15 Feb 2015

Ogier snatches Rally Sweden victory

MICHAEL HANN

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<b>WHEELS DOWN: </b>Finns Jari Ketomaa and Kaj Lindstrom get lift-off in their Ford Fiesta R5 during the 2015 Rally of Sweden in Hagfors on February 15. <i>Image: AP / Micke Fransson</i>

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Sebastien Ogier maintained his impressive start to the 2015 World Rally championship season by coming out on top from a thrilling three-car battle to win the Rally of Sweden on Sunday (Feb 15).

Double World champion Ogier, who won the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally, trailed Belgium's Thierry Neuville and fellow Volkswagen Polo R driver Andreas Mikkelsen going into Sunday's action but the Frenchman drove superbly to take the victory.

Hyundai i20 driver Neuville suffered with intercom problems on the day's first special stage and lost time when he drove into a snowbank. He ended up 6.4sec behind Ogier; Norway's Mikkelsen was third.

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