ŠKODA Sweden’s Patrik Sandell has claimed his first stage victory on the Cyprus Rally, triumphing on the penultimate test of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier by 0.2s ahead of event leader Andreas Mikkelsen.
Mikkelsen now leads IRC title rival Jan Kopecký by 1m27.3s with one stage of the mixed-surface event remaining.
Freddy Loix was more than 30s off the pace in his BFO-backed Fabia, possibly due to a problem with his car.
The final Anadiou test will be shown live on Eurosport, LTV and RTBF and gets underway at 16:10hrs local time.
| Pos. | Team | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2h10m55.0s |
| 2 | Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +1m27.3s |
| 3 | Sandell Patrik / Parmander S. | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +2m25.4s |
| 4 | Loix Freddy / Dresler Pavel | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +3m08.4s |
| 5 | Kruuda Karl / Järveoja M. | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +4m01.9s |
| 6 | Kahle Matthias / Göbel Peter | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +6m35.2s |
| 7 | Arai Toshihiro / Moscatt Dale | Subaru Impreza Sti R4 | +7m25.6s |
| 8 | Wallenwein Mark / Kopczyk Stefan | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +12m19.0s |
| 9 | Raoux J. / Magat Laurent | Renault Clio R3 | +13m05.6s |
| 10 | Loucaides Doros / Laos Savvas | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +13m09.3s |
| 11 | Yiangou P. / Christofi L. | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +14m05.6s |
| 12 | Savva Savvas / Papandreou A. | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +14m20.1s |
| 13 | Timotheou C. / Laos Pambos | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +14m27.7s |
| 14 | Albertini S. / Scattolin S. | Renault Clio R3 | +14m29.6s |
| 15 | Tingirides C. / Shialos P. | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | +14m58.0s |