CITROEN TAKES ANOTHER WIN
WITH THE XSARA

Following the death of Mark Champeau, second placed in the French Rally Championship, during reconassence for the Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine, the atmosphere for the event was sombre, even for Citroen who recorded another victory for the Xsara kit car, further extending Philippe Bugalski's championship lead.

Philippe Bugalski - Jean Paul Chiaroni, first on the scene of Mark Champeau of the accident were badly affected by the accident, demonstrated their professionalism by continuing in the event. They recorded, nevertheless, another win, their 6th consecutive win in the 1999 French rally championship.

Philippe Bugalski commented after the event: "We would have wished to win in other circumstances. A lot of things disrupted us before the race and just completing the event was emotionally difficult, let alone winning."

	Results of 51st Rallye Mont-Blanc Morzine
	1	Philippe Bugalski Jean-Paul Chiaroni		Citroën Xsara Kit Car
	2	Cyril Henny Aurore Brand		Peugeot 306 Maxi		1'36.5
	3	Jérôme Galpin Arnaud Delebecque		Renault Maxi Mégane		3'20.3
	4	Eric Rousse -Christophe Sauce		Subaru Impreza		5'07.3
	5	François Mariani Dominique Savignoni		Subaru Impreza WRC		7'41.3
	Positions in the 1999 Frech Rally Championship
	1	Philippe Bugalski		165 points
	2 =	Benoît Rousselot and Mark Champeau		72 points
	4	Sébastien Loeb		62 points
	5	Eric Rousset		57 points

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