The leader of the Biathlon World Cup won the Ruhpolding sprint, Thursday, January 13, and strengthens his lead at the top of the general standings.
Le Monde
Quentin Fillon Maillet made a big blow in Bavaria, Thursday, January 13th. The French biathlete has not only won the Ruhpolding sprint (Germany) counting for the World Cup, but by realizing the faulty on the firing step, while its main rivals were several times on the penalty ring, The general ranking leader has put in the best conditions in anticipation of the pursuit, Sunday.
The German Benedikt Doll (at 7”2), at home, and Belarusian Anton Smolski (at 32”1), always placed, complete the podium. This is the tenth individual victory of Quentin Fillon Maillet in the World Cup, the fourth of the season.
“I’m very happy with my race, a commenced race, I was not scared,” he said after race on the chain, delighted to have ideal gliding conditions and … his teammate within the France team, Emilien Jacquelin, in focus at the beginning of the race.
In the absence of the best Norwegians on the track – Sturla Holm Laegreid, Vetle Christiansen and the Tarjei Brothers and Johannes Boe have preferred to struggle on the stage of Ruhpolding to better prepare the Beijing Olympic Winter Games (February 4 to 20) – “QFM” realized an excellent accounting operation in the overall standings.
The Jura did the break on its pursuers and now counts 72 points ahead of Emilien Jacquelin after the twelfth of the 22 trials of the season.
Performance of the “Junior” Eric Perrot
Just before his compatriot, the latter, the red bib of the sprint on the back, is, him, spent totally next to his race: four faults in shooting (one at the sleeves and three at standing, his weak point this season ) and a modest 53 e place, more than 1 minute and 42 seconds of the head.