Cross-country skiing: the French miss out on the mixed relay in the Engadin
This Friday, the cross-country skiing World Cup resumes in the Engadin (Switzerland). After last weekend’s stage in Les Rousses (Jura), it’s back to Switzerland to continue the global circuit… with a mixed relay to kick off the week. A little-used format and still very new to the World Cup, it will bring together nineteen teams from fourteen countries.
The line-up includes quartets from Norway, Germany, Sweden, Finland, the United States, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Australia. France, for its part, despite having seventeen participants, has opted for a deadlock.
There are two reasons for this. Firstly, it is“a strategy for preserving patients in recovery”, explains Alexandre Rousselet, head of the World Cup group, to Nordic Magazine.
“The other is the importance of Saturday’s skate sprint for our selections for the Worlds in Trondheim,” he adds. It will in fact be the last free sprint organised before the World Championships, scheduled for February 27.
The complete start list for the World Cup mixed relay in Engadin (Switzerland)
The French selection for the cross-country skiing World Cup in the Engadine 🇨🇭
Ladies
- Liv Coupat – Bessat Sport D’Hiver (Forez) 🇫🇷
- Flora Dolci – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / AS Edelweiss (Alpes Provence) 🇫🇷
- Juliette Ducordeau – Villard de Lans (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Mélissa Gal – Pays Rochois (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Léonie Perry – La Bressaude Ski Section (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
- Julie Pierrel – Le Grand Bornand (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Léna Quintin – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Le Grand Bornand (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
Men
- Rémi Bourdin – Frasne Drugeon (Massif Jurassien) 🇫🇷
- Lucas Chanavat – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Le Grand Bornand (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Jules Chappaz – ARMY OF CHAMPIONS / La Clusaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Mathis Desloges – Villard de Lans (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Renaud Jay – DOUANE / Les Menuires (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Richard Jouve – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Méribel (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Hugo Lapalus – ARMY OF CHAMPIONS / La Clusaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Jules Lapierre – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / SN Chartreuse (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Victor Lovera – SN Chartreuse (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Clément Parisse – DOUANE / Megève (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
The full programme for the Cross-Country Skiing World Cup in the Engadine 🇨🇭
Friday 24 January
- 16:00: 4×7.5 km CT/FT mixed relay
Saturday 25 January
- 10.45am: FT men’s and women’s sprint qualifiers
- 1.15pm: FT men’s and women’s sprint finals
Sunday 26 January
- 12.30pm: men’s 20km FT mass-start
- 2.30pm: women’s 20km FT mass-start
