Imperial!
They left only crumbs to their opponents.
On Sunday, Lou Jeanmonnot, Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet, Chloé Chevalier and Julia Simon won the Antholz-Anterselva (Italy) relay in style, winning for the second time this winter, but with a huge margin of 45 seconds over Sweden, with Germany taking third place.
VICTORY OF THE BLUES AT THE RELAIS IN ANTHOLZ 🇫🇷
Congratulations Lou, Anaïs, Chloé and Julia for this magnificent race! #lequipeBIATHLON pic.twitter.com/ZpEPGw8ArC
— L'Équipe channel (@lachainelequipe) January 22, 2023
Perfectly launched by Lou Jeanmonnot, the tricolor relay took the lead from the start of the race.
Taking advantage of the failures of the Swedes, Germans and Italians against the targets, the French women gradually broke away thanks to their exceptional skill.
The Blues have indeed drawn only two balls in this race.
Each torchbearer having gained time, Julia Simon only had to conclude.
The threat of a return of the Swedes only hovered over the French clan for a few minutes, before the leader of the general classification showed only on skis she was faster than Elvira Oeberg this week, and imperial on the firing point.
The only concern before the official results, the passing of the baton between Chloé Chevalier and Julia Simon seemed very limited in time due to a key that was not pressed very much.
But on closer inspection, the two teammates touched each other well, thus validating this handover.
From now on, the tricolor biathletes will be able to take a short break before leaving for the Oberhof Worlds from February 8 to 19.
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