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Emilien Jacquelin, Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux and Quentin Fillon Maillet break a fast that lasted from March 5, 2017 when they imposed themselves in the pre-Olympic test at the Alpensia Center in PyeongChang.
Saturday 18 January 2020 3 minutes reading time
The transalpine masterpiece is launched by Emilien Jacquelin who, after using a top-up, greets the company and arrives at the first change with a 12 second lead over China and 22 over the Norwegian Dale (0 + 4). Although it is not yet halfway through the race, the coup de grace is dealt by Martin Fourcade who with a perfect performance at the shooting range brings the advantage over the rest of the world to more than a minute. Bjoentegaard (0 + 4) and the Austrian Eder (0 + 1) are at 1''20 ", Russia at 1''38. Simon Desthieux (0 + 1) and Quentin Fillon Maillet (0 + 4) are not they content themselves with controlling the race but crystallize the advantage that on the finish line is still 1''12 "2 over Norway (0 + 10) which after 6 consecutive victories drops from the top step of the podium in Ruhpolding where the winning streak.
Landertinger (0 + 1), Eder (0 + 1), Leitner (0 + 1) and Eberhard (0 + 1) return to the podium after a year, making precision their trademark third in 1.24.3 preceding Russia (0 + 5) and Germany (0 + 12).
The Italian relay starts badly with the penalty lap that Lukas Hofer is forced to go through in the standing session; Thomas Bormolini, excellent on the ground and with three refills on his feet, and Daniele Cappellari (0 + 1) slow on skis slide into sixteenth position going up in the final with Dominik Windisch (0 + 3) to twelfth place at 5.18.5 from France.
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