Second stage win for Prokop

The Czech driver flies on SS3

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5 November 2010 - 10:07

The battle for victory on the FxPro Cyprus Rally has intensified after Martin Prokop (pictured) narrowed Nasser Al-Attiyah’s overall lead to 11.4s following a blistering run through the 27.10-kilometre Lythrodontas stage.

Prokop’s chances of winning the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier suffered an early blow when he was handed a 20-second time penalty for leaving first service two minutes late. But he has hit back by setting the fastest time on Friday’s first two stages.

Roger Feghali is third overall in his Škoda Fabia Super 2000, while Bryan Bouffier continues his recovery from his stage two delay by going second quickest on stage three.

Cypriot driver Nicos Thomas completed the stage his Peugeot 207’s brakes malfunctioning and the gearchange mechanism not working properly.

After SS3:

Pos.	Team	Car	Time
01	Al Attiyah Nasser / Bernacchini Giovanni	Ford Fiesta S2000	30m42.9s
02	Prokop Martin / Tománek Jan	Ford Fiesta S2000	+11.2s
03	Feghali Roger / Matar Joseph	Škoda Fabia S2000	+12.0s
04	Tarabus Jaromír / Trunkát Daniel	Ford Fiesta S2000	+47.4s
05	Thomas Nicos / Loizides Angelos	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m03.5s
06	Kresta Roman / Gross Petr	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+1m09.1s
07	Tingirides Constantinos / Shialos Panayiotis	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+1m48.7s
08	Savva Savvas / Papandreou Andreas	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+1m53.0s
09	Almari Misfer / Arena Nicola	Subaru Impreza STI	+1m58.5s
10	Oliveira Daniel Rolim / Miranda Armando	Peugeot 207 S2000	+2m09.4s
11	Wittmann Franz / Beinke Josefine	Peugeot 207 S2000	+2m24.6s
12	Timotheou Charalambos / Laos Pambos	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	+2m35.3s
13	Polykarpou Panikos / Laos Savvas	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+2m46.6s
14	Al Suwaidi Khalid / Beech Nick	Subaru Impreza STI	+2m46.6s
15	Philippou Andreas / Kourtellas Costas	Subaru Impreza STI	+2m53.6s