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The last act of the Biathlon World Cup before the Christmas break gives the general public of Le Grand Bornand a double French and the passage of yellow bib between Fillon Maillet and Jacquelin.
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Between the French and the Norwegians to populate the front rows, it is the Swedish Sebastian Samuelsson who decides to dictate the pace in the first lap soon flanked by Johannes Boe with a pace that however does not make selection in the platoon. With 19 biathletes scoring a 5/5, Fillon Maillet, Johannes Boe, Samuelsson, Doll and Hofer pay a penalty. There are two errors of Ponsiluoma, Desthieux, Andersen and Smolski.
It is Emilien Jacquelin who pulls the treads trying to make a selection and avoid the return of those who have attended the penalty lap. The Frenchman in the second lap puts 10 seconds between himself and the rest of the group. The gamble pays off, he makes no mistake at the shooting range and finds himself at the exit with a 9-second advantage over Kuehn, Laegreid and Tarjei Boe. Not even Bormolini is wrong, who is fourteenth at 25.8. Fillon Maillet pays another mistake and is 45 seconds behind, with Johannes Boe, Hofer and Samuelsson.
Jacquelin continues his bet by almost conquering a margin error on his opponents who punctually arrives at the first standing polygon. With him are found Leitner, Claude, Christiansen and Weger. Fillon Maillet, Johannes Boe and Hofer make no mistake, about twenty seconds from the leading group but the blue can't keep up with the two tenors. who return to the podium positions on skis. There are two mistakes by Bormolini who slips to twenty-fourth position in less than a minute.
Jacquelin again roaring in the fourth lap in this race, as per the house brand, all-in; the Frenchman is not wrong but finds himself having to defend the first place from Leitner, Fillon Maillet and Christiansen with a dozen seconds to defend. Johannes Boe skips with three mistakes. Bormolini made no mistake as he found himself around the twentieth position with a 6-second advantage over Lukas Hofer who paid for two mistakes.
Jacquelin (19/20) flies to victory and on the home finish line he presents himself, also with a lot of flag, with a 3.5 advantage over Fillon Maillet (18/20) and puts his hands on the yellow bib. Third Tajei Boe (19/20) at 10.3, fourth Leitner (20/20) at 15.6, sixth Christiansen (19/20) at 16.4. Samuelsson (16/20) limits damage and is ninth at 47.8.
Thomas Bormolini (18/20) is eighteenth at 1.19.7, Hofer (17/20) twenty-fourth at 1.34.2
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JACQUELIN Emilien
FILLON MAILLET Quentin
BOE Tarjei
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Biathlon: double French Jacquelin - Fillon Maillet in the home Mass Start
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