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The French men's team has shown Sjusjoen an excellent condition while in the women's field it is still in search of the cutting edge.
Wednesday 20 November 2019 2 minutes reading time
Martin Fourcade got the answers he was looking for on the Norwegian snows, twice over Johannes Thingnes Boe who last season ousted him from the top of the World Cup after seven consecutive crystal balls. The Catalan is ready to drive a French patrol in excellent condition to Ostersund.
Starting from Antonin Guigonnat, world silver just in Ostersund nine months ago in the Mass Start and second Sunday behind Fourcade; Fabien Claude, Quentin Fillon Maiilet and Simon Desthieux showed beautiful things in Sjusjoen. Emilien Jacquelin will complete the tricolor selection, thirteenth in the Sprint and nineteenth in the online start.
The climate in the women's team is different where the response of the stopwatch was not up to expectations. If Caroline Colombo, who made her debut last year at the end of the World Cup, with the ninth place in the Sprint won by Lisa Vittozzi, deservedly won the ticket for Ostersund, the performances of the others were underestimated, starting with Anais Bescond, on paper the transalpine captain, tenth in Mass Start and seventeenth in the Sprint. Justyne Braisaz, Celia Aymonier, Chloe Chevalier and Julia Simon, who in Ostersund will try to reverse the trend, also appeared to be hampered by problems.
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