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SS5: Loix claims second in Sanremo

Third stage victory for Mikkelsen

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23 September 2011 - 18:09

Freddy Loix has moved ahead of fellow Belgian driver Thierry Neuville by recording the second fastest time through the 17.43-kilometre Apricale stage of Rallye Sanremo, round nine of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Loix is now 4.1s adrift of Andreas Mikkelsen, who continues to lead overall at the wheel of his ŠKODA UK Motorsport after claiming his third stage victory on the all-asphalt round.

IRC title leader Jan Kopecký was fifth quickest and is now 15.5s behind Mikkelsen in his works Fabia S2000.

Having overcome engine sensor problems on stage three, Pierre Campana has overtaken PROTON Motorsports’ Giandomenico Basso to move into eighth position.

Overall positions after SS5

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	41m22.5s
2	Loix Freddy / Miclotte F.	Škoda Fabia S2000	+4.1s
3	Neuville T. / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	+5.4s
4	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+9.6s
5	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+15.5s
6	Scandola Umberto / D’Amore Guido	Ford Fiesta S2000	+17.7s
7	Magalhães Bruno / Grave Paulo	Peugeot 207 S2000	+18.9s
8	Campana Pierre / De Castelli Sabrina	Peugeot 207 S2000	+47.3s
9	Basso Giandomenico / Dotta Mitia	Proton Satria Neo S2000	+58.8s
10	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m12.1s
11	Kruuda Karl / Järveoja Martin	Škoda Fabia S2000	+1m28.9s
12	Perico Alessandro / Carrara Fabrizio	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m50.4s
13	Hotz Grégoire / Ravasi Pietro	Peugeot 207 S2000	+2m10.0s
14	Medici Davide / De Luis Daniele	Renault Clio S1600	+2m28.5s
15	Albertini Stefano / Scattolin Simone	Renault Clio R3	+2m30.8s