GRÉGORY FONTALBA MAKES A DOUBLE BLOW AT THE RALLYE AVEYRON ROUERGUE OCCITANIE

• After a long battle with Cyril Raymond, Grégory Fontalba becomes the third different winner in as many rallies contested this year in the Alpine Elf Rally Trophy. • Thanks to his victory on the challenging roads of the Rallye Aveyron Rouergue Occitanie, Grégory Fontalba now leads the general classification, which is still wide open at the midway point of the season. • Second at the finish, Fabrice Bect won the Gentlemen category and is now second in the trophy ahead of Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine (8-10 September).

The duelresumed on Saturday morning, once more under the impetus of Cyril Raymond. Therallycross champion attacked on Lévézou to trim his deficit to 7.9s, butGrégory Fontalba answered on the following timed sector before the emblematicLuc - Moyrazès stage became decisive when Cyril Raymond crashed out of therally.

With nearly twominutes in hand from Fabrice Bect before the last loop, Grégory Fontalba wonthe final three stages to seal his first victory in 2022. Fabrice Bect finishedsecond and won the Gentlemen Category ahead of Jean-Luc Roché, who got thebetter of Romuald Lamboley by 17.1s in what was a fierce battle until the lastkilometre.

Thanks to hisvictory, Grégory Fontalba now has an eight-point lead over Fabrice Bect in theAlpine Elf Rally Trophy. Several competitors, however, are still in contention,especially as only the five best results will count at the end of the season.

Meanwhile, the Alpine A110 Rallyexcelled, once again in the hands of Cédric Robert. The rally veteran finishedsixth place overall against the leaders in the national scene in Rally2 toretain third place in the French Tarmac Rally Championship and regain the leadin the French two-wheel-drive Championship.

After the summer break, the Alpine Elf Trophy Rally will resume in theautumn, kicking off the second half of the season on Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine(8-10 September).

Classification

1. GrégoryFontalba-Stéphan Hermet 1h54:57.7s

2. FabriceBect-Arnaud Michal +2:29.1s

3. Jean-Luc Roché-Olivier Bacle +13:16.2s

4. Romuald Lamboley-Aurélien Benzal +13:33.3s

Dnf. Cyril Raymond-Valentin Salmon

Dnf. Bertrand Fassio-Philippe Eustaquio

General classification

1. GrégoryFontalba 35 points

2. Fabrice Bect27 points

3. CyrilRaymond & Yoann Lambert 20 points

5. Bertrand Fassio 15 points

6. Jean-Luc Roché 12 points

7. RaphaëlMarry & Romuald Lamboley 10 points

9. Guy Bertrand8 points

NC. Hugo Bonfils & AlexandreVernazza 0 point

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