Rallye Deutschland leader Sebastien Loeb was the stage winner on stage five to extend his advantage over team-mate Dani Sordo to double figures.
Loeb was quicker than Sordo through the repeated Grafschaft Veldenz test by 1.5sec, giving him an overall lead of 10.2sec. Behind Sordo however, the gap to third placed Jari-Matti Latvala widened to almost one minute.
A fourth fastest time from Citroen junior team driver Sebastien Ogier was enough to move him to fourth in the overall standings, at the expense of Jari-Matti Latvala who slipped to fifth.