Schurter wins Swiss cross country title

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Favorite Nino Schurter won the Swiss elite men's cross country national championships while Sarah Koba surprised with a win in the women's race. Jolanda Neff and Matthias Stirnemann won the U23 titles while Andrea Waldis and Andri Frischknecht triumphed in the junior championships.

In the elite men's race, two Olympians and Scott-Swisspower teammates Nino Schurter and Florian Vogel dominated from the start. The two raced together for much of the six laps. In the last few meters before the long downhill, Schurter attacked and got crucial seconds on Vogel. Schurter went on to take the victory. Mathias Flückiger (Trek World Racing Team) rounded out the podium in third, one spot ahead of his big brother Lukas.

In the elite women's race, Sarah Koba (Simplon) celebrated her first elite national title. Olympian Esther Süss (Wheeler-Ixs Pro Team) was third while Corina Gantenbein (Fischer-BMC) finished up in third.

Matthias Stirnemann, Reto Indergand, Matthias Rupp and Emilien Barben challenged each other in the U23 race. In the end, Stirnemann won by 10 seconds.

There was no doubt in the U23 women's race, won by Jolanda Neff with more than five minutes on runner-up and junior world champion Linda Indergand.

Andri Frischknecht and Andrea Waldis dominated the junior categories. Their competitors were only able to keep upon the early laps.

Race note

- Thomas Litscher and Jolanda Neff won the first-ever Swiss championship eliminator. Conditions were perfect during qualifying, but a storm broke out during the finals.

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