Citroen's defending FIA World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena, both of French, continue to lead in the Cyprus Rally 2005 on its second day, with three minutes and seven seconds ahead of the runners-up.

In second place are Austrian Manfred Stohl and Minor Ilka, in a Citroen Xsara WRC 2004 and in third place Norwegian Henning Solberg and Cato Menkerud in a Ford Focus RS WRC 04.

The Rally finishes on Limassol seafront at 15:15 hours local time (1215 GMT) on Sunday.