Live da Kontiolahti: Francia favorita nella staffetta maschile, dove l’Italia sceglie la linea verde

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Live from Kontiolahti: France favored in the men's relay, where Italy chooses the green line

It starts at 2.30 pm with the favorite transalpines and ready to return to the success that has been missing for over a year. Many, as announced, the absences. The blues try to do it with the two young players of the group lined up in the third and fourth fraction.

Friday 4 March 2022 2 minutes reading time

With the absence of Russia, Olympic bronze in office and always on the podium in the seasonal relays, and a Norway at the start without the Boe brothers and with a strongly reworked (but still competitive) line-up, here is France showing up at the starting line with the underdogs. The transalpines, with almost all the "owners", will try to return to the success that has been missing for over a year, or rather from Anterselva 2021. The main opponents will be the same norge, who fielded Bakken, Filip Andersen, Laegreid and Christiansen, Germany, which is chasing the third podium of the season after those of Ruhpolding and Anterselva, and Sweden which instead does not get on the podium since the last World Cup year. Here the IBU live timing! Here is the starting list! Given the many absences, interesting scenarios also open up for the blue quartet, from which something more was expected this year. The best result came with Ruhpolding's 4th place, while in the other outings Italy always stood between 7th and 10th place. Today with Bormolini at the launch, Hofer in the second half and the young couple Bionaz-Giacomel closing, the most realistic goal is the top 5, which still seems within reach.

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