That's it! The World Champion added the European title - Daniele Molmenti won the first big race of the season. It was tough throught the kickout rounds in the K1, each of the heats counted as a separate race until the finals, where Daniele nailed it to perfection.

A day before, sandiLiner Claudia Bär won the European crown in K1W, followed by the perfectionst Jana Dukatova. In C1 Tony Estanguet didn't allow the surprise, as well as the Hochschorner brothers in C2.

Team races brought the golden shine to Slovenia in K1M, Czech republic in C2 and K1W and France in C1.