Biathlon: first World Cup victory for Tommaso Giacomel
At midday on Sunday, there was a special atmosphere in the air as the men’s mass-start of the biathlon world cup got underway in Ruhpolding (Germany). In the wake of the announcement that Norwegian Johannes Thingnes Boe would be retiring at the end of the season, this was, quite simply, the last race contested by the Scandinavian in the legendary Chiemgau Arena.

For his jubilee, the man with five crystal globes – three days after his 85th place in the individual event – wanted to mark the occasion with a magnificent race. But in the very first shot, he missed a target, the fifth, and fell well short of the leading group. But, as usual, he didn’t panic, took two immaculate shots and went into the last stand in a position to win.
Quentin Fillon-Maillet sixth
Accompanied only by Italy’s Tommaso Giacomel, he made one mistake when his rival of the day, back in the spotlight on this sunny Bavarian Sunday, cleared all the targets. With 20/20, the Transalpine then held off the comebacks of Sturla Holm Lægreid (19/20) and Johannes Thingnes Boe (18/20) in the final cross-country loop to win the World Cup for the very first time.
At the age of 24, the native of Sterzing (Italy) completed the race of his life, as he had never scored 20/20.

For Johannes Thingnes Boe, in third place, it was still a celebration, while Sebastian Samuelsson (19/20), Andrejs Rastorgujevs (19/20) and Quentin Fillon-Maillet (17/20), impressive on skis, completed the ceremony of flowers.

Emilien Jacquelin (18/20) was eighth, Eric Perrot (18/20) twelfth, Fabien Claude (15/20) seventeenth, Emilien Claude (15/20) nineteenth and Antonin Guigonnat (17/20) twenty-ninth.
🇫🇷 @quentinfillon will take part in the flower ceremony after finishing 6th in the mass start in Ruhpolding!
An 8th place for @EmilienJck who is also in the top 10. 👊🏼
📸 Nordic Focus pic.twitter.com/hNDxwtQYab– FFS – Fédération Française de Ski (@FedFranceSki) January 19, 2025
Full results
- The full programme for the Ruhpolding World Cup, the fifth stage of the 2024/2025 season
- Corinne Niogret: my best memory of… Ruhpolding
- Same old, same old: the French selection for the Ruhpolding World Cup
- Ruhpolding: first World Cup podium for Emilien Claude, second in the individual race won by Vebjoern Soerum
- Emilien Claude on his first World Cup podium in Ruhpolding: “I don’t feel that my life is changing, but that hard work is paying off after four complicated years”.
- “I cried”: how Anna Gandler, his partner in the Austrian biathlon team, felt about Emilien Claude’s first World Cup podium finish.
- “It’s a real nightmare”: 85th in Ruhpolding, Johannes Thingnes Boe put in the worst World Cup performance of his career
- Ruhpolding: another victory for Lou Jeanmonnot, winner of the individual at 20/20
- “I’m proud of myself for having managed to deal with this different pressure than usual”: Lou Jeanmonnot, winner of the Ruhpolding individual race in red, is delighted.
- “It’s really moving”: third in the Ruhpolding individual, Switzerland’s Amy Baserga signs her best career result
- “I didn’t feel ready at all, I was nervous? Anna Gandler recounts her individual race in Ruhpolding, where she finished sixth at the flower ceremony.
- Ruhpolding: French triumph again in the relay
- “It’s the first Claudium, I hope not the last”: in his first World Cup relay, Emilien Claude wins alongside his brother.
- Ruhpolding: after a magnificent comeback, the French finish third in the relay won by Germany
- “Thank you, big girls! Last after one shot out of eight, how the French women’s team managed to finish the Ruhpolding relay on the podium.
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