Mathèo Jacquemod and Equy Samuel of France surged to victory in the third stage to secure the overall win after 7hrs 17min 3sec.

The pair produced a remarkable performance in the third and final stage, finishing after 2:18:20, to leapfrog Italy's Davide Magnini and Matteo Eydallin into pole position of the race which also doubled as the Tour du Rutor.

Magnini and Eydallin were 2:53 off the overall winning time while Xavier Gachet and William Bon Mardion of France threw away their title hopes on the decider.

Their overall time was 7:23:08 following a 2:24:34 finish today.

Despite finishing behind Paul Verbnjak and Jakob Herrmann in the third race, the Austrians were unable to challenge for the bronze clocking 7:30 later in total.

Axelle Mollaret and Emily Harrop continued their dominance in the women's event, crossing the line after 2:51:22 in the third and final stage for an overall time of 8:47:46.

They were streets ahead of closest rivals Alba de Silvestro and Giulia Murada who clocked in with a time of 9:13:09 after the three stages.

The Italians produced their best performance of the series in 2:57:27 but were still unable to make up the ground on Mollaret and Harrop.

Marianna Jagercikova and Iwona Januszyk of Slovakia rounded out the top-three after a 3:01:43 finish helped them to register an overall time of 9:24:10.

Rémi Cantan continued the French success in the men's under-20 race winning gold with a time of 3:22:32 ahead of Italy's Simone Murada and Clément Murada of Switzerland who finished in 3:34:02 and 3:38:41, respectively.

Italy completed a podium sweep in the women's under-20 event with Noemi Junod taking gold ahead of Elisa Tron and Alice Margaria in second and third.