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SS21: Ogier wins Sweden thriller

World champion overhauls team-mate Mikkelsen in final stage

By Franck Drui

15 February 2015 - 13:05

Sébastien Ogier snatched a dramatic last-gasp victory at Rally Sweden after a titanic three-car tussle through Sunday’s final speed test.

Team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen held a 3.0sec advantage going into the closing 15.87km of the four-day snow rally. He maintained his advantage until the final third of the stage when he touched a bank and spun his Volkswagen Polo R into the snow.

That handed victory to the championship leader, who held off Thierry Neuville. The Belgian led going into today’s final leg and finished 6.4sec behind Ogier in a Hyundai i20, with the recovering Mikkelsen a further 33.4sec back in third.

Ogier’s charge earned him three bonus points for winning the rally-closing live TV Power Stage. Neuville claimed two points for second with Mads Østberg taking one point in third.

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Pos.	#	Driver	Time	Diff / Prev	Diff / 1st
1.	1	OGIER	2:55:30.5
2.	7	NEUVILLE	2:55:36.9	+6.4	+6.4
3.	9	MIKKELSEN	2:56:10.3	+33.4	+39.8
4.	6	TANAK	2:57:56.5	+1:46.2	+2:26.0
5.	8	PADDON	2:59:02.0	+1:05.5	+3:31.5
6.	5	EVANS	2:59:23.5	+21.5	+3:53.0
7.	3	MEEKE	2:59:36.3	+12.8	+4:05.8
8.	21	PROKOP	2:59:56.5	+20.2	+4:26.0
9.	17	PROTASOV	3:01:02.7	+1:06.2	+5:32.2
10.	4	OSTBERG	3:02:21.4	+1:18.7	+6:50.9
11.	20	ABBRING	3:03:26.1	+1:04.7	+7:55.6
12.	2	LATVALA	3:04:42.4	+1:16.3	+9:11.9
13.	14	SOLBERG	3:05:03.2	+20.8	+9:32.7
14.	40	KETOMAA	3:05:07.4	+4.2	+9:36.9
15.	71	BRYNILDSEN	3:05:40.0	+32.6	+10:09.5
16.	41	GORBAN	3:08:34.8	+2:54.8	+13:04.3
17.	31	AL RAJHI	3:08:47.6	+12.8	+13:17.1
18.	39	TIDEMAND	3:08:50.9	+3.3	+13:20.4
19.	36	AHLIN	3:09:42.0	+51.1	+14:11.5
20.	16	KUBICA	3:10:05.9	+23.9	+14:35.4