Thursday 23 April: Ogier jumps ahead Sébastien Ogier was the early leader, winning Thursday night’s super special in Merlo by two-tenths of a second from his VW team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen and Citroën’s Kris Meeke. “It’s going to be a long weekend with some very tough stages,” promised the Frenchman. He was dead right. Friday 24 April: Giant killerTwenty four hours later Kris Meeke held a commanding lead after a day of carnage in the rock-strewn plains near Cordoba. The Brit won three of Friday's five stages to build a lead of 68.4sec from team-mate Mads Østberg as the rough gravel tracks sidelined a host of frontrunners - most notably Ogier who stopped on the opening stage...
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