2006 Cyprus Rally

The 2006 Cyprus Rally was the twelfth round of the 2006 World Rally Championship season. It took place between September 22-24, 2006. It was the last event of the season in which championship winner Sébastien Loeb competed due to injury; despite this, he still became 2006 Champion when his points total became unassailable in the fourteenth round, 2006 Rally Australia.

2006 Cyprus Rally 34th Cyprus Rally
Round 12 of the 2006 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Chris Atkinson at the closing ceremony.
Dates run	September 22 – 24 2006
Stages	22
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	40 at start, 27 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Kronos Total Citroën World Rally Team

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:40:50.4	0.0	10
2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:41:11.6	21.2	8
3	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:46:06.5	5:16.1	6
4	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:47:30.8	6:39.7	5
5	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:49:30.8	8:40.4	4
6	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Peugeot 307 WRC	4:55:30.4	14:40.0	3
7	Xavier Pons	Carlos Del Barrio	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:55:37.1	14:46.7	2
8	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC 06	4:56:11.9	15:21.5	1
PWRC
1.	Fumio Nutahara	Daniel Barritt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	5:10:43.3	0.0	10
2.	Aki Teiskonen	Miika Teiskonen	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	5:15:00.8	4:17.5	8
3.	Khalid al-Qassimi	Nicky Beech	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	5:16:42.5	5:59.2	6
4.	Simone Campedelli	Danilo Fappani	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII	5:22:14.4	11:31.1	5
5.	Nasser al-Attiyah	Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza WRX Spec C	5:34:48.3	24:05.0	4
6.	Toshi Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	5:43:47.9	33:04.6	3

Special Stages

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length (km)	Winner	Time	Rally leader
1 (22 Sep)	SS1	09:43	Xyliatos 1	8.90	Marcus Grönholm	7:43.3	Marcus Grönholm
	SS2	10:04	Kaspouras 1	10.17	Marcus Grönholm	9:14.1
	SS3	10:37	Asinou 1	25.61	Marcus Grönholm	26:52.4
	SS4	12:05	Kato Amiantos 1	11.86	Petter Solberg	9:33.4
	SS5	15:03	Xyliatos 2	8.90	Marcus Grönholm	7:26.5
	SS6	15:24	Kaspouras 2	10.17	Sébastien Loeb	8:56.4
	SS7	15:57	Asinou 2	25.61	Sébastien Loeb	26:07.1
	SS8	17:25	Kato Amiantos 2	11.86	Sébastien Loeb	9:26.8
2 (23 Sep)	SS9	08:38	Kellaki 1	9.48	Marcus Grönholm	8:01.4
	SS10	09:16	Akrounta 1	7.98	Marcus Grönholm	7:44.9
	SS11	10:34	Foini 1	30.32	Sébastien Loeb	26:20.8
	SS12	11:32	Galatareia 1	13.32	Sébastien Loeb	8:17.8
	SS13	14:25	Kellaki 2	9.48	Sébastien Loeb	8:01.7
	SS14	15:03	Akrounta 2	7.98	Sébastien Loeb	7:35.4	Sébastien Loeb
	SS15	16:21	Foini 2	30.32	Sébastien Loeb	25:56.1
	SS16	17:19	Galatareia 2	13.32	Sébastien Loeb	8:09.7
3 (24 Sep)	SS17	08:54	Vavatsinia 1	25.23	Sébastien Loeb	22:24.1
	SS18	09:52	Machairas 1	12.93	Marcus Grönholm	10:56.6
	SS19	10:35	Lageia	8.98	Marcus Grönholm	7:21.6
	SS20	12:35	Down Town	3.40	Stage Cancelled
	SS21	14:03	Vavatsinia 2	25.23	Sébastien Loeb	23:19.8
	SS22	14:56	Machairas 2	12.93	Marcus Grönholm	10:48.8

External links

• Results at eWRC.com
• Results at Jonkka's World Rally Archive