Franco-Malian Alain Duclos (Aprilia) and Dutchmen Henk Knuiman (KTM) and Teus Visser (KTM) did not ride the 63 km loop preceding CP4, which explains why they have now been attributed the top 3 times of the day so far. However, they are likely to receive time penalties amounting to several hours.In the meantime, Frenchman Cyril Despres (KTM), of course, has the best provisional time at CP4 after 487 km of the day’s special, 1’45 ahead of Spaniard Marc Coma (KTM) and 9’33 in front of Portugal’s Helder Rodrigues (Yamaha).