Nakon prva dva brzinska ispita brdima oko Monte Carla Loeb, koji je pobijedio u oba, ima 23 sekunde prednosti u odnosu na Španjolca Dania Sorda (Citroën C4), dok daljnih šest sekundi zaostaje trećeplasirani Finac Marcus Grönholm (Ford Focus RS).
1. Sébastien Loeb-Daniel Elena (FRA-MON/Citroën C4) 23:29.9
2. Dani Sordo-Marc Marti (ŠPA/Citroën Xsara) a 23.9
3. Marcus Grönholm-Timo Rautiainen (FIN/Ford Focus RS) 29.1
4. Mikko Hirvonen-Jarmo Lehtinen (FIN/Ford Focus RS) 51.7
5. Petter Solberg-Philip Mills (NOR-GBR/Subaru Impreza) 57.6
6. Chris Atkinson-Glenn MacNeall (AUS/Subaru Impreza) 1:00.1
7. Manfred Stohl-Ilka Minor (AUT/Citroën Xsara) 1:01.7
8. Toni Gardemeister-Jakke Honkanen (FIN/Mitsubishi Lancer) 1:06.1
9. Jan Kopecky-Filip Schovanek (ČEŠ/Skoda Fabia) 1:13.2
10. Jean-Marie Cuoq-David Marty (FRA/Peugeot 307) 1:29.1