Following the drama that surrounded Carlos Sainz's crash, stage 11 was abandoned and stage 12 cancelled, affecting the entire field. By the end of the second leg with one day remaining, Wexford Motor Club's Eamonn Boland lies 28th. A 33nd spot on SS9 in Resolfen gave him an overall classification on 32nd early on Saturday morning, but that figure jumped inside the top 30 when all drivers were given a time of one minute seven seconds behind stage winner Marcus Gronholm after Sainz's now infamous collision with spectators. Offically, Boland was given joint seventh on the stage - along with 70 others - to raise the Irishman up to 28th. Stage 12 in Trawscoed was cancelled, with the final stage of the day bringing the field to their second traversal of the spectator course in Cardiff. A respectible showing here maintained Boland's placing - leaving himself just a shade outside the top 25 going into the final day.