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SS4: Mikkelsen opens up small Sanremo lead

Over Peugeot’s Neuville

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23 September 2011 - 17:36

Andreas Mikkelsen has moved three seconds clear at the top of the Rallye Sanremo leaderboard after he set the pace through the repeat of the 13.06-kilometre Coldirodi stage in his ŠKODA UK Motorsport Fabia Super 2000.

Mikkelsen, from Norway, had started the test 1.4s ahead of Thierry Neuville but is now 3.0s in front after his Belgian rival could only manage the fifth quickest time in his Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg 207.

Freddy Loix has cemented third overall for the BFO-ŠKODA Rally Team, while Jan Kopecky, who tops the Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers’ standings, has climbed to fifth after moving ahead of Italian M-Sport Ford Fiesta driver Umberto Scandola and Peugeot Sport Portugal’s Bruno Magalhães.

Overall positions after SS4:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	29m03.1s
2	Neuville T. / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3.0s
3	Loix Freddy / Miclotte F.	Škoda Fabia S2000	+3.3s
4	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4.9s
5	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+10.1s
6	Scandola Umberto / D’Amore Guido	Ford Fiesta S2000	+12.1s
7	Magalhães Bruno / Grave Paulo	Peugeot 207 S2000	+12.3s
8	Basso Giandomenico / Dotta Mitia	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+22.1s
9	Campana Pierre / De Castelli Sabrina	Peugeot 207 S2000	+29.3s
10	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+47.4s
11	Kruuda Karl / Järveoja Martin	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m02.2s
12	Perico Alessandro / Carrara Fabrizio	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m31.9s
13	Hotz Grégoire / Ravasi Pietro	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m32.2s
14	Albertini Stefano / Scattolin Simone	Renault Clio R3	+1m40.9s
15	Medici Davide / De Luis Daniele	Renault Clio S1600	+1m45.0s