Puck Pieterse (NED) and Alan Hatherly (RSA) won their first elite titles. Isabella Holmgren (CAN) and Luca Martin (FRA) took the U23 titles, with Holmgren completing a double after winning the XCC title. Warnings of an impending storm forced the organisers to postpone the two men's finals and hold the Elite Women's and U23 Women's finals simultaneously. Most of the races were shortened by one lap. In the end, there were no problems.

Of the 60 riders, Puck Pieterse, Alessandra Keller (SUI), Candice Lill (RSA) and Americans Sevilia Blunk and Hayley Batten set the pace. They were joined by 2023 UCI World Champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA). Evie Richards (GBR), who won the UCI XCC world title at the weekend, crashed on her first pass through the rocky section.

Olympic champion Ferrand-Prevot dropped back and Blunk also dropped back. Pieterse held off a challenge from Lill on lap 3, with the pair having a 30-second gap. Eventually the 22-year-old Dutchman rode solo to the front.

On the penultimate lap, Lill slipped in the technical area. This allowed Anne Terpstra to catch up and pass her. Loana Lecomte (FRA) was fourth, followed by Martina Berta (ITA) and Richards.

Lill and Terpstra swapped places on the final lap. Berta pulled away from Lecomte and overcame a scare in the final rock garden to catch Lill and secure third place. Ferrand-Prévot finished 14th in her last mountain bike race before switching to the road.

"I set my own pace from the start. I knew I had to give everything if I wanted to win. I did a lot of hard work and in the end it was enough. I have my first Elite UCI world title and I'm so happy," said Pieterse.

Puck Pieterse (NED), 1:09:41

Anne Terpstra (NED), +0:59

Martina Berta (ITA), +1:19.

The men's race was dominated bythe newly crowned UCI XCC World Champion Victor Koretzky (FRA) and bronze medallist Alan Hatherly (RSA). Frenchman Jordan Sarrou was also in contention.

As always, there were surprises as top riders such as Nino Schurter (SUI), Christopher Blevins (USA) and Sam Gaze (NZL) failed to make it into the top ten.

On the penultimate lap, Hatherly and Olympic silver medallist Koretzky were seven seconds ahead of two British riders: Olympic champion Tom Pidcock and Charlie Aldridge. It looked like they were going to fight for the win. But Hatherly was the man to beat. The South African took the lead and never looked back. Hatherly went on to win again, having taken bronze at the XCC and the recent UCI World Cup in Les Gets, France. He adds the 2024 XCO rainbow jersey to his 2018 U23 XCO and 2019 E-MTB cross-country titles.

Alan Hatherly (RSA), 1'09:51

Victor Koretzky (FRA), +0:22

Tom Pidcock (GBR), +0:39

"I am really emotional to be honest. I knew I had good legs, but to have a win like this is a dream come true.

There were also some surprises in the U23 categories. The U23 and Elite women's races were held together to avoid the storm. Forty-eight U23 riders had the chance to race alongside the top riders.

Isabella Holmgren, who won the Under-23 XCC title earlier this week, was the strongest of the bunch. On the final lap, the 19-year-old overtook Elite stars such as Evie Richards and Loana Lecomte before crossing the line more than a minute ahead of everyone else in her category.

Isabella Holmgren (CAN), 1.11:12

Olivia Onesti (FRA), +1:17

Emilly Johnston (CAN), +2:31

In the men’s category, Dario Lillo (SUI), Luca Martin (FRA), the American Bjorn Riley, and the Dane Tobias Lillelund (the latter two finishing second and third respectively in Friday’s Under-23 XCC) had bright starts. From the second of five laps, Riley began to fade, and Lillo and Martin exchanged the lead while Lillelund held third position and Luke Wiedmann (SUI) moved into fourth place ahead of Riley.

However, it was the 22-year-old Frenchman who proved the strongest, pulling ahead of Lillo in the second half of the race and becoming the only man to finish under 1 hour.

Luca Martin (FRA), 59:48

Dario Lillo (SUI), +0:21

Tobias Lillelund (DEN), +0:52.