Loeb nakon šest od 17 brzinskih ispita ima 9.9 sekundi prednosti u odnosu na drugoga Norvežanina Pettera Solberga (Subaru), dok je treći Finac Harri Rovanpera (Mitsubishi) sa 31.5 sekundom zaostatka.
Reli završava u nedjelju.
REZULTATI:
1. Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena (Fra/Mon-Citroen Xsara) 1:18:12.0
2. Petter Solberg/Philip Mills (Nor/VB-Subaru Impreza) 1:18:21.9
3. Harri Rovanpera/Risto Pietilainen (Fin-Mitsubishi Lancer) 1:18:43.5
4. Marcus Gronholm/Timo Rautiainen (Fin-Peugeot 307) 1:19:23.1
5. Francois Duval/Sven Smeets (Bel-Citroen Xsara) 1:19:24.4
6. Chris Atkinson/Glenn MacNeall (Aus-Subaru Impreza) 1:19:33.3
7. Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud (Nor-Ford Focus) 1:19:33.9
8. Markko Martin/Michael Park (Est/VB-Peugeot 307) 1:19:38.7
9. Toni Gardemeister/Jakke Honkanen (Fin-Ford Focus) 1:19:39.1
10. Gianluigi Galli/Guido d'Amore (Ita-Mitsubishi Lancer) 1:19:46.2