Biathlon: Sturla Holm Lægreid takes the overall lead after Antholz-Anterselva
On Sunday, the sixth leg of the 2024/2025 Biathlon World Cup came to an end in Antholz-Anterselva (Italy). After no fewer than forty events, including fourteen individual events for each gender, a hierarchy continues to emerge.
The men’s overall classification was also turned upside down in Italy, with Sturla Holm Lægreid, who was 38 points behind Johannes Thingnes Boe before the transalpine races, taking the lead.
Second in the sprint and then winner of the pursuit, he accumulated 854 points and now has 48 more than Johannes Thingnes Boe (806). Behind him in third place are Eric Perrot (527), followed by Emilien Jacquelin (567), Tarjei Boe (553), Sebastian Samuelsson (549), Vebjoern Soerum (491), Quentin Fillon-Maillet (490), Tommaso Giacomel (465) and Fabien Claude (437).
Eighteenth-placed American Campbell Wright (279) still has the blue bib of best U23 and is ahead of Vitalii Mandzyn (218), his most serious rival in the overall rankings (27th).
Lou Jeanmonnot takes 50 points from Franziska Preuss
On the women’s side, Germany’s Franziska Preuss lost ground. With 879 points, she is now 92 points ahead of Lou Jeanmonnot (787). After winning the sprint/chase double in Antholz, the Doubiste rider took 50 points off her rival, who had twice finished third. Elvira Oeberg (571) completes the provisional podium ahead of Julia Simon (530), Jeanne Richard (526), Océane Michelon (495), Selina Grotian (482), Suvi Minkkinen (459) and Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (426).
Jeanne Richard (526), fifth overall, retains the blue bib of best U23. In this specific hierarchy, she is followed on 31 points by Océane Michelon (495), on 44 by Selina Grotian (482) and on 147 by Maren Kirkeeide (379).
In the specialities rankings, Lou Jeanmonnot, winner of the pursuit in Antholz, kept her red bib. In addition, Sturla Holm Lægreid takes the lead in the sprint and pursuit, where he will share the lead with Johannes Thingnes Boe in the next race.
Les Bleus already have one hand and four fingers on the relay globe
In the relays by gender, the Swedes (295), thanks to their success in the Südtirol Arena, take the lead just ahead of France (280), Norway (260) andGermany (258).
In the men’s competition, with four wins to their name, Les Bleus are the logical leaders (360) ahead of Norway (280) and Sweden (270). With one race to go, the small globe, for the first time since 2012, is all but assured.
There were no events this week, so no changes in the mixed event rankings: France is in the lead. With 300 points, it is ahead of Sweden (274), Norway (242) andGermany (235).
France still ahead in the all-important Nations Cup
Finally, in the Nations Cup, which this winter will be crucial in determining the Olympic quotas for Milan/Cortina 2026, France (5,338) continues to dominate the men’s rankings. Norway (5,243) follows at a distance. Sweden (4,680) is ahead of Germany (4,532) for third place.
In the women’s category, France also retained its top position with 5,261 points. Sweden (4,838), Germany (4,829) and Norway (4,615) are a distant second.
Biathlon World Cup overall rankings (for the blue bib, see ‘U23’)
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Biathlon World Cup sprint overall rankings
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Biathlon World Cup pursuit overall rankings
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Biathlon World Cup individual overall rankings
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Biathlon World Cup mass-start overall rankings
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Biathlon World Cup relay rankings
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The overall ranking of the mixed events in the Biathlon World Cup
Biathlon Nations Cup overall rankings
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- The full programme for the Antholz-Anterselva World Cup, the sixth stage of the 2024/2025 season
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- Elvira Oeberg to skip all Antholz competitions
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- “I focused on the fact that I wanted to shoot well”: how Lou Jeanmonnot won the second sprint of his career in Antholz.
- “I’ve never experienced anything like it”: Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold’s strange misadventure in the Antholz sprint
- “I found myself again”: in the Antholz sprint, Julia Simon made her comeback at the flower ceremony
- Franziska Preuss takes her first podium in Antholz: “It’s very satisfying”.
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- Antholz: second in the sprint, Sturla Holm Lægreid takes the yellow bib from Johannes Thingnes Boe
- A few days after his brother, Tarjei Boe announced the end of his career at the end of the winter.
- “I promised myself that the next time I was at the top, I’d stop”: in tears, Tarjei Boe chose to announce the end of his career after his fifteenth World Cup success.
- Antholz: with a demonstration performance, Lou Jeanmonnot wins the pursuit ahead of Julia Simon and Franziska Preuss, flowers for Jeanne Richard and Océane Michelon
- Antholz: before the World Championships break, Franziska Preuss maintains her 92-point lead over Lou Jeanmonnot in the overall standings
- “I would have liked to have made 20/20 to dominate from A to Z”: Lou Jeanmonnot, the almost perfect masterpiece on the pursuit of Antholz
- Antholz: Fabien Claude, Quentin Fillon-Maillet, Eric Perrot and Emilien Jacquelin win the relay and give France a historic four in a row.
- “We’re no longer the best in the world”: the Norwegians hail France’s magnificent performance in the Antholz relay
- Antholz: Still no victory for France this season in the women’s relay, third behind Sweden and Norway
- “I didn’t want to win like that”: the collision between Hanna Oeberg and Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold was the deciding factor in the Antholz relay.
- Antholz: for her first yellow this season, Sturla Holm Lægreid dominates the pursuit at 20/20, Eric Perrot and Quentin Fillon-Maillet in the top 10
- “I had the iPad on my handlebars to watch the Australian Open final”: Tommaso Giacomel, third in the Antholz chase inspired by Jannik Sinner
