Francois Duval keeps head to secure first WRC victory, maintaining
Citroen's recent run after world champion Loeb's retirement; Rovanpera takes second after battle with McRae ended; Stohl completes podium despite Atkinson fightback; Galli, Kresta, Sola and Schwarz complete scorers; PCWRC top two - Arai and Higgins both in top ten overall; Arai takes class title.
Overall times after SS26 / leg 3 (top 20):
1.
Francois Duval Citroen Xsara WRC
3hr 19mins 55.0secs
2.
Harri Rovanpera Mitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC05
+00mins 52.9secs
3.
Manfred Stohl Citroen Xsara WRC
+01mins 33.0secs
4.
Chris Atkinson Subaru Impreza WRC 2005
+01mins 39.0secs
5.
Gigi Galli Mitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC05
+03mins 04.4secs
6.
Roman Kresta Ford Focus RS WRC 06
+03mins 09.0secs
7.
Daniel Sola Ford Focus RS WRC 04
+06mins 17.4secs
8.
Armin Schwarz Skoda Fabia WRC
+08mins 04.3secs
9. Toshi Arai Subaru Impreza +15mins 43.2secs
10. Mark Higgins Subaru Impreza +17mins 29.8secs
11. Gabriel Pozzo Subaru Impreza +18mins 11.7secs
12. Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer +20mins 36.0secs
13. Nasser Al-Attiyah Subaru Impreza +22mins 00.9secs
14.
Sam Brand Subaru Impreza
+25mins 37.5secs
15.
Tolley Challis Mitsubishi Lancer
+27mins 44.0secs
16. Federico Villagra Mitsubishi Lancer +30mins 40.6secs
17. Fabio Frisiero Subaru Impreza +32mins 45.4secs
18.
Will Orders Subaru Impreza
+39mins 28.4secs
19.
Michael Kahlfuss Mitsubishi Lancer
+45mins 57.8secs
20.
Cody Crocker Subaru Impreza
+44mins 51.4secs