The championship leader was sitting third overall behind Evans and Ogier after the morning loop of stages, before tyre dramas struck his team-mates in the afternoon.
Despite opening the road, Rovanpera won the final stage of the day to claim his third stage win of the event to move into a 22.4s lead over Evans.
Such was the attrition of the tough gravel event that Hyundai’s Ott Tanak …Keep reading
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