SS4 Touquet – Ciamin concludes the first loop in the lead

And 4 for Nicolas Ciamin who achieves the grand slam at the end of the first loop of the Rally of Touquet. 

CIAMIN: “It was perhaps a little less good in the dry. But there were wet portions too. It was perhaps the most complicated this morning. »

The Nice rider returns to the service park with a nice lead of 12″2 over Hugo Margaillan, 16″3 over William Wagner and already more than 26 seconds over Yoann Bonato, entangled in a poor choice of tires on the dirty but dry special stages of Les Hauts. of France.

BONATO: “That one was finally completely dry. This first loop was not easy. We are happy to be at the end. »

After having been literally hot with the start of a fire at the finish of SS2, Léo Rossel returned to the park at the gates of the Top 5. In 8th overall place, Cédric Robert remains firmly established at the top of the 2-wheel ranking power cars with 24 seconds ahead of Raphaël Astier.

ROSSEL: “It’s the cleanest special we’ve done. I'm having fun in this car. »

Start of SS5 at 16:25 a.m.

ES4 Ranking – Camiers-Frencq-Longvilliers – 11,96 km

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