Quentin Fillon Maillet of France cleaned the last standing stage of the Hochfilzen men’s 12.5 km pursuit to secure his first win of the season in 33:52, setting up a French podium sweep. Second place Emilien Jacquelin matched his teammate on the range with a single penalty, but finished 32.1 seconds back. Sebastian Samuelsson sprinted the last 50 meters, thrusting his ski across the line to take third, 38.2 seconds back, just .1 second in front of Simon Desthieux of France.