Biathlon: Quentin Fillon-Maillet is in form
Early on Saturday afternoon, in bright sunshine, the Florence-Baverel stadium in Arçon (Doubs) played host to the men’s sprint of the French senior championships as part of the second leg of the biathlon Summer Tour.
Among the favourites were Quentin Fillon-Maillet, Eric Perrot, Fabien Claude and Emilien Jacquelin. They all came from Prémanon (Jura), where they had just completed a hypoxia course, and dominated the proceedings in this national race, held in front of a packed crowd.
And it was Quentin Fillon-Maillet from the Jura who impressed everyone the most. The native of Champagnole (Jura) scored a 9/10, missing a ball on the dismount but being very fast on the standing, and put in a fine sprint on the mats. Above all, he put in a fine display on the ski-wheel track.
Untouchable, QFM thus became French sprint champion, winning for the third time in the Saugeais after the 2017 super sprint and the 2021 pursuit.
Martin Botet in the top 5 overall as U22 winner
On the podium, the Franc-Comtois was joined by Eric Perrot (9/10), second at 30 seconds 5 seconds, and Fabien Claude (8/10), third at 35 seconds 0 seconds. Théo Guiraud-Poillot (10/10), fourth at 35 seconds 4 seconds and second after the split, produced a magnificent performance to fall just short of the medal.
Martin Botet (9/10), best U22, Emilien Jacquelin (7/10), Corentin Jacob (9/10), second U22, Emilien Claude (9/10), Oscar Lombardot (8/10) and Florent Claude (10/10) enter the top 10.
Further back, Ian Martinet (8/10), third U22 and eleventh overall, Damien Levet (8/10) seventeenth, Arnaud Du Pasquier (6/10) eighteenth, Mathieu Garcia (10/10) twenty-third, Rémi Broutier (8/10) twenty-sixth, Valentin Lejeune (7/10) thirty-eighth and Antonin Guigonnat (5/10) forty-fourth.
Full results
- Arçon: Augustin Remonnnay wins the U17 sprint on home soil after a thrilling finale
- Arçon: Adèle Ouvrier-Buffet, with 10/10, wins the U17 women’s sprint
- Summer Tour d’Arçon: Chloé Chevalier crowned French sprint champion 8 tenths ahead of Lou Jeanmonnot
- French sprint champion in Arçon, Chloé Chevalier has rediscovered her pleasure after her doubts: “I didn’t know if I was capable of competing with the girls”.
- Arçon: U19 women’s sprint for Dauphinoise Léna Moretti
- Summer Tour d’Arçon sprint: another victory for Léo Carlier from Doubien in the U19 category
- The full programme for the Summer Tour d’Arçon, support event for the French senior sprint and pursuit championships
- Roman Rees, Erika Jänkä, Florent Claude, Maxime Germain and Arnaud Du Pasquier: the full list of foreign athletes taking part in the Summer Tour d’Arçon.
- Why will Océane Michelon and Eric Perrot be wearing yellow bibs in the Summer Tour d’Arçon sprint?
- The overall rankings for the U17, U19 and U22 French summer championships ahead of the Summer Tour d’Arçon
- After three weeks at altitude between Italy and Prémanon, Eric Perrot is looking ahead to the Summer Tour d’Arçon: “It’s very specific training, which is important for me”.
- Summer Tour: who are the title holders and former winners of the Arçon sprint and pursuit?
- Anaëlle Bondoux withdraws from the Summer Tour d’Arçon after a fall on ski-wheels
- Summer Tour: Nordic Magazine stand in Arçon selling the new comic book and the new Biathlon Magazine
