IRC reveals 2010 calendar
Next year's Intercontinental Rally Challenge calendar has been revealed and includes three new rallies in the 12-round schedule
The series, which starts with Monte Carlo for the second year in succession, includes three rallies which had been included in this year's World Rally Championship: Argentina, Sardinia and Cyprus.
Cyprus shifts its date significantly from March to November, where it replaces Britain's round - Rally of Scotland - as the final round of the series.
Argentina and Italy are rumoured to have joined IRC on a single-season contract, with the aim of returning to the WRC in 2011.
The calendar offers a 50-50 split of asphalt and gravel and will also include two rallies running a split asphalt-gravel format: Sanremo and Sardinia. The Safari Rally and Rally Russia are the casualties from this year's calendar.
Geraldine Filiol, Managing Director of Eurosport Events, said: "This exciting calendar reflects the increasing status of IRC in world motorsport, with more and more prestigious events joining our series.
"We have taken a number of major steps forward with high levels for both competition and ground-breaking live TV coverage. This contributes to the spectacular rise in the profile of the series.
"For 2010, we are embarking on our most ambitious season yet: not only do we start the season with the legendary Monte Carlo Rally with fully 14 hours of live action, but we will extend this innovative Live television production to four other events across the year."
This year's IRC concludes with next month's Rally of Scotland, although Kris Meeke and Peugeot have already won the drivers' and teams' titles.
January 19-23 Rallye Monte-Carlo March 4-06 Rally Internacional de Curitiba March 19-21 Rally Argentina June 4-6 Rally d'Italia Sardegna June 24-26 Belgium Ypres Rally July 15-17 Sata Rally Açores August 5-7 Rally Vinho Madeira August 27-29 Barum Czech Rally Zlín September 9-11 Rally Principe de Asturias September 23-25 Rallye Sanremo October 14-16 RAC MSA Rally of Scotland November 4-6 FxPro Cyprus Rally
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