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Prokop takes Cyprus Rally lead

Martin Prokop has taken the lead of the Cyprus Rally going into the final day

The Czech Ford driver had been trying to chase down leader Nasser Al-Attiyah this morning after delays caused by an early driveshaft problem.

Prokop was gradually chipping away at his rival's advantage, but was given a helping hand when Al-Attiyah picked up a 10-second penalty for jumping a stage start, and then lost more time with a slow puncture on SS7.

By the end of the superspecial that closed tonight's action, Prokop had managed to extend his lead to 12.1s, with six stages remaining tomorrow to round off the Intercontinental Rally Challenge season.

The rest of the field is now a long way behind. Seven-time Lebanese champion Roger Feghali is third in his Skoda, having escaped a spin this afternoon, and while he is over a minute adrift of the leading Fords, he has a big gap back to Prokop's team-mate Jaromir Tarabus.

Roman Kresta's Mitsubishi is fifth ahead of Nicos Thomas' Peugeot, with Franz Wittmann having had to retire with a broken wheel. But Wittmann's ROMO Peugeot team-mate Bryan Bouffier has shown great pace, winning all three of this afternoon's full-length stages as he goes flat-out after losing 25 minutes to suspension damage earlier today.

Pos  Driver                   Car           Time/Gap
 1.  Martin Prokop            Ford        1h33m16.6s
 2.  Nasser Al-Attiyah        Ford           + 12.1s
 3.  Roger Feghali            Skoda        + 1m17.4s
 4.  Jaromir Tarabus          Ford         + 3m42.0s
 5.  Roman Kresta             Mitsubishi   + 4m42.4s
 6.  Nicos Thomas             Peugeot      + 5m42.2s
 7.  Constantinos Tingirides  Mitsubishi   + 6m36.9s
 8.  Charalambos Timotheou    Mitsubishi   + 7m34.0s
 9.  Misfer Almari            Subaru       + 8m06.5s
10.  Andreas Philippou        Subaru      + 10m16.6s

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