Victor Del Corral and Helena Erbenova won the XTERRA Switzerland Championships. Unruly weather forced to event to be a run-bike-run duathlon, and a local farmer who backed out of land access promises made the bike segment a heavily paved affair.

XTERRA Switzerland
Vallee de Joux, SUI / June 29, 2013
5k run / 24k bike / 10k run

Top men

1. Victor Del Corral (ESP) 2:13:10
2. Hector Guerra (FRA) 2:13:32
3. Yeray Luxem (BEL) 2:14:49
4. Jan Kubicek (CZE) 2:15:00
5. Pavel Jindra (CZE) 2:15:27

Top women

1. Helena Erbenova (CZE) 2:30:38
2. Andrea Huser (SUI) 2:33:03
3. Kathrin Muller (GER) 2:33:25
4. Renata Bucher (SUI) 2:33:38
5. Coralie Redelsperger (FRA) 2:36:47

Victor del Corral checks out the surroundings and possibly the competition before the start.

Renata Bucher is maybe wishing for sunny skies.

The Pros went off about 2 minutes before the age groupers.

Early on during the first run most of the athletes stayed relatively clean.

Victor Del Corral looked to be in control of the race.

Hector Guerra caught Del Corral and took over the lead on the bike.

Yeray Luxem and Jan Kubicek on the way to fourth place.

Helena Erbenova gave up the lead on the bike in the second half of the ride.

The hard riding Renata Bucher led the women into T2.

Victor del Corral on a especially challenging section of the run.

Erbenova charged back into the lead during the second run.

Marion Lorblanchet had bike troubles and was chasing hard on the final run.

French Pro Coralie Redelsperger on the way to 5th place.

This somehow looks more like a mud run challenge.

Oh no, how much more of this climbing?

Hector Guerra on the way to second place.

The 2013 XTERRA Switzerland Champion Victor del Corral.

A clearly overjoyed Helena Erbenova takes the women's title.

Really, do we have to take this pictures?

The men all cleaned up for the podium presentation.