Leaderboard after Day 1

1.  S Loeb/D Elena                        F               Citroen C4              23min 38.4sec 2.  D Sordo/M Marti                     E               Citroen C4              23min 51.1sec 3.  M Hirvonen/J Lehtinen           FIN             Ford Focus RS   24min 22.4sec 4.  C Atkinson/S Prévot             AUS             Subaru Impreza  24min 37.0sec 5.  F Duval/E Chevailler                B               Ford Focus RS   24min 51.9sec 6.  P Solberg/P Mills                    N               Subaru Impreza  24min 52.9sec 7.  G Galli/G Bernacchini               I               Ford Focus RS   25min 04.5sec 8.  T Gardemeister/T Tuominen  FIN             Suzuki SX4              25min 31.5sec 9.  J-M Cuoq/P Janvier                F               Peugeot 307             25min 47.6sec 10 F Romeyer/T Fournel              F               Peugeot 206             26min 29.1sec

Stage Times

Stage 1: 1. Sordo 14min 08.9sec; 2. Loeb + 3.8; 3. Hirvonen + 20.1; 4. Atkinson + 31.0; 5. Duval + 38.7; 6. P Solberg + 41.2; 10. Al Qassimi 1:30.4; 33. Latvala + 4:10.2.

Stage 2: 1. Loeb 9min 25.7sec; 2. Sordo + 16.5; 3. Hirvonen + 27.7; 4. Atkinson + 31.4; 5. P Solberg + 37.1; 6. Duval + 38.6; 8. Latvala + 48.0; 12 Al Qassimi + 1:32.4.

Overall: 1. Loeb 23min 38.4sec; 2. Sordo + 12.7; 3. Hirvonen + 44.0; 4. Atkinson + 58.6; 5. Duval + 1:13.5; 6. P Solberg + 1:14.5; 11. Al Qassimi + 2:59.0; 18. Latvala + 4:54.4.

Today’s Route

The second day's action takes competitors into the Ardèche mountains, south-west of Valence, for two identical clockwise loops of three stages which are split by a return to the Valence service park.  After an early-morning 06.50 start, they return to the town for the second overnight halt at 19.56 afte