Biathlon: Célia Henaff dominates proceedings at Col de Porte
A few minutes after the men’s sprint dominated by Camille Grataloup-Manissolle from Dauphiné, it was the women who were on deck late on Saturday morning for the French Biathlon Cup on the Col de Porte (Isère).
In this 7.5km sprint, the strongest was Célia Henaff. At 9/10, the Beaufortaine native gave her rivals no chance, winning by a margin of 26.5 seconds over Belgian Eve Bouvard (9/10). Fany Bertrand (8/10), with two standing faults, followed on the podium at 33 sec 5.
Fourth overall, Haut-Savoyard Lola Bugeaud (9/10) won the U19 race by 6 seconds from Caline Pic (9/10), who was fifth. Sixth-placed Maëlle Achoui (9/10) was third under 19. The overall top 10 was completed by Maëla Correia (10/10), Violette Bony (8/10), Léna Moretti (9/10) and Coralie Langel (9/10).
Worth noting are Coralie Perrin ‘s eleventh place (9/10), Noémie Remonnay ‘s twelfth (7/10), Lisa Siberchicot ‘s fifteenth (7/10), Pauline Machut ‘s twenty-first (8/10), Lou-Anne Dupont Ballet-Baz ‘s twenty-second (7/10) and Namou Candau-Armand ‘s twenty-fifth (6/10).
Full results
- The full programme for the Col de Porte French Cup
- All the overall rankings for the 2024/2025 French Cup after the fourth stage in Les Contamines-Montjoie
- Col de Porte: Camille Grataloup-Manissolle, in fine form, wins the French Cup sprint
