Biathlon: continuation of the French Cup at Les Saisies… with the U17s making their debut
After a first stage at the very end of November in Bessans (Savoie), the 2025/2026 French Biathlon Cup is back in action this weekend.
This time, the national events will be held at the Les Saisies stadium (Savoie), which hosted the 1992 Albertville Olympic Games. While the U17s will be making their debut this winter, the U21s will have the opportunity to go in search of tickets for the Junior Cup in Martell-Val Martello (Italy).
Two places for men and women are up for grabs to replace the less successful athletes currently competing in Goms (Switzerland). As far as the IBU Cup is concerned, some very good results could allow us to move up to the next stage, scheduled for Lenzerheide (Switzerland) in a week’s time.
The weekend’s programme consists of time trials. On Saturday, the U21/U21/Seniors will compete in a sprint from 10.15am, while the U17s will race a short individual at 1.45pm. On Sunday, it will be the other way round, with U19/U21/Seniors short individual races at 10.15am, followed by U17 sprints at 1.45pm.
The full programme for the French Biathlon Cup in Les Saisies (Savoie)
Friday 12 December
- 9.00-10.30am: Official training session 1
- 10.45am-12.15pm: official training session 2
- 12.45pm-2.15pm: Official training session 3
- 14:30-16:00: Official training session 4
- 6pm: Race committee on the 1st floor of Le Signal, aquatic and sports centre
Saturday 13 December
- 8.30am-9.15am: weapons check and ski deposit U19/U21/Senior men and women
- 9.00-10.05am: U19/U21/Senior men’s and women’s shooting trials
- 10.15am: U19/U21/Seniors men 10km sprint and U19/U21/Seniors women 7.5km sprint
- 11.30am-12.15pm: weapons check and removal of U17 men’s and women’s skis
- 11.45am: U19/U21/Senior men’s and women’s prize-giving ceremony
- 12.00-13.05: U17 men’s and women’s shooting trials
- 1.15pm: Men’s U17 10km individual short and Women’s U17 7.5km individual short
- 3.45pm: U17 men’s and women’s prize-giving ceremony
Sunday 14 December
- 8.30am-9.15am: weapons check and ski deposit U19/U21/Senior men and women
- 9.00-10.05am: U19/U21/Senior men’s and women’s shooting trials
- 10.15am: U19/U21/Senior men 12.5km individual short and U19/U21/Senior women 10km individual short
- 12.00-12.45: weapons check and removal of U17 men’s and women’s skis
- 12.30pm: U19/U21/Senior men’s and women’s prize-giving ceremony
- 12.30pm-1.35pm: U17 men’s and women’s shooting trials
- 1.45pm: U17 men’s 7.5km sprint and U17 women’s 6km sprint
- 3.41pm: U17 men’s and women’s prize-giving ceremony
