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The second stage of the Swedish Rally will begin this Saturday from 8:25 a.m. with the 20km of Torntorp.

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Takamoto Katsuta (Ford) remains in the lead of WRC 2 by resisting pressure from Pontus Tidemand (Skoda) who remains four seconds behind the Japanese. Ole Veiby (Skoda) follows at seven seconds with five seconds ahead of Jari Huttunen (Hyundai).

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Hayden Paddon wraps up a great day for Hyundai at Rally Sweden. The New Zealander took the scratch in the Torsby SS8 (9,56km) which will serve as a Power Stage in the final stage, setting a time of 6'23"8 with around three seconds ahead of his teammates Thierry Neuville and Andreas Mikkelsen. Esapekka Lappi (Toyota) follows at 3”6 ahead of Mads Ostberg (Citroën), Teemu Suninen (M-Sport) and Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota) who is nine seconds behind the benchmark. Craig Breen (Citroën) is the first by more than ten seconds. The Irishman precedes Elfyn Evans (M-Sport), Ott Tänak (Toyota) and Kris Meeke (Citroën). Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) is once again the slowest with more than 23 seconds behind.

Thierry Neuville finished the stage with a lead of 4” over Andreas Mikkelsen. Hayden Paddon climbs onto the provisional podium monopolized by Hyundai. The New Zealander is a few tenths ahead of the Citroëns of Craig Breen and Mads Ostberg who precede the group of Finns made up of Teemu Suninen, Esapekka Lappi and Jari-Matti Latvala. Ott Tänak and Kris Meeke complete the Top ten ahead of Elfyn Evans who took 9th place from Sébastien Ogier with a 11” lead.

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Ostberg drops 5"7 to Paddon and slips to 5th place, 6 tenths behind his teammate Breen.

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Paddon finished in style as he was 2″9 ahead of his teammate Neuville. The performance is not small since the Hyundai driver climbs onto the provisional podium with half a second ahead of Breen, even if Ostberg is still in the special.

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Suninen finished in 4th place, 4” behind the benchmark after losing his headlight strip in the special. The M-Sport driver ranks 1th.

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Breen sets the 5th time, 7″2 behind Neuville. The Citroën driver also lost 7s to Mikkelsen while he was fighting at the front.

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Mikkelsen finished a tenth behind his teammate Neuville. The Norwegian remains less than 5 seconds from the leader in the general classification.

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Confirmation of Evans' time. The M-Sport driver finished 11″5 off the provisional scratch and took 11th place from Ogier with a 7″5 lead over the Frenchman.

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Lappi narrowly missed the provisional scratch with 7 tenths behind Neuville. The Toyota driver is in 7th place with almost half a minute ahead of his teammate Latvala.

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Evans finishes but his time is not yet known. The M-Sport driver should take 11th place occupied by his teammate Ogier.

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Neuville improves the mark with a 6″3 lead over Latvala. The Belgian is fighting to maintain his leadership position.

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Meeke lost a lot of time in this SS, 10s behind Latvala. The Citroën driver is 10th, more than 14 seconds behind Tänak in the general classification.

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Ogier: “I couldn’t do much today, that’s for sure. »

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Tänak in SS8:

 

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Latvala increases the pace again with an 8″ lead over his teammate Tänak. The Finn is 1th with almost 8 seconds ahead of the Estonian.

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Tänak still manages to beat Ogier by 6″1 on this short course. The Toyota driver is in 9th place.

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Ogier's difficult day ends. The Frenchman clocked 6’47″2.  

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Night has now fallen on the special. The crews move with their headlights on.

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The crews will finish the day with the 9,56km to Torsby from 16:56 p.m. This SS will serve as a Power Stage during the final stage.

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