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Portugal WRC: Meeke seals victory, Ogier tops Power Stage

Kris Meeke secured the second WRC victory of his career after cruising through the final two stages of Rally Portugal.

Winners Kris Meeke, Paul Nagle, Citroën DS3 WRC, Citroën World Rally Team

Winners Kris Meeke, Paul Nagle, Citroën DS3 WRC, Citroën World Rally Team

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Kris Meeke, Paul Nagle, Citroën DS3 WRC, Citroën World Rally Team
Kris Meeke, Paul Nagle, Citroën DS3 WRC, Citroën World Rally Team
Kris Meeke, Paul Nagle, Citroën DS3 WRC, Citroën World Rally Team
Kris Meeke, Paul Nagle, Citroën DS3 WRC, Citroën World Rally Team

Only losing six seconds in the final two tests, Citroen driver Meeke completed the rally leading by half a minute to seal his first win since his maiden triumph in Argentina last year.

While the Northern Irishman's victory was in no doubt on Sunday, the battle for second between Andreas Mikkelsen and Sebastien Ogier remained close until the end.

Having claimed the spot after winning both stages in the first loop, Mikkelsen was close behind Ogier in the final two runs, and kept 4.8s of his lead to hang on to second.

However, Ogier minimised his losses by topping the Power Stage, with Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikkelsen completing an all-Volkswagen top three.

Dani Sordo cruised to take fourth for the third time in a row, with Eric Camilli securing his top WRC finish in fifth despite a spin in the Power Stage, just finishing ahead of the charging Latvala.

The Volkswagen driver, who had steering issues on Friday, was more than a minute adrift after Saturday, but ended up just five seconds short in the end.

Second M-Sport driver Mads Ostberg made it home in seventh to stay third in the points standings, as Martin Prokop completed the top eight.

Standings after SS19:

Pos.DriverTeamGap
1

 Kris Meeke

 Paul Nagle

Citroen 3h59m01.0s
2

 Andreas Mikkelsen

 Anders Jaeger

Volkswagen +29.7s
3

 Sebastien Ogier

 Julien Ingrassia

Volkswagen +34.5s
4

 Dani Sordo

 Marc Marti

Hyundai +1m37.1s
5

 Eric Camilli

 Benjamin Veillas

Ford +4m01.6s
6

 Jari-Matti Latvala

 Miikka Anttila

Volkswagen +4m06.9s
7

 Mads Ostberg

 Ola Floene

Ford +6m65.6s
8

 Martin Prokop

 Jan Tomanek

Ford +10m24.1s
9

 Pontus Tidemand

 Jonas Andersson

Skoda +11m45.2s
10

 Nicolas Fuchs

 Fernando Mussano

Skoda +13m14.0s
 
 
 

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