Evans stays in control to win Portugal rally victory
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23/05/2021 - 15:32 Elfyn Evans flew over the Fafe leap and to victory in the Rally de Portugal MIGUEL RIOPA AFP 3 min
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Elfyn Evans surged to victory in the Rally de Portugal winning three of the five stages on Sunday to put recent near misses behind him.
The 32-year-old Welsh Toyota driver took control of the race late Saturday, when Estonian Ott Tanak retired while in the lead.
Evans finished the last of the 20 stages 28.3 seconds ahead of Spaniard Dani Sordo 28.3 seconds back in a Hyundai. It feels good, said Evans. We perhaps weren t the fastest crew this weekend, but we had really good pace and kept out of trouble and obviously did enough to keep Dani at bay today. It comes at a good time, so I m happy to take this one.
John Floyd First gravel event of the year promises to be a belter. Going to the weekend s Rally Portugal, Thierry Neuville (53 points) and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe are second in the Drivers’ title battle. Picture: Hyundai
This week 81 teams move to the Iberian Peninsula for the fourth round of the World Rally Championship (WRC), the Rally de Portugal, the first gravel event of the 2021 season.
The Portuguese Rally was one of the founding events on the inaugural WRC calendar in 1973 and has been voted the “Best Rally in the World” five times. The rally returns this year, following its 2020 cancellation due to Covid-19 and promises to be an extremely challenging three day event with many of the early stages back on the schedule.
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