The first time we had been able to speak to him directly, a month ago, Emilien Jaquelin had entrusted us with his passion for cycling, he who never missed a big stage in the mounting of the Tour when he was a kid: “Today 'hui, I really like Thibaut Pinot or Vincenzo Nibali, by their way of running the old way, less in the calculation. I thought to myself that whatever sport I run in, this is how I would do it. To attack. "
He couldn't be more pioneer in his imagination. To win at the same time his first race and his first world title (in pursuit), Emilien Jacquelin managed his end of race like a Thibaut Pinot of great days. The Frenchman knew he had a better “jump” than Johannes Boe, who came in his wake after a disheveled race, but still he had to be impressed by the aura of the Norwegian, the best athlete in the discipline since a year.
But Jacquelin, with his first three individual podiums this season, planted a first banner in the hardest part of the circuit before resisting his opponent, until he had time to celebrate his victory over the last ten meters. “It's crazy, I knew I had everything to do well on Sunday, reacted the tricolor hero of the day on the L'Equipe channel. This morning, we went for a shooting session to get into it, it was the first time I did that. You have to believe that it paid, 20 out of 20 today ... In the end, I tried to play tactically, like on a bike, to trap the opponent while controlling it. It's incredible ".
Jacquelin's victory rewards a fabulous new tri-color team race, with Fourcade, Fillon-Maillet and Desthieux in the top eight of the chase despite numerous shooting mistakes.
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Biathlon: "I really like Pinot and Nibali" ... Emilien Jacquelin, the biathlete with the plume of a cyclist
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