14:23. Early on Sunday afternoon, the cross-country ski pursuit in the individual nordic combined World Cup in Lillehammer (Norway) put on a magnificent show.
On a magnificent track, and at the end of the 7.5km race, it was a sprint for victory between the Germans Vinzenz Geiger and Julian Schmid and the Norwegian yellow number Jarl Magnus Riiber. Not fast enough, the latter stopped his effort in the final straight to let Geiger win by a whisker ahead of Schmid.
Overall, it was a difficult race for the French: Edgar Vallet, in thirtieth place, recorded the best result. Laurent Muhlethaler was thirty-fifth, Mattéo Baud thirty-seventh and Marco Heinis fortieth.
Full results
The overall World Cup standings
- Lillehammer: flying 139.5 metres, Jarl Magnus Riiber wins the individual compact ski jumping competition
- Lillehammer: 75th World Cup victory and 100th podium for Jarl Magnus Riiber, top 30 for Laurent Muhlethaler and Mattéo Baud
- Lillehammer: Jarl Magnus Riiber kills the suspense in the ski jumping competition, Laurent Muhlethaler best Frenchman
- Lillehammer: Jarl Magnus Riiber wins the reserve jump
- Regular top 10 finishes for Laurent Muhlethaler and Mattéo Baud, podium finishes for Léna Brocard: the French team’s ambitions for the 2024/2025 World Cup
- France in five for the rest of the World Cup in Lillehammer, where the women start the competition
