Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville's Rally Italia Sardegna lead over Jari-Matti Latvala has shrunk from 11.1s to 2.9s following the three Saturday morning stages, which were won by three new stage winners. Kevin Abbring secured his maiden WRC stage win in the opening Monti di Ala test, before Ott Tanak set the pace in the following run.  While the status quo was maintained between Neuville and Latvala in the aforementioned two stages, the Finn made significant gains in the 44.2km Monte Lerno section, the longest one of the rally, beating the Belgian by almost seven seconds. Sebastien Ogier continued to struggle with his road-sweeping role as his deficit behind the leaders increased to almost...
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