Thierry Neuville has won Rallye Sanremo following a dramatic finish to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge event.
Neuville, in a Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg 207 S2000, was 1.2s faster than ŠKODA UK Motorsport’s Andreas Mikkelsen through the final test to take victory by 1.5s having begun the final day 16.6s off top spot.
Behind Mikkelsen, Bryan Bouffier finished third for Peugeot France with Jan Kopecký fourth to maintain his grip on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge standings.
Neuville said: “I was flat out, it was incredible. I can’t believe this, it was the perfect stage.”
Mikkelsen added: “I was right on the limit, we tried but it wasn’t enough.”
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 2h19m57.8s |
| 2 | Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +1.5s |
| 3 | Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +16.0s |
| 4 | Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +1m09.1s |
| 5 | Magalhães Bruno / Grave Paulo | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m26.0s |
| 6 | Perico Alessandro / Carrara Fabrizio | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +3m47.8s |
| 7 | Scandola Umberto / D’Amore Guido | Ford Fiesta S2000 | +4m05.9s |
| 8 | Campana Pierre / De Castelli Sabrina | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +4m28.0s |
| 9 | Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio | Škoda Fabia S2000 | +5m24.1s |
| 10 | Basso Giandomenico / Dotta Mitia | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | +7m26.9s |
| 11 | Hotz Grégoire / Ravasi Pietro | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +7m54.2s |
| 12 | Medici Davide / De Luis Daniele | Renault Clio S1600 | +8m37.4s |
| 13 | Albertini Stefano / Scattolin Simone | Renault Clio R3 | +9m26.3s |
| 14 | Guglielmi Pierre Antoine / Porcu Jean François | Renault Clio R3 | +9m44.6s |
| 15 | Vescovi Roberto / Guzzi Giancarla | Citroën DS3 R3T | +11m00.1s |