Bryan Bouffier has won his first stage of Rallye Monte-Carlo after heading Peugeot France team-mate Petter Solberg on the Cimetiere de Vassieux-Col de Gaudissart test.
Bouffier was 1.2s faster than Solberg, while rally leader and defending Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion Juho Hänninen was third fastest, 5.2s slower than Bouffier.
Škoda Motorsport driver Hänninen continues to lead Rallye Monte-Carlo but it’s now Solberg who holds second after he moved ahead of Belgian Freddy Loix on the test,.
Overall positions after SS6:
| Pos. | Team | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HANNINEN Juho/MARKKULA Mikko | Skoda Fabia S2000 | 1h36m19.6s |
| 2 | SOLBERG Petter/PATTERSON Chris | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +51.5s |
| 3 | LOIX Freddy/MICLOTTE Frederic | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +1m02.1s |
| 4 | SARRAZIN Stéphane/RENUCCI Jacques-Julien | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m04.0s |
| 5 | KOPECKY Jan/STARY Petr | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +1m37.0s |
| 6 | WILKS Guy/PUGH Philip | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m37.4s |
| 7 | BOUFFIER Bryan/PANSERI Xavier | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +1m37.6s |
| 8 | DELECOUR François/SAVIGNONI Dominique | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +2m15.1s |
| 9 | VIGION Jean-Sébastien/YVERNAULT Eric | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +4m09.4s |
| 10 | MAURIN Julien/URAL Olivier | Ford Fiesta S2000 | +4m54.8s |
| 11 | VOUILLOZ Nicolas/VEILLAS Benjamin | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +5m17.2s |
| 12 | BETTI Luca/MATTIODA Alessandro | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +6m11.2s |
| 13 | GARDEMEISTER Toni/TUOMINEN Tomi | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +6m28.9s |
| 14 | BASSO Giandomenico/DOTTA Mitia | Peugeot 207 S2000 | +7m20.9s |
| 15 | CAFFI Alex/PEROGLIO Roberto | Skoda Fabia S2000 | +7m59.7s |