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Neuville continues his recent good run by dipping 0.1s under Ogier's benchmakr through Gartheinog - his time is 7m13.1s.
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Mikkelsen comes through and is 0.7s slower than his team-mate at the finish.
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As Mikkelse comes through the first split half a second down on his team-mate, Ogier completes the stage in 7m13.2s.
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First split in from Ogier, who comes through in 4m43.9s.
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Gartheinog is now up and running, so let's check in with another stage preview from DAVID EVANS:

SS14 Gartheiniog (7.04 miles)
Exactly the same as last year. Like Dyfi, the surface in here is great and in very good condition, but might get a bit muddier second time through. Lovely rhythm in this stage with a fabulous mixture of fast and flowing corners combined with some tighter a more technical sections.
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Some times for you now:

SS13 Dyfi leading times:
1 Tanak 12m12.9s
2 Ogier +2.8s
3 Neuville +10.8s
4 Latvala +10.9s
5 Paddon +12.3s
6 Mikkelsen +12.3s

Overall classification:
1 Ogier 2h27m33.9s
2 Tanak +30.6s
3 Neuville +1m26.7s
4 Paddon +1m38.4s
5 Meeke +2m07.6s
6 Sordo +3m11.9s
7 Ostberg +3m49.5s
8 Latvala +4m12.6s
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Ss13 Dyfi summary:
- Tanak takes another stage win, now 30s off lead
- Ogier still second-fastest on stage and comfortable in front
- Meeke continues to struggle for outright pace, holds fifth overall
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"I will never be so slow on Rally GB again, I can assure you of that," says Meeke, who's frustration in the wetter than expected conditions is becoming more apparent. "2017 can't come soon enough."
Meeke is through and 17.3s off Tanak's pace.
Tanak is cut off pretty quickly, but doesn't seem too optimistic about his chances of catching Ogier.
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Tanak is through and is faster again than Ogier, by 2.8s. He's back to 30.6s off the lead.
After he, Ostberg and Meeke have completed the stage, we'll head to Gartheinog once again - though the stage start has been delayed in accordance with the late start we had on Dyfi.
Tanak is going well on this stage, and is a second up at the final split.
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Latvala is in now and slots in with the third-fastest time, 0.1s slower than Neuville.
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Sordo is in and 19.6s off Ogier's pace.
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"There's not much more I can do in these conditions," says Paddon, who's still missing some traction.
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Paddon matches Mikkelsen's time through the stage.
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Neuville is in and 8s slower than Ogier.
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"It was better than the last stage but still not perfect - you have to drive it in a bit of a different way. It's coming better," says Mikkelsen.
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Mikkelsen is in and 9.5s slower than his Volkswagen team-mate.
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"All OK, very greasy and slippy but we tried as much as we can - all good so far," says Ogier.
Fifth man on the road Sordo is shown as being 5.6s up on Ogier through the first split.
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Ogier completes the stage in 12m15.7s.
Mikkelsen is now showing as 7.4s slower than Ogier though the third split.
Ogier's currently around 10s slower than he was earlier this morning.
Ogier has passed the final split, though, and is through there in 9m05s.
We donn't have a time in from Ogier through the second split, but we do from Mikkelsen. It's 6m15.9s.
Timing screens suggest Mikkelsen was 11.1s faster than Ogier through that first split.
First split time in for Ogier: 3m58.4s. Mikkelsen and Neuville are also on the road.
If you want an idea of what conditions have been like...
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The stage is now live - Ogier got going seven minutes after his scheduled time.
David Evans
As he suggested earlier, Kris Meeke has had two slow punctures already this morning and is down to four 'good' tyres, which is less than ideal.

Meeke was a bit dejected in the regroup - he lies a lonely fifth - but equally resigned to fact that what he's currently doing is all he can. The Northern Irishman said there was no point taking a risk in trying to chase the Hyundais of Neuville and Paddon ahead, so he's simply driving his DS3 to a controlled pace.
No he's not. Apologies.
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Ogier is up and running on Dyfi for a second time today.
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We're a matter of seconds away from the start of the second run at Dyfi, so here once more is DAVID EVANS' guide to the stage:

SS13 Dyfi (13.12 miles)
Running Dyfi in this direction to its full length is another first since the late Nineties. The cars did compete this way in 2011, but the stage was split into two in the middle, not this time – it’s the full length. Generally Dyfi offers more consistent grip than yesterday’s more southerly stages.
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And here are some stage times and standings for you:

SS12 Pantperthog leading times:
1 Tanak 5m50.5s
2 Ogier +2.9s
3 Neuville +3.2s
4 Latvala +5.3s
5 Paddon +6.1s
6 Meeke +7.6s

Overall classification:
1 Ogier 2h15m18.2s
2 Tanak +33.4s
3 Neuville +1m18.7s
4 Paddon +1m28.9s
5 Meeke +1m53.1s
6 Sordo +2m52.3s
7 Ostberg +3m29.9s
8 Latvala +4m04.5s

By: Matt Beer

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