Great fight in the men's Short Track: no one was able to make a difference in the first half of the race. They tried it before Mathias Fluckiger, then Thomas Litscher but without success. Luca Braidot and Maxime Marotte, of the Santa Cruz FSA team, always perky in the top positions.
RACE REPLAY
As well as Vlad Dascalu, Alan Hatherly and Filippo Colombo. Nino seemed to be in a bit of a crisis: we don't know if it was a deliberate choice so as not to go over the top for the race cross country but the pedaling wasn't the best (sometimes the high ground plays tricks). Further back, around 20th place, Ondrej Cink and Gerhard Kerschbaumer.
With 3 laps to go, Luke Braidot makes an impressive uphill acceleration that puts everyone in crisis! Only Mathias Fluckiger manages to stay within sight of Luca, but he seems unable to close. On the last lap the twist: the chain falls to Luca Braidot!
At that point, Mathias Fluckiger takes the lead and keeps those few seconds it takes to win over Alan Hatherly and Vlad Dascalu. A real shame, we had reassigned a fantastic victory for Luca: he had proved to be the strongest up to that moment.
Don't worry Luca: it remains the queen race on Sunday and, with the leg you showed you have, you will surely be in the first positions to fight for a win. And you proved that a Lenzerheide it wasn't luck.
Ninth place for Victor Koretzky. Good 19th place for Juri Zanotti while Kerschbaumer closes in 31st place. Before him, Nadir Colledani in 25th position.
MEN'S ELITE RANKING
| 1. |  | FLÜCKIGER Mathias (THOMUS MAXON) | 20:55 |
| 2. |  | HATHERLY Alan (CANNONDALE FACTORY RACING) | 20:56 +1 |
| 3. |  | DASCALU Vlad (TREK FACTORY RACING XC) | 20:59 +4 |
| 4. | | LITSCHER Thomas (KROSS ORLEN CYCLING TEAM) | 21:06 + 11 |
| 5. |  | SARROU Jordan (SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING) | 21:07 + 12 |
| 6. |  | BRAIDOT Luke (SANTA CRUZ FSA MTB PRO TEAM) | 21:08 + 13 |
| 7. | | MAROTTE Maxime (SANTA CRUZ FSA MTB PRO TEAM) | 21:11 + 16 |
| 8. | | COLUMBUS Philip (BMC MTB RACING) | 21:16 + 21 |
| 9. | | KORETZKY Victor | 21:19 + 24 |
| 10. |  | ULLOA AREVALO Jose Gerardo (MASSI BEAUMES DE VENISE) | 21:19 + 24 |
