April 2020 THE EDITO The world, France, sport and Front page of l’Equipe - 14 March 2020 pages dedicated to one of the Collection YS therefore skiing have been living greatest sportsmen that France since the beginning of March, a has known: the Catalan Ogre. complicated and bizarre period 5, 13 and 83 are the number of with the corona virus. History Olympic medals, the number of will remember that this March 14 world medals and the number of will remain the date when France World Cup victories. And 7 is the went to stage 3 of the epidemic. number of big globes won But the sport will remember this successively!!! RECORD! date as the date of the last race of I let you discover this special Martin Fourcade in Biathlon. issue and thank you MARTIN for In the previous issue of Hors- all these emotions! Piste, I announced a summary, but with the news of March 14, I Have a good read, upset this one. I have therefore decided to propose to you in the summary of this bulletin No. 2 a YANNICK single article. Ten (and not eight) Front Page of l’Equipe – 5 december 2019 The collector’s item I am proposing this month is a “virtual” WebSite lequipe.fr document. This Thursday, December 5 L'Equipe issues its newspaper with the quadruple one made the day before by the French biathletes. The first stage of the World Cup takes place in Östersund, Sweden. On 4 December, the 20 km men’s individual race is on the programme. The French team largely dominates the event and places four of its biathletes in the first four places. It’s very rare!!! Behind Martin Fourcade, winner, Simon Desthieux, Quentin Fillon Maillet and Emilien Jacquelin (his name will come back largely in February 2020) complete this quartet of Musketeers, which will make talk about them throughout the season. To come back to this front page, it has the particularity of not having been issued because of social movements. The newspaper was not distributed in newsstands and was only available in digital format on the Internet. 1 MARTIN FOURCADE AND THE WORLD CUP Martin Fourcade, a native of the He then became one of the Finally he will not participate to Pyrenees, began his World Cup favorites in the crystal globe of the focus on the Biathlon World career during the 2007/2008 general classification for the Cup. This season is just like the season in Oslo Holmenkollen, the 2011/2012 season. This season will previous season with once again legendary site of Nordic skiing. In soon be reduced to a duel a duel between Martin and Emil the following season, he placed between him and Emil Hegle Hegle Svendsen. If last season, 24th in the general standings with Svendsen. The leader’s jersey Martin won with 65 points a full first season. regularly changes hands between advantage, this season he leads the two protagonists. This season the Norwegian by more than 400 Postcard with the first specialty globe – will also see for the first time points. He will have remained at Collection YS Martin and his brother Simon the top of the first classification climb the podium together during in the last race, winning the four the sprint race in Nové Mesto. speciality globes. He directed Finally, the duel turned to the «Grand Chelem», joining advantage of the Frenchman who another French, Raphaël Poirée won the big globe at the in 2004, as well as the Swedish penultimate event of the season. Magdalena Forsberg and the Norwegian Tora Berger by twice. Finally, it should be noted that Mr Martin won 12 races, The 2009/2010 season will reveal including relay races. it to the general public with its first podium and especially its first victory in the Kontiolahti sprint (a certain 14 March!!!). He followed with two more victories in Holmenkollen’s finals that allowed him to fight for the big world. He finally finished fifth in the general classification, with the victory of the globe of the pursuit, first globe of a long list. The next season is the confirmation season with twelve podiums including three victories Postcard with the first two globes of the The MARTIN FOURCADE (Antholz, Fort Kent and Khanty- general classification - Collection YS NORDIC FESTIVAL is back on Mansiisk). He won two places in He also wins the two globes of the 29 and 30 August 2020. the general classification and took sprint and the chase. At the start the podium, in third place, behind of the 2012/2013 season, Martin is http://nordicfestival.fr/ the two Norwegians Tarjei Bo and making an aside to participate in Emil Hegle Svendsen. some cross-country skiing events Find our article in the N°1 of HORS-PISTES to qualify for the World Cross- Country Ski Championships. 2 If the goal of the 2013/2014 Martin has mononucleosis during Biathlon held by Raphael Poirée. season is the Sochi Olympic his summer preparation of the Games, it does not abandon the 2014/2015 season. But this disease World Cup. He started the handicaps him little and he wins his season in the best possible way first victory in the second race. The with two victories at the first duel between Emil Svendson stage in Östersund (Sweden). resumes at the beginning of the During the third stage which season until the fourth stage in takes place at the Grand- Pokljuka (Slovenia), where Martin Bornand, the first stage of a takes back the yellow jersey to his Biathlon World Cup in France, opponent to never leave him. he finishes third in the sprint race. The two individual events were won by Johannes Thingnes Bo. He is wearing the leader’s jersey which he will not leave Autographed Postcard edited by his partner until the end of the season. Collection YS At the end of the World Championships in Oslo, he won his second grand slam with the big globe of the general classification and the four globes of specialties. The 2016/2017 season is like the previous season with a domination without any measure of Martin. Record of victories over one season (14), 22 podiums over 26 races, points records over one season (1,322 points) and 6th big Front page of l’Equipe for its fourth consecutive consecutive globe and 3rd Grand globe – Collection YS Slam!!! He is the first biathlete to win a fourth World Cup in a row with a lead of 170 points over his second- placed Russian Anton Shipulin. He Poster of the first World Cup at Grand also won two new globes of Bornand – Collection YS specialties in pursuit and mass He won his third globe in a row. start. He won seven victories and As in the 2014/2015 season, Martin three specialty globes. If he is starting this season with cross- scores fewer points this season, country skiing events, including a the reason is that a second World Cup race. Norwegian comes to disrupt the But back to biathlon with the first duel between Emil Svendson stage in Östersund (Sweden), and Martin Fourcade. His name where he won his fortieth victory is Johannes Thingnes Bo. Martin while the Norwegian legend, Ole finished however with nearly Einar Bjorndalen, won his 95th. A 300 points ahead of his two few weeks later, it equals the record pursuers. of victories of a Frenchman in Autographed Postcard edited by his partner Collection YS 3 In this new Olympic season, A duel between Quentin Fillon Martin does not intend to miss Maillet and Emilien Jacquelin, out on the World Cup to succeed Martin’s team-mates from in Pyeongchang. From the second France. He won 9 victories (2 in race of the stage in Östersund, he relay) including one in front of takes the jersey acquired by three of his team-mates in Johannes Thingnes Bo and will Östersund (see page 1). not leave him until the end of the season. Front page of L’Equipe for the seventh globe of Martin’s general classification – Collection YS After a start of the 2018/2019 season with two victories, Martin meets a great physical mischief that puts him in difficulty in skiing. At the third stage in Nove- Front page of L’Equipe for a big blue Sunday Mesto, Martin admits that he has in January 2020 – Collection YS no chance of winning the big If Johannes wins the general world. The season is only a classification in the last race, succession of results below his Martin wins two globes of expectations, of impasse or even specialties (Individual and Front Page Dauphiné Libéré for Martin’s abandonment. He ends this sprint) and leaves his sporting victory at the Grand Bornand - Collection YS season the day after the World career by the big door with a Championships in Östersund and The duel between the two men podium, 100% tricolour for the does not participate in the last can begin! For example, the last, shared with Quentin and stage in Oslo. He finished 12th Grand Bornand stage in Emilien. overall. Johannes Thingnes Bo December where Joannes has two succeeds him by making the victories and a second place and grand slam and winning 16 Martin a victory and two seconds victories, thus erasing Martin’s places! Martin leaves nothing to record. Joannes as he lines up his seventh But Martin is not a man to give up big globe and for the fourth time and decides to pursue his sporting the four specialty globes. It’s career. It will turn out that this another full World Cup season as will be the last and what a season!! Martin will only be off the podium The duel between the last two once.