Kris Meeke has ended Freddy Loix’s run of stage wins on the Geko Ypres Rally by topping the times on the second Westouter run. Meeke completed the test one second faster than Loix to narrow the Belgian’s margin out front to 5.7s with one stage remaining until Friday’s overnight halt.
Jan Kopecký is still third in his works Škoda Fabia, almost 20 seconds ahead of fourth-placed Thierry Neuville in a Peugeot 207. Pieter Tsjoen and Bernd Casier are still fifth and sixth respectively in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge qualifier.
Overall positions after SS5
1) Freddy Loix 46m37.3s
2) Kris Meeke +5.7s
3) Jan Kopecký +20.0s
4) Thierry Neuville +39.9s
5) Pieter Tsjoen +59.6s
6) Bernd Casier +1m23.8s
7) Andreas Mikkelsen +1m39.7s
8) Patrick Snijers +1m44.4s
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