LIVE from Oestersund for the men's relay: Norway, France and Sweden compete for the victory, the norge miss Laegreid

At 3.10 pm the start of the first men's relay of the 2021/22 World Cup. Italy fielded Thomas Bormolini in the first fraction followed by Tommaso Giacomel, Lukas Hofer and Dominik Windisch.

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The South Tyrolean, although at the moment he is the one who among the five Azzurri has collected the least in the first few outings of the season, as usual will close the relay. Excluding Didier Bionaz, who closed the Sprint on Thursday in the rear. Italy is among the six nations that could play for the podium, even if the most affordable result seems to be the top 5. Three teams on paper are superior to the Azzurri, who instead could fight on equal terms with Russia and Germany. Germans who won the last relay last year in Nove Mesto but start slightly behind Norway, France (two wins each last season with the norge world champions in Pokljuka) and the hosts of Sweden. Here the IBU Live Timing! Here the complete startlist! Among the norge stands the absence, due to colds, of Sturla Holm Laegreid, initially deployed in the first fraction but later replaced by Bakken. Norway aiming for the third consecutive affirmation in Oestersund. The main opponents are the Swedish "cousins", led by the couple Ponsiluoma-Samuelsson, lined up in the two final stages. But beware of France, at the start with the typical formation: Fabien Claude, Jacquelin, Desthieux and Fillon Maillet. The transalpines last year won in Anterselva and Oberhof and are hunting for a success that has been missing in Sweden since 2009.

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