PARIS — U.S. champion Johnny Weir won the Trophee Bompard with 208.10 points on Saturday despite a victory in the free skate by European champion Brian Joubert.
Joannie Rochette won the women's event with 168.72 points, becoming the second Canadian to win a Grand Prix event this year. Cynthia Phaneuf took gold in Skate Canada last month.
Weir skated elegantly to "Otonal," a classical piece used by former world champion Maria Butyrskaya, to win his second Grand Prix event of the season. He also won the NHK Trophy in Japan two weeks ago.
In the last half of his program, however, he scaled down three planned triples to doubles and that hurt him in the technical score.
Canada's Emanuel Sandhu finished third after falling twice and making mistakes on two other jumps.
The Olympic bronze medalist, American Tim Goebel, withdrew Friday because of back spasms. He hopes to return to training within a week.
In the ice dance, world champions Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov rebounded from their first defeat since March 2003 to take the title.
China's two-time world champions Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won the pairs.
The Trophee Bompard, formerly the Trophee Lalique, is the fifth event of the Grand Prix series. The top performers of the season head to the Grand Prix final in Beijing Dec. 16-19.
Weir held a big lead over Joubert in the short program Friday, when the Frenchman was fourth. Joubert won the free skate with 135.00 points (Weir scored 132.20) but could not overcome the deficit.
Joubert opened with a quad-triple combination and completed seven triples jumps and the quad. Weir was credited with just six triples.
"The beginning of the program was good but the ending dropped off, especially with the three double jumps," Weir said.
Weir was helped by the new scoring system, which rewards smooth skating and interpretation. The ISU format, adopted after the judging scandal in the Salt Lake City Olympics, adds the marks for technical skills and gives points for artistry. In that area, he beat Joubert and partially offset the technical weaknesses.