Two of the three morning stages of Rally Cyprus were won by Mikkelsen and one of Al-Attiyah who set the fastest time although his spin two corners before the final. Nasser also out of the road but the terrain was clean and he backs on the road without damages with minimal time lose. Freddy Loix spin and restart the engine about 5-km before the end of the stage. For the stage he loses 36 seconds by the stage winner Nasser.
The rally leader Andreas Mikkelsen said: “It was good, I tried to go clean and tidy, we didn't want to take any risk. I want to keep the rhytm, we are having fun.”
Three stages remain to go.
Results after SS 8:
1. A.Mikkelsen 1:46:13.3
2. N. Al-Attiyah + 26.8
3. J. Kopecky + 48.2
4. P. Sandell + 2:28.6
5. F. Loix + 2:41.7
6. K. Kruuda + 3:52.2