Jan Kopecký has taken his first stage victory of the Geko Ypres Rally by topping the times on the first Langemark stage in his works Škoda Fabia Super 2000. The Czech driver, who insisted he took no big risks, was sixth tenths of a second faster than overall pacesetter Freddy Loix, whose gap at the top of the leaderboard is more than 30 seconds.
Thierry Neuville is third despite losing more than 10 seconds when he spun on a slow first gear corner in his Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg 207 S2000.
Overall positions after SS10:
01) Freddy Loix 1h23m20.5s
02) Jan Kopecký +30.3s
03) Thierry Neuville +1m18.5s
04) Bernd Casier +2m27.1s
05) Andreas Mikkelsen +2m58.7s
06) Patrick Snijers +3m25.9s
07) Michał Sołowow +4m02.5s
08) Bruno Magalhães +4m21.7s
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