3rd Biathlon World Cup 2019/20 (Le Grand Bornand)

Biathlon World Cup 2019/20 (Le Grand Bornand)
	Men's	Ladies
winner
sprint	Benedikt Doll	Tiril Eckhoff
persecution	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tiril Eckhoff
Mass start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tiril Eckhoff

The third Biathlon World Cup of the season 2019/20 took place in the French Annecy - Le Grand-Bornand instead. It is only the third time that World Cup races have been held in the Sylvie Becaert biathlon stadium. This was last the case in the 2013/14 and 2017/18 seasons . This year the competitions were held between December 19 and December 22, 2019.

Competition program

3rd World Cup in Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand

date	Women		Men
Thursday, December 19, 2019			2:15 p.m.	Sprint (10 km)
Fri, December 20, 2019	2:15 p.m.	Sprint (7.5 km)
Sat, December 21, 2019	3:00 p.m.	Pursuit (10 km)	13:00 'O clock	Pursuit (12.5 km)
Sat, December 7th, 2019	2:15 p.m.	Mass start (12.5 km)	12:10 pm	Mass start (15 km)

Participating Nations

Belgium  Bulgaria  Germany  Estonia  Finland  France  Greece  Italy  Japan  Canada

Kazakhstan  Latvia  Lithuania  Moldova  Norway  Austria  Poland  Romania  Russia  Sweden

Switzerland  Slovakia  Slovenia  South Korea  Czech Republic  Ukraine  United States  People's Republic of China  Belarus

Starting position

As already announced after the World Cup in Hochfilzen, there was a castling in the German women's team for the last races of the calendar year after the poor performance in the previous week. As head trainer Kristian Mehringer announced, Marion Deigentesch , Janina Hettich and Maren Hammerschmidt joined the team. On the one hand, they replaced Karolin Horchler and Anna Weidel , who both started in the IBU Cup, and Franziska Hildebrand , who did not start due to poor running form.

Johannes Thingnes Bø , who traveled to France as the leader of the overall World Cup, announced that this World Cup would be his last participation in the current season for the time being. Bø becomes a father and wants to be there when his first child is born. That is why the Norwegian planned to skip the World Cup stations in January in Oberhof and Ruhpolding. But he wanted to take part again in the subsequent World Championships in Antholz.

Results

3rd World Cup in Annecy - Le Grand Bornand , December 19 to December 22, 2019
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
December 19, 2019 (Thu.)	Sprint (10 km)	Benedikt Doll	Tarjei Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet
December 20, 2019 (Fri)	Sprint (7.5 km)	Tiril Eckhoff	Justine Braisaz	Markéta Davidová
December 21, 2019 (Sat.)	Pursuit (12.5 km)	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
December 21, 2019 (Sat.)	Pursuit (10 km)	Tiril Eckhoff	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Lena Haecki
December 22, 2019 (S0.)	Mass start (15 km)	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Émilien Jacquelin	Tarjei Bø
December 22, 2019 (Sun.)	Mass start (12.5 km)	Tiril Eckhoff	Dorothea Wierer	Linn Persson

Men

Women

course

sprint

Men

Start: Thursday, December 19, 2019, 2:15 p.m.

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Benedikt Doll	23: 22.1	0 + 0
2	Tarjei Bø	+9.4	0 + 0
3	Quentin Fillon Maillet	+11.3	0 + 0
4th	Johannes Thingnes Bø	+14.8	1 + 1
5	Erlend Bjøntegaard	+15.0	0 + 0
6th	Johannes Dale	+26.7	0 + 0
7th	Dominik Windisch	+28.0	0 + 0
8th	Simon Desthieux	+36.4	0 + 1
9	Lukas Hofer	+37.1	1 + 0
10	Julian Eberhard	+40.5	1 + 1

Registered: 103 athletes, not at the start: 3

Benedikt Doll's victory provided the DSV with the first podium in an individual race . As with the previous World Cup stations, the Norwegians and French proved to be the dominating nations, with six of the top 10. The young Norwegian Johannes Dale could achieve his career best with sixth place and was able to confirm his consistently good results from the previous weeks. The best Swiss was Mario Dolder , who finished 48th with a shooting error in prone shooting.

Women

Start: Friday, December 20, 2019, 2:15 p.m.

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Tiril Eckhoff	20: 27.0	1 + 0
2	Justine Braisaz	+6.2	0 + 0
3	Markéta Davidová	+20.5	0 + 0
4th	Svetlana Mironova	+22.5	0 + 0
5	Denise Herrmann	+29.7	0 + 2
6th	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	+31.7	0 + 1
7th	Iryna Kryuko	+44.9	0 + 0
8th	Julia Simon	+46.7	0 + 1
9	Olena Pidhruschna	+47.1	0 + 0
10	Paulína Fialková	+48.8	0 + 1

Registered: 99 athletes, not at the start: 2, not finished: 1

The Norwegian Tiril Eckhoff celebrated her second victory in a row, despite a shooting error. From an Austrian point of view, Lisa Hauser was the best in 13th with faultless shooting. Lena Häcki from Switzerland landed two places ahead of her in 11th place. The leader in the overall World Cup, Dorothea Wierer , left two targets in standing shooting and finished the race in 22nd place, which is her weakest result of the season to date.

persecution

Men

Start: Saturday, December 21, 2019, 1:00 p.m.

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Johannes Thingnes Bø	30: 07.8	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
2	Quentin Fillon Maillet	+22.0	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
3	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	+1: 00.0	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
4th	Tarjei Bø	+1: 01.7	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
5	Benedikt Doll	+1: 23.8	0 + 1 + 1 + 1
6th	Émilien Jacquelin	+1: 32.3	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
7th	Martin Fourcade	+1: 32.5	0 + 1 + 1 + 0
8th	Erlend Bjøntegaard	+1: 42.0	2 + 0 + 2 + 1
9	Arnd Peiffer	+1: 51.6	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
10	Simon Schempp	+1: 58.3	0 + 0 + 0 + 0

Registered and at the start: 60 athletes

Last season's dominator and this year's overall World Cup winner Johannes Bø was able to celebrate his fourth success in the sixth individual race of the season, which enabled him to extend his lead in the overall World Cup to his brother Tarjei, who just missed the podium in fourth. As in the entire season, the athletes from Norway and France dominated again. The German team was also able to convince with three athletes among the top 10.

Women

Start: Saturday, December 21, 2019, 3 p.m.

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Tiril Eckhoff	29: 41.6	1 + 0 + 1 + 0
2	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	+38.1	1 + 0 + 1 + 0
3	Lena Haecki	+46.0	0 + 1 + 1 + 0
4th	Dorothea Wierer	+58.5	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
5	Justine Braisaz	+1: 02.8	1 + 0 + 2 + 1
6th	Denise Herrmann	+1: 10.8	2 + 1 + 0 + 1
7th	Franziska Preuss	+1: 16.4	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
8th	Iryna Kryuko	+1: 28.0	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
9	Julia Simon	+1: 39.1	0 + 0 + 2 + 2
10	Paulína Fialková	+1: 45.8	0 + 1 + 0 + 1

Registered: 60 athletes, not at the start: 3, lapped: 1

Tiril Eckhoff also won the second race at Le Grand Bornand, as well as the second pursuit race of the season. Despite a 300 meter penalty for her two shooting errors, the Norwegian won confidently ahead of her compatriot Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, who improved from sixth to second. Lena Häcki even made it from 11th place to bronze, which is the first time she was on a World Cup podium. The best German, Denise Herrmann, ended up in sixth place after leaving a total of four targets on the shooting range. The best Italian Dorothea Wierer was also able to improve significantly. With just one shooting error, the South Tyrolean advanced from 22nd to fourth. Nevertheless, the yellow jersey of the overall World Cup leader had to hand over to Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold.

Mass start

Men

Start: Sunday, December 22nd, 2019, 12:10 p.m.

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Johannes Thingnes Bø	41: 36.3	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
2	Émilien Jacquelin	+42.1	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
3	Tarjei Bø	+51.8	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
4th	Quentin Fillon Maillet	+1: 03.3	0 + 1 + 1 + 0
5	Martin Fourcade	+1: 05.0	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
6th	Johannes Dale	+1: 51.9	0 + 0 + 2 + 0
7th	Arnd Peiffer	+1: 53.9	1 + 1 + 0 + 0
8th	Simon Eder	+2: 00.6	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
9	Erlend Bjøntegaard	+2: 09.7	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
10	Simon Desthieux	+2: 15.7	0 + 1 + 1 + 2

Registered and at the start: 30 athletes

In difficult conditions with continuous rain, an unusual race developed initially. While usually all athletes come to the first shooting together, this time the field was already stretched wide with the first attack. Johannes Thinges Bø won again, for the fifth time this season. The best German was Arnd Peiffer in seventh place, followed by the best Austrian Simon Eder, who came in eighth. From an Italian point of view, Dominik Windisch was the best in his country as 17th. Johannes Kühn was one of only two athletes without a penalty loop. Nevertheless, the German did not get past 14th place because he broke a ski on the first lap and came to the first shooting just two minutes behind.

Women

Start: Sunday, December 22nd, 2019, 2:15 p.m.

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Tiril Eckhoff	38: 52.8	0 + 1 + 0 + 1
2	Dorothea Wierer	+1: 24.9	1 + 0 + 1 + 0
3	Linn Persson	+1: 25.1	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
4th	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	+1: 35.6	0 + 0 + 2 + 2
5	Denise Herrmann	+1: 43.0	1 + 0 + 1 + 2
6th	Ekaterina Jurlowa-Percht	+1: 43.6	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
7th	Anaïs Bescond	+1: 45.0	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
8th	Franziska Preuss	+1: 45.2	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
9	Lisa Hauser	+1: 46.9	1 + 0 + 1 + 0
10	Mona Brorsson	+2: 03.8	0 + 1 + 1 + 0

Registered and at the start: 30 athletes, not finished: 1

Tiril Eckhoff celebrated her third success in France with a one and a half minute lead. Overall, the Norwegian has been undefeated for four races. Dorothea Wierer and Linn Persson fought for second place in a sprint to the finish, which the Italian ultimately won. Nevertheless, it was the best World Cup placement for Persson, synonymous with her first World Cup podium. Denise Herrmann and Franziska Preuß were again in the top 10, just like the day before in the pursuit race. The three-time overall World Cup winner Kaisa Mäkäräinen was also able to look forward to fourth place, the best result of the season so far. The best Swiss Aita Gasparin came despite only one shooting error not go beyond the 24th place.

Effects on the overall World Cup

Johannes Thingnes Bø was able to extend his lead in the overall World Cup with his two wins. Before the start of his "baby break", the Norwegian was 61 points ahead of his brother Tarjei, who is in second place. Bø was already 107 points ahead of Martin Fourcade, who was also the worst opponent this season. For the first time this season, a German athlete with Benedikt Doll was among the top ten after completing a World Cup station. The best Italian Lukas Hofer, however, fell out of the top 10 and was now 11 with 193 points.

For women, Dorothea Wierer was able to take the yellow jersey into the first break of the season. After her four victories in a row, Tiril Eckhoff was the first pursuer to replace her compatriot Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, who was now placed in third place. The best German was Denise Herrmann, who improved from 25th to 11th place compared to the previous week.

Overall World Cup men	Overall World Cup women
Top 10 after 7 of 21 races	Top 10 after 7 of 21 races
rank Surname Points Victories Verän- alteration 1  Johannes Thingnes Bø 374 5 2  Tarjei Bø 313 3  Quentin Fillon Maillet 281 4th  Martin Fourcade 267 1 5  Simon Desthieux 266 6th  Alexander Loginov 265 7th  Émilien Jacquelin 257 8th  Benedikt Doll 224 1 9  Erlend Bjøntegaard 218 10  Johannes Dale 201	rank Surname Points Victories Verän- alteration 1  Dorothea Wierer 304 2 2  Tiril Eckhoff 287 4th 3  Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 282 4th  Justine Braisaz 234 1 5  Julia Simon 213 6th  Lena Haecki 189 7th  Linn Persson 183 8th  Hanna Öberg 182 9  Markéta Davidová 180 10  Svetlana Mironova 180

Debutants

The following athletes took part in a biathlon world cup for the first time. This can be both individual races and relay races.

Men	Women
Vítězslav Hornig	Marion Deigentesch

Web links

Commons : 2019 Le Grand Bornand Biathlon World Cup  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Cup in France: Personal castling in the German biathlon women. In: sportschau.de. December 18, 2019, accessed March 17, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Biathlon dominator Bö will take a break. In: sport.de. December 14, 2019, accessed March 17, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Final Results Men 10 km sprint. (PDF) IBU, December 19, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Final Results Women 7.5 km sprint. (PDF) IBU, December 20, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Final Results Men 12.5 km Pursuit. (PDF) IBU, December 21, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Final Results Women 10 km Pursuit. (PDF) IBU, December 21, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Final Results Men 15 km Mass start. (PDF) IBU, December 22, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Final Results Women 12.5 km Mass start. (PDF) IBU, December 22, 2019, accessed December 30, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Men's World Cup Total Score Intermediate After 7 Competitions. (PDF) IBU, December 22, 2019, accessed on March 17, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Women's World Cup Total Score Intermediate After 7 Competitions. (PDF) IBU, December 22, 2019, accessed on March 17, 2020 .