Stage 14 is the last and longest real stage of the day. Miko Hirvonen managed to claw his way back to third behind his team mate Gronholm, however Loeb showed he was still the quickest driver and car package.
Saturday's Super Special allowed Dani Sordo to swap places with Hirvonen for third again, which is unusual as there is usually very little difference in the times of all the competitors.
Day 3
Sunday morning saw the two Fords show a good turn of speed again, resulting in them claiming the fastest two times on the first stage. This allowed Hirvonen to overtake Dani Sordo in the second C4 for third.
Stages 18 and 19 saw Hirvonen add more time to the lead over Sordo, now with nearly 16 seconds between third and fourth spots.
The last Super Special stage saw the drivers challenge each other in a head to head race. All went well for the top drivers: Loeb managed to finish the rally first, with Gronholm in second - 55.8 seconds behind and probably annoyed that the Focus was not quick on the first day. Hirvonen claimed the third spot ahead of Sordo in fourth. Chris Atkinson held onto fifth spot in the first outing for the new Subaru, Manfred Stohl followed in sixth, with the last two scoring spots being taken by the two BK Stobart Fords of Jari-Matti Latvala and Mathew Wilson.
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