And when chief rival Jari-Matti Latvala ignited a three-way podium fight by putting his Polo R into a ditch, Mikko Hirvonen, tackling his last rally before retirement, emerged as his main challenger. Here's our potted summary of what happened:  Friday 14 November The VW duo of Ogier and Latvala dominated a slippery opening leg. Both claimed four stage wins and although Ogier was never headed, he was unable to shake off his Polo R team-mate and led by 6.6sec after eight muddy forest speed tests. Mads Østberg and Hirvonen fought over third for most of the day. The Norwegian held the advantage in the morning but Hirvonen moved ahead to finish 1min 07.2sec off the lead in his Ford Fiesta RS....
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