The double Olympic champion (29), already winner of the sprint on Saturday, signed his seventh success in the World Cup this season and is getting a little closer to winning the big crystal globe with only five events left to go. argue.
The Frenchman now has a 174-point lead over his runner-up Emilien Jacquelin, fourth in the race, before the last two stages of the World Cup in Otepää in Estonia (March 10 to 13) and Oslo (March 17 to 20).
If we subtract the two worst results of the biathletes, as required by the regulations to determine the final general classification of the World Cup, the advantage of Fillon Maillet is 144 lengths over his compatriot.
Fillon Maillet led the event from start to finish, helped by his formidable shooting efficiency (19/20).
Starting 18 seconds ahead of his first pursuer, the Jura player was certainly joined by Emilien Jacquelin halfway through the race but his rival cracked from the first standing shot (a fault).
Fillon Maillet finally beat German Erik Lesser by 8.2 seconds and Italian Lukas Hofer by 8.8 seconds.
He is ideally placed to become the fourth Frenchman to win the big crystal globe after Patrice Bailly-Salins (1994), Raphaël Poirée (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004) and Martin Fourcade (from 2012 to 2018).
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