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After SS8: Neuville leads

Loix up to third

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13 May 2011 - 18:36

Thierry Neuville rounded out day two of Tour de Corse-E.Leclerc by claiming his fifth stage victory on the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier.

At the wheel of a Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg 207, Neuville is 23.4s ahead of Škoda Motorsport ace Jan Kopecký following stage eight, which was shown live on Eurosport France and Eurosport Player.

Neuville was 1.6s faster through the test than BFO Škoda driver Freddy Loix (pictured), who moves ahead of Andreas Mikkelsen into third position in the overall classification as a result.

Crews are now returning to Corte for end of day service before they head to Ajaccio for overnight parc fermé ahead of the final day’s action on Saturday.

Standings after SS8:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
1	Neuville Thierry / Gilsoul Nicolas	Peugeot 207 S2000	1h52m23.0s
2	Kopecký Jan / Starý Petr	Škoda Fabia S2000	+23.4s
3	Loix Freddy / Miclotte Frédéric	Škoda Fabia S2000	+27.7s
4	Mikkelsen Andreas / Floene Ola	Škoda Fabia S2000	+29.0s
5	Campana Pierre / De Castelli Sabrina	Peugeot 207 S2000	+52.8s
6	Bouffier Bryan / Panseri Xavier	Peugeot 207 S2000	+1m09.8s
7	Maurin Julien / Ural Olivier	Ford Fiesta S2000	+2m53.5s
8	Magalhaes Bruno / Grave Paulo	Peugeot 207 S2000	+3m01.9s
9	Gardemeister Toni / Suominen Tapio	Škoda Fabia S2000	+3m03.2s
10	Leandri Jean-Mathieu / Leonardi Pierre-Marien	Peugeot 207 S2000	+4m08.2s
11	Sandell Patrick / Parmander Staffan	Škoda Fabia S2000	+4m39.2s
12	Succi Jean-François / Vitrani Olivier	Škoda Fabia S2000	+4m49.4s
13	Guglielmi Pierre-Antoine / Porcu Jean-François	Renault Clio R3	+5m33.7s
14	Gonon Florian / Arlettaz Sandra	Subaru Impreza Sti	+6m09.4s
15	Arai Toshihiro / Moscatt Dale	Subaru Impreza R4	+6m40.6s