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Pontus Tidemand (Skoda Fabia R5) is ahead of Ole Christian Veiby (Skoda Fabia R5) in WRC-2 on this last ES of the day. The Norwegian, however, leads the category this evening with a 5″ lead over Tidemand.

Teemu Suninen (Ford) logically dominates Valeriy Gorban's Mini. The Finn retains his seventh place overall ahead of Juho Hänninen (Toyota).

Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën) signs the 6th provisional time, 1″5 behind Evans. Ostberg (Ford) is 11th.

Andreas Mikkelsen (Citroën) confesses to being much more confident with the C3 at the end of this afternoon loop, after hitting a stump in the morning.

“Probably one of the worst days of my career in terms of driving and feeling,” admits Breen. I really struggled. I'm absolutely petrified. I feel like I'm going out all the time. »

The 100% Citroën duel was won by Mikkelsen ahead of Breen. The Norwegian sets the 4th provisional time, 1″1 behind Evans, with Breen at 2″3.

“I think it’s an ignition problem. It's hard to say. I had to play with the mapping to get the engine back. Fortunately, we go to assistance. » admits Hänninen.

Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) is ahead of his rival Juho Hänninen (Toyota) in his duel, the Finn having visibly encountered some engine problems on his Yaris. Hänninen concedes 8″ on Evans while Paddon loses 2″4.

Elfyn Evans (Ford), best time on this course last night, sets the provisional reference time in 1’44”3, and beats Dani Sordo (Hyundai) in his duel. The Spanish driver takes the 4th provisional time at 1″4.

Latvala admits not having found his rhythm in the afternoon, after having fought for a long time with the Hyundai of Thierry Neuville for the lead of the event.

“Tomorrow is the key to the rally,” believes Tänak. Most ES are new, quite long and tricky. If the weather is like this, it will be something. »

Ott Tänak (Ford) is faster in his duel against Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota). The Estonian is also ahead of Thierry Neuville by two tenths and is 1″3 behind the Belgian overall, the latter retaining the lead in the rally.

“The road position tomorrow will be very important, so I will try to stay ahead tonight. » comments Neuville.

Ogier reports that a stone thrown by Neuville's Hyundai i20 slightly damaged its windshield.

Thierry Neuville won against Sébastien Ogier in 1’45”0, compared to 1’46”2 for the French world champion.

The first duel on this super-special will pit Sébastien Ogier (Ford) and Thierry Neuville (Hyundai).