It had looked like it would be the recovering Ogier who deposed Mikkelsen from the lead on Saturday morning, as two errors from the Norwegian allowed the reigning World Rally champion to reduce a half-minute gap to just 1.7 seconds heading to service. But Ogier struggled in the afternoon, frustrated by the stage conditions he was encountering as first man on the road after the Historic field had created very different lines in the melting snow. While Mikkelsen's advantage over Ogier quickly grew again, it was Neuville who was setting the outright pace. Winning the opening Fredriksberg stage immediately took him up to second past Ogier, and then he saved two fresh tyres for the concluding...
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