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This rally was the first mixed-surface event since 1996 San Remo. Even though rules allowed use of full tarmac spec car and tarmac tyres, both top teams Citroen and Ford jointly agreed to use only gravel tyres and mainly gravel set-up, though with much lower ride-height. This was done for budget reasons.
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Rally Cyprus 2009 counts for:
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2009 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship (for drivers)
2009 FIA Junior World Rally Championship (for drivers)
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| 457th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 3 of 12 |
| Official name: | FxPro Cyprus Rally |
| Edition: | 37th |
| Date: | from Friday 13-Mar-2009 to Sunday 15-Mar-2009 |
| Rally HQ: | Limassol; Cyprus |
| Clerk of the Course: | Christos Kyriakides |
| Surface: | Tarmac/gravel |
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| Entries: | 35 | |
| Starters: | 32 | |
| Finishers: | 24 | (75.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 14 | |
| Shortest: | 7.37 | km | (SS2 Mylikouri 1) |
| Longest: | 40.54 | km | (SS13 Anadiou) |
| Slowest: | 55.42 | km/h | (SS8 Pano Panagia) |
| Fastest: | 83.39 | km/h | (SS3 Gerakies 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 332.07 | km | (27.7% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 332.07 | km | (27.7% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 865.72 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,197.79 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 50th win and 76th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 33rd podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Third place was 36th podium for Petter Solberg. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 56th win and win and third place were 125th to 126th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 257th podium for Ford. |
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Sebastien Loeb scored his 50th win on a first mixed-surface event in 13 years. Here he is seen driving on Friday's tarmac stages, using gravel tyres but with lower ride-height.
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Having built a good lead in Friday, Sebastien was able to take it easier for the next two days, especially in tricky places where overnight rain turned road very muddy.
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Related links
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Norway 2009
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Portugal 2009
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