Cross-country skiing: Les Bleus head for Davos
On Monday afternoon, the French Ski Federation (FFS) officially announced the list of cross-country skiers selected for the Cross-Country Skiing World Cup scheduled to take place in Davos (Switzerland) from Friday to Sunday.
For this stage, the French staff decided not to retain their distance racers Delphine Claudel, Flora Dolci and Juliette Ducordeau, but to put their faith in Mélissa Gal, Léna Quintin and Julie Pierrel, who came from the FESA Cup. On the men’s side, Clément Parisse and Sabin Coupat will also be taking part in the World Cup via the continental circuit.
Rémi Bourdin, Lucas Chanavat, Jules Lapierre, Renaud Jay, Richard Jouve, Hugo Lapalus, Théo Schely, Mathis Desloges and Jules Chappaz are the other athletes selected.
The French selection for the Davos cross-country skiing world cup 🇨🇭
Women
- Julie Pierrel – Le Grand Bornand (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Mélissa Gal – Ski Club Nordique Pays Rochois (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Léna Quintin – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Ski Club Grand Bornand (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
Men
- Rémi Bourdin – Ski Club Frasne Drugeon (Massif Jurassien) 🇫🇷
- Lucas Chanavat – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Ski Club Grand Bornand (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Jules Chappaz – ARMY OF CHAMPIONS / Club des Sports La Clusaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Sabin Coupat – Bessat Sport D’Hiver (Forez) 🇫🇷
- Mathis Desloges – Club Ski Nordique Villard de Lans (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Renaud Jay – DOUANE / Club des Sports Les Ménuires (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Richard Jouve – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Club des Sports de Méribel (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Hugo Lapalus – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Club des Sports La Clusaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Jules Lapierre – ARMY OF CHAMPIONS / Nordic skiing Chartreuse (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Clément Parisse – DOUANE / Megève (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Théo Schely – POLICE NATIONALE / Club des Sports La Clusaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
The Davos Cross-Country World Cup programme 🇨🇭
Friday 13 December
- 16:00: FT men’s and women’s team sprint qualifiers
- 6.00 pm: FT men’s and women’s team sprint finals
Saturday 14th December
- 2.45pm: FT men’s and women’s sprint qualifiers
- 5.15pm: FT men’s and women’s sprint finals
Sunday 15 December
- 11.30am: Men’s 20km CT individual
- 2.00 pm: women’s 20 km CT individual
