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After SS1: First Yalta stage win to Neuville

Sandell 2nd

By Franck Drui

2 June 2011 - 12:50

Thierry Neuville leads the Prime Yalta Rally after winning the opening stage of the all-asphalt contest, round four of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Driving a Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg 207 Super 2000, the 22-year-old pipped Škoda Sweden’s Patrik Sandell through the 2.12-kilometre Yalta test.

Juho Hänninen and Guy Wilks shared third fastest time for Škoda Motorsport and Peugeot UK respectively.

Toni Gardemeister and Andreas Mikkelsen shared the fifth fastest time in their Fabia S2000s.

Overall positions after SS1:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	1m09.7s
2	Sandell Patrick / Parmander Staffan	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1.4s
3	Hänninen Juho / Markkula Mikko	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1.5s
4	Wilks Guy / Pugh Phil	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1.5s
5	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1.7s
6	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1.7s
7	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1.8s
8	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1.9s
9	Kruuda Karl / Järveoja Martin	Škoda Fabia S2000	+2.2s
10	Basso Giandemenico / Dotta Mitia	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+2.3s
11	Andersson Per Gunnar / Axelsson Emil	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+3.6s
12	Tempestini Marko / Pulpea Dorin	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4.3s
13	Gorban Valeriy / Chernega Vadim	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+6.3s
14	Tamrazov Oleksii / German Ivan	Ford Fiesta 2000	+6.4s
15	Kochmar Yuriy / Koval Sergiy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+6.6s