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Loeb wins Monte after stages 17 and 18 cancelled

Final result declared early on safety grounds

By Franck Drui

19 January 2013 - 21:19

The organisers of Rallye Monte-Carlo have stopped the event early, after huge numbers of spectators forced the cancellation of the final two stages on safety grounds.

The results after SS16 become the final classification, meaning Citroen DS3 driver Sebastien Loeb has claimed his 77th victory in the FIA World Rally Championship and his seventh on the Rallye Monte-Carlo.

Sebastien Ogier claimed second on his debut event in the Volkswagen Motorsport team’s Polo R. Dani Sordo took the final podium place in his Abu Dhabi Citroen Total Team DS3.

Final standings:

Pos.	#	Driver	Cat.	Time	Diff / Prev	Diff / 1st
1.	1	S. LOEB	M	5h18m57.2s
2.	8	S. OGIER	M	5:20:37.1	+1:39.9	+1:39.9
3.	10	D. SORDO	T	5:22:46.2	+2:09.1	+3:49.0
4.	2	M. HIRVONEN	M	5:24:23.5	+1:37.3	+5:26.3
5.	22	B. BOUFFIER		5:27:10.3	+2:46.8	+8:13.1
6.	4	M. OSTBERG	M	5:31:00.9	+3:50.6	+12:03.7
7.	21	M. PROKOP		5:42:24.5	+11:23.6	+23:27.3
8.	32	S. WIEGAND	WRC2	5:48:31.7	+6:07.2	+29:34.5
9.	42	O. BURRI	P	5:54:35.4	+6:03.7	+35:38.2
10.	12	M. KOSCIUSZKO	T	5:55:25.2	+49.8	+36:28.0
11.	33	A. KREMER	WRC2	5:56:57.5	+1:32.3	+38:00.3
12.	39	Y. PROTOSOV	WRC2	5:59:53.0	+2:55.5	+40:55.8
13.	51	S. CHARDONNET	WRC3	6:04:28.2	+4:35.2	+45:31.0
14.	47	E. BOLAND	P	6:08:37.3	+4:09.1	+49:40.1
15.	83	A. CRUGNOLA	P2RM	6:09:16.7	+39.4	+50:19.5
16.	81	C. CAILLET	P2RM	6:14:02.9	+4:46.2	+55:05.7
17.	36	R. AL KETBI	WRC2	6:14:30.2	+27.3	+55:33.0
18.	95	L. BAUD	P2RM	6:17:26.7	+2:56.5	+58:29.5
19.	101	A. MONNET	P2RM	6:19:26.2	+1:59.5	+1:00:29.0
20.	88	N. RESSEGAIRE	P2RM	6:22:46.7	+3:20.5	+1:03:49.5