Sebastian Samuelsson won the first sprint of the season, in Östersund.
Since then, there has been no new victory for the 24-year-old.
Looking for landscape
But it looked good for a long time in today's sprint in Finnish Kontiolahti.
He led after the horizontal shooting, and had very good speed on the skis.
Next best ride
But after two missed shots in the standing shot, the chances of victory disappeared.
However, it was still a nice fifth place, after Samuelsson was noted for the second best riding time of all skiers in the competition - only 3.3 seconds behind Emilien Jacquelin.
14th victory for Fillon Maillet
Won did, as so many other times this winter, the overall World Cup leader Queintin Fillon Maillet, France.
He took his 14th World Cup victory in his career, after a full shot.
He won by a margin of 18.3 seconds before the Norwegian surprise Filip Fjeld Anderssen.
- Impressive that he managed to recharge after the Olympics, given what a discharge it was.
Because I can imagine that it was not calm after he came home, but it must have been a lot of attention, says SVT Sports expert Helena Ekholm, and received confirmation from Fillon Maillet himself:
- I was so tired after the Olympics.
But I have trained well at home and right now I have a good feeling, he told SVT Sport after the race.
The competition is ongoing