The previous record was held by Vibeke Skofterud on 4.08.24 from 2012. It developed into a duel between Korsgren and Björgen who was often up and pulling in the lead in perfect conditions.

It was tailwind and rock-hard surface where the riders piled up next to the tracks, which were mostly left untouched.

- It starts to suck a little more in the track and Lina gets a few meters, it splits, said SVT's traveling reporter Jörgen Brink, won the race three years in a row 2010-12, who rode on Björgen and reported live on the TV broadcast about the decisive jerk with just over 12 km left to go.

At Eldris with 9 km left to go, Korsgren had a lead of 12 seconds to Björgen.

Herrtäten caught up with the ladies with 21 km left

With 21 km left, the men, who started 20 minutes later, caught up with the ladies' lead just before Hökberg.

Then it was only the debutant Marit Bjögen and last year's winner, also the leader in the long distance cup, Lina Korsgren who dueled.

None of them managed to follow any of the four gentlemen in the crowd.

After a while, they became "embedded" by gentlemen who came in large groups and could join.