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Jan Kopecky clings on to Rally Zlin lead despite steering issue

Jan Kopecky's Rally Zlin lead has been slashed to just a second over Freddy Loix with three stages to go after the works Skoda man lost time with power steering problems this morning

Kopecky had to carry out a makeshift repair after today's first stage and was at least able to maintain enough pace to cling on ahead of last year's Zlin winner Loix's BFO Skoda.

Juho Hanninen has also gained on his rally-leading team-mate, though he is 10.2s adrift in third.

Skoda currently looks assured of a podium sweep on its home event, and may yet take a one-two-three-four.

Peugeot's lead runner Bryan Bouffier crashed his PH-run car on SS10, and though that moved Kronos Peugeot driver Thierry Neuville into fourth, the Belgian is being caught by Andreas Mikkelsen in the Skoda UK car - although after winning today's opening two stages, Mikkelsen lost a little time with an error on SS12. He is now 17.5s behind Neuville.

Leading positions after SS12:

Pos  Driver             Team/Car                    Time/Gap
 1.  Jan Kopecky        Skoda                     1h45m35.1s
 2.  Freddy Loix        BFO Skoda                     + 1.0s
 3.  Juho Hanninen      Skoda                        + 10.2s
 4.  Thierry Neuville   Peugeot Benelux (Kronos)   + 1m53.9s
 5.  Andreas Mikkelsen  Skoda UK                   + 2m11.4s
 6.  Toni Gardemeister  TGS Skoda                  + 2m53.6s
 7.  Craig Breen        Keltech Ford               + 3m05.7s
 8.  Guy Wilks          Peugeot UK (Kronos)        + 3m21.3s
 9.  Roman Kresta       Adell Mogul Skoda          + 3m28.1s
10.  PG Andersson       Proton                     + 3m47.3s

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