A perfect first prone shot, a second too. A perfect first standing shot, a second too… It was in exceptional form that Éric Perrot won, brilliantly, on the mass start in Nove Mesto (Czech Republic) this Sunday. He thus scored a double blow with the individual last Thursday and took the opportunity to steal the yellow bib as leader of the Biathlon World Cup from the Italian Tommaso Giacomel.
Manhandled for a long time by the American Campbell Wright, the Savoyard was able to come out on top with the last shot. Despite the lack of visibility in this thick fog, the last five cleared targets allowed Perrot to triumph. From now on, the Frenchman has 834 points overall, 37 more than his Italian runner-up.
11 days before the first individual event of the Milan-Cortina Games, the new overall leader is confident. He is ahead of Wright (USA) and Aspenes (NOR). As for the other French people, Fabien Claude is 4th. His brother Emilien Claude, 6th. Emilien Jacquelin, second in the individual on Thursday, ranks 12th. Oscar Lombardo (14th) and Quentin Fillon Maillet (19th) are further away.
