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Cyprus Rally: Qatar’s Al Attiyah wins 50th anniversary edition

Published: 09 Oct 2023 - 08:38 am | Last Updated: 09 Oct 2023 - 08:39 am
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Qatari driver Nasser Al Attiyah, along with French co-driver Mathieu Baumel won the 50th Anniversary Edition of the Cyprus Rally, in Nicocia, yesterday.

Driving a Volkswagen Polo GTi R5 car, Al Attiyah won his 8th title in Cyprus after completing 12 stages in 3:03:38.7.

Finishing in second place was Oman’s Abdullah Al-Rawahi, with co-driver Ata Al Hmoud of Jordan, in a Skoda Fabia R5.

They completed the rally 3 minutes and 21 seconds behind Al Attiyah.

Third in the general classification were Christos Demosthenous and co-driver Kypros Christodoulou of Cyprus. They finished 6 minutes and 38 seconds behind the winner.