The air of Grand-Bornand is really good for the French. After the podium of Lou Jeanmonnot and Justine Braisaz-Bouchet a little earlier in the day, Éric Perrot shone during this mass-start by finishing second in the mass-start behind his friend Tommaso Giacomel, untouchable this Sunday. The Norwegian Vetle Christiansen completes the podium.
While the atmosphere was completely won by the Tricolores, Éric Perrot showed himself to be imperial in shooting with a splendid 20/20. As in the pursuit on Saturday, where he finished at the foot of the podium while being in the running throughout the race, the second in the general classification remained neck and neck with Tommaso Giacomel and Justus Strelow, who broke down in the sprint at the finish.
The Italian finally showed himself to be much faster than the Frenchman on skis and ahead of him as in the Hochfilzen sprint on December 12. Something to promise before the Milan Olympic Games.
Jacquelin less accurate in shooting
After a great performance in the pursuit on Saturday, Émilien Jacquelin was much less precise on the shooting range and took several penalty laps. Same thing for the general leader, Johan-Olav Botn, who missed in the first session or even for the Swede Sebastian Samuelsson, who was very strong on his skis but missed two standing shots.
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