“Maccarone, you tried me and I will destroy you, now I'll make you bigger!“. Who knows, this may have been said in your head a little Johannes Boe at the start ofpursuit of Annecy-Le Grand Bornard (France), third stage of the Biathlon World Cup 2024-2025. The Norwegian ace didn't really appreciate the rudeness of his young compatriot Martin Uldalwho in the 10 km Sprint had set it up in his “living room”.
And so, at Sylvie Becaert biathlon stadium, he returned to dictate the law in one of the fiefdoms of his competitive journey. Only one mistake for Boe in the last seriesin this test on the four polygons, which took the fourth victory in the pursuit in what is a sort of Alpine holiday home.
Broadening our horizons let's talk about 26th career success in this formatof the ninth overall in Le Grand Bornard and above all of the88th in high-level competitions -7 from Ole Einar Bjørndalen's record. The French fans present had, however, reason to rejoice given their second and third place finishes Eric Perrot (0+0+0+0) at 27.6 and by Emilien Jacquelin (0+0+1+1) at 47.5, sensational in the shooting time (the best), but foul in the standing series. The top-5 was completed by the Norwegian Vebjørn Sørum (0+2+0+0) at 57.5 and from the Swede Sebastian Samuelsson (1+0+2+2) at 1:03.6, with many errors on the range.
Unexpectedly little precision for Uldalwho probably felt the tension of the direct confrontation with Boe, seen the final 21st place at 2:05.0 with six missed targets (0+2+2+2) at 2:05.0. Worth noting is the German's exceptional comeback Danilo Riethmüller which, with today's pursuit, has gained the beauty of 22 positionsconcluding in seventh place (0+0+0+1) at 1:07.9.
No great news has arrived in Italy. He was the best of the tricolor troop Thomas Giacomel who finished in eleventh place with five errors on the range (2+1+1+1) at 1:40.8. The other blues further back: Luke Hofer he finished in 20th position (0+2+1+0) at 2:04.4, while Didier Bionaz placed 45th (0+2+3+1+) at 3:39.2 e Daniele Cappellari 54° (2+0+0+0) a 4:49.3. Boe strengthened his yellow bib with 504 pointscompared to 399 of Sturla Holm Laegreidwho took sixth place today at 1:05.0 (0+0+1+2). Third and fourth Jacqueline (348) e Perrot (338), 14° Giacomel con 191.
