bischof (Swi) | 0:26:53 |
| 10 | Silvio Bundi (Swi) | 0:27:28 |
| 11 | Marco Lang (Swi) | 0:27:44 |
| 12 | Norbert Wyss (Swi) | 0:28:28 |
| 13 | Damian Perrin (Swi) | 0:30:00 |
| 14 | Silvio Busser (Swi) | 0:34:05 |
| 15 | Lucien Peterhans (Swi) | 0:34:27 |
| 16 | Jakob Oswald (Swi) | 0:34:30 |
| 17 | Vincent Bader (Swi) | 0:36:32 |
| 18 | Maurizio Solagna (Ita) | 0:37:12 |
| 19 | Philipp Gerber (Swi) | 0:37:32 |
| 20 | Neal Crampton (GBr) | 0:38:00 |
| 21 | Cyril Calame (Swi) | 0:39:13 |
| 22 | Michel Montadon (Swi) | 0:40:04 |
| 23 | Daniel Zucconi (Swi) | 0:43:05 |
| 24 | Tobias Paul Bosshart (Swi) | 0:49:33 |
| 25 | Fabrice Clement (Swi) | 0:52:28 |
| 26 | Tristan Blanchard (Swi) | 0:55:51 |
| 27 | Luca Ruffa (Ita) | 0:58:48 |
| 28 | Gratien Mayor (Swi) | 1:02:35 |
| 29 | Michel Van Dijk (Ned) | 1:12:04 |
| 30 | Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) | 1:15:10 |
| 31 | Thomas Heitland (Ger) | 1:15:11 |
| 32 | Ramon Krebs (Swi) | 1:27:26 |
| 33 | Jean-Philippe Hirsinger (Fra) | 1:33:26 |
| 34 | Toni Pizzichemi (Ita) | 1:40:16 |
| 35 | Suardi Giordano (Ita) | 2:00:03 |
| 36 | Richard Wiss (Fra) | 2:09:43 |
| 37 | Luigi Montagnoli (Ita) | 2:43:26 |
| 38 | Domenico Carminati (Ita) | 3:38:17 |
| 39 | Frank Florsch (Ger) | 3:57:00 |
| 40 | Bruno Colombi (Ita) | 3:58:22 |
| DNF | Brandon Stewart (RSA) | |
| DNF | Simone Diviggiano (Ita) | |
| DNF | Friedrich Dalher (Swi) | |
| DNF | David Baumann (Swi) | |
| DNF | Sjoerd Tilstra (Ned) | |
| DNS | Alexandre Moos (Swi) | |
| DNS | Konny Looser (Swi) | |
| DNS | Marcel Bartholet (Swi) | |
| DNS | Markus Bless (Swi) | |
| DNS | Marcus Derungs (Swi) | |
| DNS | Hansueli Stauffer (Swi) | |
| DNS | Andreas Schwarzer (Ger) | |
Elite women
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|
| 1 | Esther Süss (Swi) | 5:15:05 |
| 2 | Petra Henzi (Swi) | 0:34:52 |
| 3 | Fabienne Heinzmann (Swi) | 0:38:11 |
| 4 | Sofia Pezzatti (Swi) | 0:52:31 |
| 5 | Andrea Kuster (Swi) | 1:03:29 |
| 6 | Fanny Martinet (Swi) | 1:24:54 |
| 7 | Giuliana Vitali Frei (Swi) | 1:26:22 |
| 8 | Chiara Novelli (Ita) | 2:52:44 |
| DNF | Cecilia Saaiman (RSA) | |
| DNF | Jane Nussli (GBr) | |
