ALL PRESS RELEASES

The four drivers of Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart and their respective co-drivers have just completed a four-day hike along the challenging 'Tour de Mont Blanc' walk which took them on a 160km loop starting from and finishing in the French ski resort of Chamonix. Their route – which was a far cry from the sort of landscape they are accustomed to in the world of Cross Country Rallies – took them across mountains passes at altitudes of up to 2,800 metres in France, Italy and Switzerland, while the cumulative altitude difference was 2,000 metres.

A perfectly paced run from Stéphane Peterhansel and his co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret (France) has handed victory in the 2007 Baja Espana to Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart after 795km of exacting stages through Spain's Aragon region. Second-placed Joan 'Nani' Roma/Lucas Cruz (Spain) completed the team's successful weekend to secure a welcome one-two finish at this afternoon's podium ceremony in Zaragoza.

Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart's Stéphane Peterhansel and his co-driver Jean-Paul Cottret (France) have profited from the longest and probably toughest leg of the 2007 Baja Espana to go clear at the top of the provisional leaderboard with their Pajero/Montero Evolution.

The 2007 Baja Espana's first full day of competition saw Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart's Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret (France) and Joan 'Nani' Roma/Lucas Cruz (Spain) follow up their one-two finish on Thursday evening's prologue with the second and third fastest times on today's only stage.

Following Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart's podium finish with Spaniard Joan 'Nani' Roma (2nd) on June's Rally Transiberico in Portugal, the team continues this weekend with the Baja Espana, the second round of the 2007 FIA European Cup for Cross-Country Bajas.