Cyprus Rally

Marcus Grönholm at the 2006 event.

Subaru World Rally Team at the 2005 event.

Sébastien Loeb at the 2004 event.

The Cyprus Rally is a rallying competition held yearly in Cyprus since 1970. The event is run by the Cyprus Automobile Association^[1] and is based in the city of Limassol (Lemesos). It is run on the winding roads of the nearby mountains of Troödos. It was part of the FIA's World Rally Championship (WRC) from 2000 to 2006. In 2007 and 2008 the event was part of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC). The Cyprus Rally rejoined the WRC in 2009, taking advantage of the new regulations to become the only mixed surface event.

For 2010 the event became the final round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge as well as being the penultimate round of the MERC.

World Rally Championship & Middle East Rally Championship Events

Rally name	Stages	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver Co-driver	Car	Time
1983 European Rally Championship Cf. 4		1	Jimmy McRae Ian Grindrod	Opel Manta 400
1984 European Rally Championship Cf. 4		1	John Buffum Fred Gallagher	Audi Quattro
1985 European Rally Championship Cf. 4		1	Mauro Pregliasco Daniele Cianci	Lancia Rally 037
1986 European Rally Championship Cf. 4		1	Patrick Snijers Dany Colebunders	Lancia Rally 037
1987 European Rally Championship Cf. 4		1	David Llewellyn Phil Short	Audi Coupé Quattro
1988 European Rally Championship Cf. 20		1	Björn Waldegård Fred Gallagher	Toyota Celica GT-Four
1989 European Rally Championship Cf. 20		1	Yves Loubet Jean-Marc Andrié	Lancia Delta Integrale
1990 European Rally Championship Cf. 20		1	Dimi Mavropoulos Nikos Antoniades	Audi Coupé Quattro
1991 European Rally Championship Cf. 20		1	Antonis Ieropoulos Michael Michalakis	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4
1992 European Rally Championship Cf. 20		1	Alex Fiorio Vittorio Brambilla	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1993 European Rally Championship Cf. 20		1	Alex Fiorio Vittorio Brambilla	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1994 European Rally Championship Cf. 20		1	Alex Fiorio Vittorio Brambilla	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1995 European Rally Championship Cf. 20		1	"Bagheera" Naji Stephan	Lancia Delta HF Integrale
1996 European Rally Championship Cf. 20		1	Armin Schwarz Denis Giraudet	Toyota Celica GT-Four
1997 European Rally Championship Cf. 20		1	Krzysztof Hołowczyc Maciej Wisławski	Subaru Impreza 555
1998 European Rally Championship Cf. 20		1	Andrea Navarra Alessandra Materazzetti	Subaru Impreza WRX
1999 European Rally Championship Cf. 20		1	Jean-Pierre Richelmi Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC
Cyprus Rally 2000 September 8–10, 2000 Round 10 of the 2000 WRC season	23 stages 348.41 km	1	Carlos Sainz Luís Moya	Ford Focus RS WRC	5:26:04.9
		2	Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Ford Focus RS WRC	5:26:42.2
		3	François Delecour Daniel Grataloup	Peugeot 206 WRC	5:27:35.7
Cyprus Rally 2001 June 1–3, 2001 Round 6 of the 2001 WRC season	21 stages 341.4 km	1	Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Ford Focus RS WRC 01	5:07:32.7
		2	Richard Burns Robert Reid	Subaru Impreza WRC	5:07:49.1
		3	Carlos Sainz Luís Moya	Ford Focus RS WRC 01	5:07:59.2
31st Cyprus Rally April 19–21, 2002 Round 5 of the 2002 WRC season	20 stages 324.17 km	1	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:21:25.7
		2	Richard Burns Robert Reid	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:22:22.5
		3	Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Subaru Impreza WRC	4:22:24.7
Cyprus Rally 2003 June 20–22, 2003 Round 7 of the 2003 WRC season	18 stages 341.05 km	1	Petter Solberg Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC	5:09:12.6
		2	Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen	Peugeot 206 WRC	5:13:26.6
		3	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC	5:13:29.4
Cyprus Rally 2004 May 13–16, 2004 Round 5 of the 2004 WRC season	18 stages 326.68 km	1[2]	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:59:38.5
		2	Markko Märtin Michael Park	Ford Focus RS WRC 04	4:59:53.6
		3	Carlos Sainz Marc Martí	Citroën Xsara WRC	5:02:02.5
Cyprus Rally 2005 May 13–15, 2005 Round 6 of the 2005 WRC season	18 stages 326.68 km	1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC	5:02:29.4
		2	Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor	Citroën Xsara WRC	5:06:38.9
		3	Markko Märtin Michael Park	Peugeot 307 WRC	5:07:11.3
Cyprus Rally 2006 September 22–24, 2006 Round 12 of the 2006 WRC season	23 stages 331.34 km	1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:40:50.4
		2	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:41:11.6
		3	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:46:06.5
Cyprus Rally 2007 October 12–14, 2007 Part of the 2007 FIA MERC	9 stages	1	Charalambos Timotheou Pambos Laos	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo. IX Gr. N	3:04:11.1
		2	Nasser Al-Attiyah Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza N12 Gr. N	3:05:29.8
		3	Dimitris Papasavvas Vangelis Xenofontos	Subaru Impreza N12 Gr. N	3:11:07.0
Cyprus Rally 2008 May 16–18, 2008 Part of the 2008 FIA MERC	8 stages	1	Nicos Thomas Spyros "Chips" Georgiou	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo. IX Gr. N	4:04:46.5
		2	Savvas Savva Pambos Laos	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo. VIII Gr. N	4:05:12.7
		3	Nasser Al-Attiyah Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza N12 Gr. N	4:08:09.9
2009 Cyprus Rally March 13–15, 2009 Part of the 2009 WRC season	14 stages	1	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	4:50:34
		2	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	4:51:01.9
		3	Petter Solberg Phil Mills	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:52:24.1
2010 Cyprus Rally November 4–6, 2009 Part of the 2010 IRC season	14 stages	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:11:53.5
		2	Roger Feghali Joseph Matar	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:12:24.2
		3	Martin Prokop Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:16:35.5

Notes

1. ^ "Cyprus Automobile Association". CAA. http://www.caa.com.cy/. Retrieved 2008-03-30. 
2. ^ Marcus Grönholm finished first at the 2004 event with a time of 4:58:44.5, but he and his fifth-placed Peugeot team-mate Harri Rovanperä were later disqualified due to their cars' water pumps being non-standard.

External links

• Official site
• Photos from Cyprus Rally