This is the end of this live commentary of the second day of the Rally Poland. See you tomorrow at 8:10 a.m. for the first SS of the last Polish stage with the Neuville-Tänak duel.
The last duel in the premier category allows Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) to beat Ott Tänak (Ford), still at the wheel of a Fiesta deprived of its rear wing, by six tenths. Neuville failed two tenths behind Evans, when Tänak took 6th place in the ES;
The Belgian, however, concludes this second stage as leader with a 3″ lead over the Estonian before the last day.
Sébastien Ogier (Ford) is ahead of Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) by two tenths, the Frenchman equaling the time of Mads Ostberg (Ford) in 1'45″0. Ogier climbs to fourth position, Paddon is 5th in the provisional classification of the ES.
Dani Sordo (Hyundai) gets the better of Teemu Suninen (Ford). The Spaniard climbs into fourth provisional position, 1″1 behind Evans, while the Finn is 7th at 2″1.
Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën) is faster than Juho Hänninen (Toyota), but the two drivers achieve the two worst provisional times in 1'45″7 and 1'46″8.
Incredible!!! @ElfynEvans times on Mikolajki Arena: SS1 1.44.4, SS10 1.44.3, SS19 1.44.4. Three runs at the stage 0.1s difference! pic.twitter.com/cMd1hX9Vjv
— DMACK Tires (@DMACK_Tyres) July 1, 2017
The duel of the Ford Fiestas of Elfyn Evans and Mads Ostberg turned to the advantage of the Welshman, who also took the best time in 1'44″4. Evans had won the two previous ES contested on this course.
Mikkelsen beats Breen by eight tenths.
Andreas Mikkelsen and Craig Breen pit their Citroën C3s against each other over the 2,50 km of this super-special.
The first duel of the Mikolajki super-special will begin at 19:41 p.m.