Victory for Rovanpera and second place for Sordo in the Rally de Portugal

the finn Kalle Rovanpera (Toyota) achieved a solid success in the Rally of Portugalfifth round of the World Championship of the specialty, which is the first for the pilot of the season, with the Spaniard Dani is deaf in the second drawer of the podium.

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Rovanpera made use of the accumulated advantage and had a comfortable finish, leading Sordo by 54.7 seconds. Third place went to Finn Esapekka Lappi (Hyundai) 1.20.3 from the winner.

the Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai)who started the third day, had a mechanical problem at the start of the day’s first special and finished fifth, behind the Estonian Ott Tanak (Ford).

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Rovanpera leads the general classification with 93 points, followed by Brand with 77 and Frenchman Sebastien Ogier with 69. Sordo settled for seventh place with 35 points.

The next appointment of the world cup is the Rally of Italy Sardinia from June 1 to 4.