Rovanpera came under pressure from Evans as the latter closed to within 1.2s of the Finn, but a masterful display on the final two night stages extended Rovanpera’s lead to 8.3s
Evans was lucky to end the day after a strange finish to the final stage. The Welshman was caught out by a snowbank on the final corner and was briefly stranded but amazingly had cut the time beam in the process of losing control.
Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville ended the day in third 21.7s adrift after an eventful day that started with him leading the rally by 4.3s. However, the Belgian lost the lead in the morning’s first stage and dropped to fourth following a spin in the final test of that loop.
Neuville made amends during the three afternoon stages to reclaim third as Toyota’s Esapekka Lappi dropped to fourth, 25.9s shy of Rovanpera.
Toyota’s fourth entry for Takamoto Katsuta ended the day in fifth after leapfrogging Oliver Solberg, who was late to the final stage after stopping to fix a…
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