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Volkswagen continues its triple lead in the Morocco Rally: With a double stage victory, the Volkswagen factory drivers Carlos Sainz/Michel Périn (Spain/France) expanded their over lead to 4.31 minutes on the third of six competition days.

Finishing the day in second place, their team-mates Giniel de Villiers/Dirk von Zitzewitz (South Africa/Germany) defended their position as the overall runner-up in front of Carlos Sousa/Andreas Schulz (Portugal/Germany) in the Race Touareg of Team Lagos. On the 344-kilometre stage around the desert oasis of Zagora, which is one of the two longest special stages of the entire rally, Mark Miller/Ralph Pitchford (USA/RSA) in the Volkswagen Race Touareg claimed fifth place overall behind BMW driver Nasser Al-Attiyah. On Friday, the fourth round of the FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup will continue with another, 244-kilometre loop around Zagora.

Standings after stage 3, Zagora (MA) – Zagora (MA); 327/421 km stage 3/total

Pos. Team Vehicle Leg 3 Total time
1. Carlos Sainz/Michel Périn (E/F); Volkswagen Race Touareg 2; 2h55m14s (1st); 8h19m12s
2. Giniel de Villiers/Dirk von Zitzewitz (RSA/D); Volkswagen Race Touareg 2; 2h55m47s (2nd) + 4m31s
3. Carlos Sousa/Andreas Schulz (P/D); Volkswagen Race Touareg 2; 2h58m39s (3rd) + 16m28s
4. Nasser Al-Attiyah/Alain Guehennec (QA/F); BMW X3 CC; 3h04m01s (4th) + 22m11s
5. Mark Miller/Ralph Pitchford (USA/RSA); Volkswagen Race Touareg 2; 3h04m29s (5th) + 31m21s
6. Dominique Housieaux/Jean-M. Polato (F/F); Schlesser; 3h13m14s (8th) + 1h09m45s
7. Paulo Nobre/Filipe Palmeiro (BR/P); BMW X3 CC; 3h08m56s (7th) + 1h18m12s
8. Kenjiro Shinozuka/Roberto di Persio (J/I); Nissan Pathfinder; 3h30m53s (10th) + 1h58m24s
9. Lukasz Komornicki/Rafal Marton (PL/PL); SMG; 3h24m50s (9th) + 2h02m51s
10. Maris Saukans/Didzis Zarins (LV/LV); OSC; 3h37m15s (11th) + 2h03m18s

- Volkswagen Motorsport

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