Behind Johannes Boe (19/20) in invincible mode this Saturday, two French people managed to slip onto the podium in the pursuit at Le Grand Bornand. Thanks to a magnificent 20/20, Eric Perrot ranks 2nd, 28″ behind the Norwegian ogre, who got up in the last lap to save his strength for Sunday's mass start. Emilien Jacquelin (18/20 ) took 3rd place, at 47″, and thus signed his third podium of the winter. For Boe, it is already his 3rd victory in eight days, and the 88th in the World Cup, two days after his 2nd place in the sprint behind Martin Uldal, who sank to 21st place with six shooting errors.
Starting in the same second, Uldal and Boe raced in the lead until the 2nd shot, where the first named (2 faults) began his fall in the ranking. On fire, Jacquelin, who started from 8th place, had already returned to 2nd place and was only 23 seconds behind the Norwegian ogre. If he was unable to continue his approach due to a fault on each of his two standing shots, he was able to get rid of Sebastian Samuelsson, even clumsier than him (15/20 and 5th at the finish).
Perrot made Laegreid fall for it
Boe presented himself at the last shot with a very comfortable margin of 47″. He could afford two errors and only made one. Enough to savor his last round and already think about what comes next. This final pass faced at the targets allowed Perrot to get rid of the scarecrow Sturla Holm Laegreid Boe's runner-up in the general, usually so reliable with his rifle, cracked in his duel for 3rd place against. to the Frenchman, which thus confirms its solidity in these high-pressure situations.
Leaving the stadium with just eight seconds ahead of Jacquelin, Perrot then resisted the return of his compatriot, who even gave up in the middle of the last loop. Overall, the 23-year-old Frenchman moved up to 4th place (338 pts) and is ten points behind Jacquelin (3rd). Ahead, Boe has already reached the 500 points mark (504) and is 105 units ahead of Laegreid before the last fireworks of the calendar year, Sunday on the mass start. We will also find Fabien Claude (12th this Saturday, 17/20), Antonin Guigonnat (14th, 2 faults) and Quentin Fillon Maillet (24th, 7 faults), who we imagine revengeful after his failed chase.
