Saturday morning, 9 degrees, heavy rain and snow on the mountains. At 12:00 am the weather had not changed. There were still 27 km and 600 meters in altitude to cope. The course was difficult, heavy mud and very slippery. Shortly before the finish line Tino Käßner had to let his direct competitor go and placed 2nd in a time of 01:22:00 h, 1.6 seconds behind the winner.