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Ogier's Swedish Grip Weakens on Second Day

Volkswagen Motorsport‘s three times world champion Sebastien Ogier continues to lead the shortened 2016 Rally Sweden by a reduced margin over second place at the end of the second day of action. Ogier entered the day with a 23.1 second advantage over New Zealand's Hayden Paddon which dropped as low as 8 seconds through Saturday's five stages. Only when Paddon over-exerted his tyres on SS14 did Ogier start to rebuild his cushion. “We gave absolutely everything today,' Ogier said,  'from the first metre to the last. We knew that we would lose a lot of time on some stages, as we had to open the route after the overnight snowfall, meaning we had to sweep the roads for those behind us....
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