It’s a fight in the mountains for the Swiss national championships. 24 of the 27 professional participants ride for either UBS or JURA so it seems likely that one of them will get the win. JURA’s champion is Stüssi, UBS counters with Schelling. Those two top the favorites list.
Startlist
Spoiler
Last name
First name
2023 Team
Suter
Joel
Aker - MOT
Schmid
Mauro
Jura GIANTS
Stüssi
Colin
Jura GIANTS
Bissegger
Stefan
Jura GIANTS
Page
Dylan
Jura GIANTS
Darbellay
Valentin
Jura GIANTS
Kung
Stefan
Jura GIANTS
Stocker
Manuel
Jura GIANTS
Stehli
Felix
Jura GIANTS
Janssen
Christoph
Jura GIANTS
Sommer
Jan
Kraftwerk Man Machine
Voisard
Yannis
Minions
Spengler
Lukas
Team UBS - Tissot
Schelling
Patrick
Team UBS - Tissot
Jacobs
Johan
Team UBS - Tissot
Müller
Patrick
Team UBS - Tissot
Bohli
Tom
Team UBS - Tissot
Schir
Thery
Team UBS - Tissot
Badilatti
Matteo
Team UBS - Tissot
Schäppi
Martin
Team UBS - Tissot
Dillier
Silvan
Team UBS - Tissot
Grand
Arnaud
Team UBS - Tissot
Reichenbach
Sebastien
Team UBS - Tissot
Balmer
Alexandre
Team UBS - Tissot
Brun
Nils
Team UBS - Tissot
Stöckli
Jan
Team UBS - Tissot
Blum
Elia
Team UBS - Tissot
No, it isn’t an Aker training camp, it is 9 amateurs, all of whom happen to be wearing Aker jerseys in honor of their recent PT title. This group has 1’17 on the peloton with 42k to go.
The Aker tribute ride comes to an end about two-thirds of the way up the first climb and at the top we are down to 19 riders, 17 from the big two plus an actual Aker rider (Suter) and Voisard.
7k to go on the final climb, after swelling in size on the downhill it is back to pretty much the same group as at the top of the last climb. 1 less UBS rider. Müller and Kung on the front. Schelling in 4th wheel. Stüssi 6th wheel.
4.5k to go Schelling attacks. Stüssi looks to follow.
3k to go. While others tried to follow only Stüssi can stay with Schelling. Schir next man on the road but he doesn’t seem able to bridge up.
Schelling had another dig but couldn’t drop Stüssi. Schir at 24 seconds. Schmid, Darbellay, and Badilatti at 1’16, looks like it will be between the big two.
Neither rider can gain any ground over his rival and in the end Schelling wins it, the inside line on the final corner perhaps being decisive. JURA might have had the better season but UBS keeps the Swiss National Championship road race title. Schir third.
Results
1
Patrick Schelling
Team UBS - Tissot
1h45'32
2
Colin Stüssi
Jura GIANTS
s.t.
3
Thery Schir
Team UBS - Tissot
+ 31
4
Valentin Darbellay
Jura GIANTS
+ 45
5
Matteo Badilatti
Team UBS - Tissot
s.t.
6
Mauro Schmid
Jura GIANTS
+ 1'44
7
Jan Stöckli
Team UBS - Tissot 2
+ 2'05
8
Yannis Voisard
Minions
s.t.
9
Alexandre Balmer
Team UBS - Tissot 2
s.t.
10
Sebastien Reichenbach
Team UBS - Tissot 2
+ 3'18
11
Stefan Kung
Jura GIANTS
+ 3'42
12
Patrick Müller
Team UBS - Tissot
+ 4'55
13
Nils Brun
Team UBS - Tissot 2
+ 5'15
14
Stefan Bissegger
Jura GIANTS
+ 5'57
15
Felix Stehli
Jura GIANTS
+ 6'13
16
Joel Suter
Aker - MOT
+ 6'46
17
Tom Bohli
Team UBS - Tissot
+ 7'12
18
Martin Schäppi
Team UBS - Tissot
+ 7'24
19
Jan Sommer
Kraftwerk Man Machine
+ 9'03
20
Manuel Stocker
Jura GIANTS
+ 9'16
21
Johan Jacobs
Team UBS - Tissot
+ 10'22
22
Elia Blum
Team UBS - Tissot 2
+ 10'54
23
Lukas Spengler
Team UBS - Tissot
+ 11'11
24
Dylan Page
Jura GIANTS
+ 13'21
25
Arnaud Grand
Team UBS - Tissot 2
+ 13'46
26
Christoph Janssen
Jura GIANTS 2
+ 13'54
27
Silvan Dillier
Team UBS - Tissot 2
+ 17'54
Time Trial
In the TT Dillier is the favorite to both defend his title and give UBS the title double again.
Stüssi has the best early time but Kung betters that by 49 seconds.
Bissegger, JURA’s top gun can’t beat that, he is 4 seconds slower.
Dillier is the last man on the course. This is probably his last year with a shot at this title, given he is 33. And he proves the old dog still has life, winning the title by 12 seconds.
Swiss National Championships 
