Cross-country skiing: Lucas Chanavat continues in the top 3
Just a few minutes after the boss-sized victory for Jessie Diggins ahead of Jasmi Joensuumen’s cross-country skiers took to the track to compete for victory in the sprint skating on the Toblach (Italy), opening ceremony of Ski touring 2024/2025.
Two weeks ago, Lucas Chanavat had found his way back to the podium during this same competition held on Swiss soil, Davos. This Saturday, late in the afternoon, the Frenchman did it again by competing throughout the day with the ogre Johannes Hoesflot Klæbo.
Only beaten by the latter during the last round of the day, the Bornandin once again mastered his subject throughout the tournament to secure second place. All-powerful and tactically astute, the French skier resisted the return of solid Janik Riebli climb on his twenty-third career podium. Now he is at three small units of Vincent Vittoz’s totalsecond Blue in number of top 3 behind Maurice Manifesto.
Richard Jouve jostled at the start of the course
In search of his best sensations since the start of winter, Richard Jouve seems to have found color again during the holidays. Sneaking little by little towards the final, and particularly in the semi-final throw your foot in front of Federico PellegrinoThe Haut-Alpin, however, was not able to play its card for the podium to the end.
Hooked by Valério Terrainwho had lost a few tenths second earlier, the French then I saw the lead car fly away without being able to hang on and defend their chances until the end. A overall performance always reassuring for the one who beat the Swiss as well as the American Ben Ogden, victim of a broken rod in the first turns of the course.
In contact with Lucas Chanavat et Johannes Hoesflot Klæbo during his quarter-final, Rémi Bourdin was not selected in lucky loser to move on to the next round.
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