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Jari-Matti Latvala beats Sebastien Ogier to claim win in Portugal

Latvala swiped the lead at the end of Friday morning, and went on to extend his advantage by the end of the first full day to 11.1s. The Finn then came under heavy pressure from Rally Argentina winner Kris Meeke on Saturday morning, before Ogier joined the fray in the afternoon. The Frenchman had to suffer while sweeping the roads on Friday - his woes compounded by an early puncture - but remained in contention and fought back when Rally 2 returnees ran ahead of him. Ogier moved up to second, 9.5s behind Latvala, heading into the final day after winning three consecutive stages and took another 1.7s out of him on Sunday morning's Fafe test, back on the calendar for the first time since...
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