Terre – Cuoq and Baud in a duel at the Langres Rally

Handicapped by his position as opener, Jean-Marie Cuoq (Citroën C4 WRC) had to let Lionel Baud (Ford Fiesta WRC) take the lead in the 15th Rally Terre de Langres before sounding the charge in the second pass of the special stages of the first stage and ending the day with a lead of seven seconds over his opponent. “Today we thought we were handicapped by sweeping. Finally, on this gravette, we limited the damage. We are in a favorable position for tomorrow. I rolled with my hand and by applying myself, the goal is to win », comments the leader of the event.

Serge Gillouin (Citroën daytime. But François Durieu is less than two seconds behind the top three and leads Group N in his Subaru Impreza. Jérôme Jacquot (Peugeot 207 S2000) completes the top five ahead of Arnaud Mordacq (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) who lost time following a puncture. Loïc Mattei follows in seventh place and leads the R4 category alone following the retirement of Jean-Marc Falco after going off the road in the fourth special.

Behind the Mitsubishis of Cyrille Feraud, Loïc Mattei and Alain Deveza, Marc Amourette leads the 2WD at the wheel of his Citroën DS3 R3 also at the head of the Citroën Racing Trophy. Denis Millet and Cédric Robert complete the provisional podium in the category.