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SS10: Loix retakes Sanremo lead

Neuville, third, is now 4.4s behind

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24 September 2011 - 12:49

Freddy Loix has retaken the lead of Rallye Sanremo thanks to his fastest time through stage 10, the 15.47-kilometre Colle d’Oggia test.

Driving a BFO-ŠKODA Rally Team Fabia, the Belgian was 0.8s quicker than countryman Thierry Neuville and 3.8s faster than ŠKODA UK Motorsport’s Andreas Mikkelsen, who slips 2.5s behind Loix into second place in the overall classification as a result.

Neuville, in a Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg 207, remains in third overall but is now 4.4s off the lead. Bryan Bouffier is still in contention for victory in his Peugeot France 207 after going third quickest on the stage.

Crews are now heading back to Sanremo for a 45-minute regroup and a 30-minute service.

Stage 11, the repeat of the 20.57-kilometre Colle Langan test, gets underway at 15:16hrs local time.

Overall positions after SS10

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Loix Freddy / Miclotte Fréderic	Škoda Fabia S2000	1h55m59.0s
2	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+2.5s
3	Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4.4s
4	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+11.5s
5	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+35.2s
6	Magalhães Bruno / Grave Paulo	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m03.3s
7	Perico Alessandro / Carrara Fabrizio	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m13.6s
8	Scandola Umberto / D’Amore Guido	Ford Fiesta S2000	+3m36.0s
9	Campana Pierre / De Castelli Sabrina	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m42.6s
10	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+4m41.3s
11	Hotz Grégoire / Ravasi Pietro	Peugeot 207 S2000	+6m32.4s
12	Basso Giandomenico / Dotta Mitia	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+6m37.9s
13	Medici Davide / De Luis Daniele	Renault Clio S1600	+7m01.8s
14	Albertini Stefano / Scattolin Simone	Renault Clio R3	+7m41.3s
15	Guglielmi Pierre Antoine / Porcu Jean François	Renault Clio R3	+7m53.6s