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Corsica WRC: Ogier takes early lead, Loeb crashes

Sebastien Ogier built a 21-second lead in the opening two stages of Tour de Corse as Sebastien Loeb ran into a ditch. Ogier led Loeb in the opening, partially wet 49.03km La Porta - Valle di Rostino stage, the duo separated by 9.7s with third-fastest Ott Tanak a further eight seconds behind. While the reigning champion was only quickest by 2s in the subsequent 13.55km SS2, Loeb went off-road and Ogier's lead was up to 21.1s. Kris Meeke, who topped the pre-event shakedown, is Ogier's closest challenger with Thierry Neuville and Tanak only two and four seconds behind the Citroen driver respectively. M-Sport's Elfyn Evans, whose co-driver this weekend is Petter Solberg's former partner Phil...
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