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SS13: Neuville fastest to win in Sanremo

Ahead of Mikkelsen and Bouffier

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24 September 2011 - 17:44

Thierry Neuville has won Rallye Sanremo following a dramatic finish to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge event.

Neuville, in a Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg 207 S2000, was 1.2s faster than ŠKODA UK Motorsport’s Andreas Mikkelsen through the final test to take victory by 1.5s having begun the final day 16.6s off top spot.

Behind Mikkelsen, Bryan Bouffier finished third for Peugeot France with Jan Kopecký fourth to maintain his grip on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge standings.

Neuville said: “I was flat out, it was incredible. I can’t believe this, it was the perfect stage.”

Mikkelsen added: “I was right on the limit, we tried but it wasn’t enough.”

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	2h19m57.8s
2	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1.5s
3	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+16.0s
4	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m09.1s
5	Magalhães Bruno / Grave Paulo	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m26.0s
6	Perico Alessandro / Carrara Fabrizio	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m47.8s
7	Scandola Umberto / D’Amore Guido	Ford Fiesta S2000	+4m05.9s
8	Campana Pierre / De Castelli Sabrina	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4m28.0s
9	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+5m24.1s
10	Basso Giandomenico / Dotta Mitia	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+7m26.9s
11	Hotz Grégoire / Ravasi Pietro	Peugeot 207 S2000	+7m54.2s
12	Medici Davide / De Luis Daniele	Renault Clio S1600	+8m37.4s
13	Albertini Stefano / Scattolin Simone	Renault Clio R3	+9m26.3s
14	Guglielmi Pierre Antoine / Porcu Jean François	Renault Clio R3	+9m44.6s
15	Vescovi Roberto / Guzzi Giancarla	Citroën DS3 R3T	+11m00.1s