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Rally Cyprus 2006 counts for:
2006 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2006 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2006 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship (for drivers)
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| 419th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 12 of 16 |
| Official name: | The Cyprus Rally |
| Edition: | 34th |
| Date: | from Friday 22-Sep-2006 to Sunday 24-Sep-2006 |
| Rally HQ: | Limassol; Cyprus |
| Clerk of the Course: | Christos Kyriakides |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 50 | |
| Starters: | 39 | |
| Finishers: | 27 | (69.2% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 22 | |
| Shortest: | 3.40 | km | (SS20 Down Town Special) |
| Longest: | 30.33 | km | (SS15 Foini - Koilinia 2) |
| Slowest: | 57.18 | km/h | (SS3 Asinou - Nikitari 1) |
| Fastest: | 97.99 | km/h | (SS16 Galatareia - Pentalia 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 322.51 | km | (28.0% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 293.87 | km | (25.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 858.66 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,152.53 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 28th win and 47th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 46th podium for Marcus Gronholm. |
| Third place was 6th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 34th win and 81st podium for Citroen. |
| | Second and third places were 201st to 202nd podiums for Ford. |
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Novelty of the rally was a stage run in old town of Lemesos. FIA thought it wasn't safe so drivers were instructed to drive slowly and stage times did not count towards overall time.
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By winning Group N, Fumio Nutahara kept his PWRC title hope alive.
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Related links
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Rally Japan 2006
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Turkey 2006
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