Biathlon: Eric Perrot and Fabien Claude get their winter off to a good start, as does Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen
After boss Johannes Thingnes Boe (8/10) made a double mistake with his standing shot in the sprint at the opening Norwegian biathlon races in Sjusjøen (Norway), we thought that Peiserot Eric Perrot (10/10) was heading for an ideal start to the season on the third step of the podium among the stars of the kingdom of which he is a national.
However, at the very end of the race, Vebjoern Soerum (9/10), who is competing for a place in the World Cup this weekend, produced an exceptional last lap of cross-country skiing. Bleeding and in great form, he clawed back more than 30 seconds from leader Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen (10/10) to move up five places and take second place, 2.4 seconds behind his elder brother, the day’s overall winner.
Johannes Thingnes Boe only tenth, Quentin Fillon-Maillet in trouble
Martin Uldal (10/10), third at 7 sec 7, also made a strong impression. Eric Perrot was fourth, at 7 sec 9, just 2 tenths off the podium.
Fabien Claude (9/10), fifth at 16 sec 9 and seventh fastest on skis, also had a fine first race of the season , as he would probably have won had it not been for his fault.
Isak Frey (10/10) was sixth, ahead of Italy’s Tommaso Giacomel (9/10) and his compatriots Sturla Holm Lægreid (10/10), Endre Stroemsheim (9/10) and Johannes Thingnes Boe (8/10), the last member of the top 10. As for the other Frenchmen, Emilien Jacquelin (8/10) was twelfth, Oscar Lombardot (9/10) sixteenth and Quentin Fillon-Maillet (5/10), who was lost on the shooting range, forty-ninth.
The other Norwegians include Sivert Guttorm Bakken (10/10) in thirteenth place, Johan-Olav Botn (7/10) in seventeenth, Tarjei Boe (8/10) in nineteenth, Martin Nevland (7/10) in twenty-second and Johannes Dale-Skjevdal (9/10) in twenty-fourth.
The full results
- Sjusjøen: Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold strongest in the sprint of the Norwegian opening races, Anastasiya Kuzmina surprisingly fourth
- A solid winner of the Sjusjøen sprint, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold has put her mind at rest after a troubled summer.
- The full programme of Norwegian opening races at Sjusjøen in which the French will be taking part
- Norwegian opening races in Sjusjøen: who will French riders Julie Baverel, Oscar Lombardot, Fabien Claude, Eric Perrot, Quentin Fillon-Maillet and Emilien Jacquelin be up against?
- “The signs are pretty much green for everyone”: Oscar Lombardot, Fabien Claude, Eric Perrot, Quentin Fillon-Maillet and Emilien Jacquelin training on the snow at Sjusjøen
- “A real mouth-watering start to the season”: the day the French men’s team set off on their training camp in Sjusjøen
- Dorothea Wierer and the Italian men’s national team head for Sjusjøen
- Before Les Bleus arrive, Sjusjøen opens its first cross-country ski run
- Relief for Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold: the Norwegian should be ready for the races at Sjusjøen
