Biathlon : changes also for the French Junior Cup team
The second stage of the Junior Cup season kicks off this Wednesday in Goms, Switzerland. After the opening races in Italy, at Ridnaun-Val Ridanna, the French team travels to the canton of Valais with a modified line-up.
Martin Botet and Anaëlle Bondoux, who have been competing in the IBU Cup since the start of the winter, will be making their return to the third IBU circuit. The Club des Sports des Menuires (Savoie) resident takes the place of Benjamin De Grimaudet De Rochebouet , while the Dauphinoise replaces Savoyard Eva Laine.
These changes are the only ones to be noted for the French group, which will still feature Violette Bony, Lola Bugeaud, Namou Candau-Armand, Lou-Anne Dupont Ballet-Baz, Célia Henaff and Amandine Mengin in the women’s category and Léo Carlier, Edgar Geny, Lionel Jouannaud, Ian Martinet, Guillaume Poirot and Lou Thiévent in the men’s category.
The French selection for the Junior Cup in Goms 🇨🇭
Ladies
- Anaëlle Bondoux – GUC Grenoble Ski (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Violette Bony – Annecy Dragons (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Lola Bugeaud – Megève (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Namou Candau-Armand – Bauges Nordic skiing (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Lou-Anne Dupont Ballet-Baz – CS La Clusaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Célia Henaff – SC Arêches (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Amandine Mengin – La Bressaude (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
Men
- Martin Botet – Ski Club Les Menuires (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Léo Carlier – SC Val Morteau (Massif Jurassien) 🇫🇷
- Edgar Geny – SC Sallanches (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Lionel Jouannaud – CS Chamonix (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Ian Martinet – SC Peisey-Vallandry (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Guillaume Poirot – La Bresssaude (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
- Lou Thiévent – SN Chartreuse (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
The full programme for the Goms Junior Biathlon Cup 🇨🇭
Wednesday 18 December
- 10.45am: Mixed relay
- 2pm: Mixed singles relay
Friday 20 December
- 10.30 am: Men’s 10 km sprint
- 2.20pm: women’s 7.5km sprint
Saturday 21 December
- 10.45am: men’s 60 12 km mass-start
- 1.30pm: women’s 60 9 km mass-start
- The entire 2024/2025 Junior Cup calendar
- Junior Cup: the names of the fourteen Frenchmen selected for the Ridnaun-Val Ridanna and Goms stages
