Behind surprise winner Martin Uldal, Éric Perrot, Émilien Jacquelin and Quentin Fillon Maillet finished at the bottom of the top 10 this Thursday.
The Norwegian Johannes Boe was narrowly beaten by his young compatriot Martin Uldal at the end of the sprint in Grand-Bornand (Haute-Savoie) on Thursday, the first race of the French stage of the Biathlon World Cup, of which three French people were classified in the top 10.
With a 9 out of 10 in shooting, Boe completed the 10 km sprint in the pouring rain just 1 sec 4/10th behind Uldal, the author of a flawless shot behind the rifle. At the age of 23, the young Norwegian scored his very first individual victory in the World Cup in the Aravis resort. The Swede Sebastian Samuelsson completes the podium, at 10 sec 8/10, with a missed target.
First French parrot
Three Blues found a place in the top 10, less than 50 seconds from the race lead, with time gaps that they will maintain at the start of the pursuit on Saturday: Éric Perrot finished seventh at 41 sec 7/10th with a 10 out of 10 in shooting, Émilien Jacquelin eighth at 44 sec 9/10th after two faults and Quentin Fillon Maillet tenth at 49 sec 8/10th, with a missed target.
With his second place of the day, Boe, in search of a sixth big crystal globe in seven years, consolidates his yellow jersey as leader of the general classification, with 414 points, ahead of his compatriot Sturla Laegreid (354 pts) and Emilien Jacquelin ( 283 pts).
