Paris SG and Montpellier joined Nîmes at the top of the Starligue de handball after their fourth victory in four days, Sunday respectively at Dunkirk (42-33) and Cesson-Rennes (32-27).
They have eight points like the Gardois, winners on Friday at Créteil (36-34) while Nantes (7 pts) gave up their first points the next day, held in check at home by Limoges (34-34).
The Parisians, leading by three lengths at the break (23-20), were able to count on the return of their Dutch playing master Luc Steins (5 goals and 11 assists), absent on Wednesday in Kielce (29-30) in Champions League for family reasons. The Polish pivot Kamil Syprzak achieved 100% shooting (9 goals including 4 penalties). Montpellier, winner in C1 on Thursday, against Plock (30-28), led more widely at half-time (16-11) and relied on the four goals and seven assists from Kyllian Villeminot.