Cross-country skiing: ten French starters in the last sprint of the season
This Friday, the cross-country skiing World Cup is in Lahti (Finland). The cross-country skiers have a date with the skate sprints for the last time in the World Cup season.
The ladies will get the ball rolling at 15:00. Léna Quintin will be the first Frenchwoman to start with number 2, followed by Mélissa Gal with number 5 and Julie Pierrel with number 42. Finally, France Pignot, making her second World Cup start, will wear bib 63.
Then it’s the men’s turn to start at 15:38. Rémi Bourdin will start with number 3, followed by the returning Richard Jouve with number 4.
The recent runner-up in Tallinn (Estonia), Jules Chappaz, will start with number 23, Lucas Chanavat with number 26 and Renaud Jay with number 36. At the end of the start-list, Victor Cullet Calderini will attempt to reach his first World Cup finals with bib 76.
Start lists
Ladies – 3.00 pm
[Local time indicated on the document, subtract one hour to obtain French time].
Men – 15h38
[Local time indicated on the document, subtract one hour to obtain French time].
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