 Petter Solberg, driving a Citroën Xsara WRC car, won the first stage of the rally.But Sébastien Loeb of France won in a Citroën C4 WRC, his second win on snow since the 2004 Swedish Rally, remaining only non-Scandinavian rally driver ever to win a Snow Rally.Loeb finished ahead of Mikko Hirvonen by +9.8 seconds.