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Here's the full report from that incredible Tour of Corsica: 
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We mentioned the World Rallycross before and I promised you all a full report, so here it is. 
So, has everyone got their breath back? Be honest, who expected Evans to hold on to second place there? I certainly didn't.
Eric Camilli holds on to third place overall in WRC2. He finishes the rally just 6.8s up on Craig Breen.
Julien Maurin wins WRC2. Esapekka Lappi will be second but third place is still up for grabs.
Full weekend report will follow shortly, while we keep an eye on the WRC2.
Overall results after SS9:
1 Latvala 2h39m46.7s
2 Evans +43.1s
3 Mikkelsen +46.3s
4 Meeke +1m33.4s
5 Paddon +1m53.6s
6 Ostberg +1m59.8s
7 Sordo +2m10.4s
8 Bouffier +2m12.8s
9 Sarrazin +2m39.3s
10 Tanak +3m43s
1 Latvala 2h39m46.7s
2 Evans +43.1s
3 Mikkelsen +46.3s
4 Meeke +1m33.4s
5 Paddon +1m53.6s
6 Ostberg +1m59.8s
7 Sordo +2m10.4s
8 Bouffier +2m12.8s
9 Sarrazin +2m39.3s
10 Tanak +3m43s
Worth mentioning as you have probably just seen below that Kubica, who came through after Latvala, jumped up to second to take two bonus points.
Checkered flag
So here are the powerstage results:
1 Ogier 10m23.2s
2 Kubica +8.6s
3 Latvala +10.2s
4 Sordo +12.9s
5 Mikkelsen +14s
6 Meeke +16.4s
1 Ogier 10m23.2s
2 Kubica +8.6s
3 Latvala +10.2s
4 Sordo +12.9s
5 Mikkelsen +14s
6 Meeke +16.4s
Here is your winner. "I won last year for the first time and now I've managed to do it in Corsica. Im really happy to win on tarmac again."
This is only his second win on asphalt.
Checkered flag
Here comes the winner. Latvala crosses the line 10.2s behind Ogier on the powerstage. But he wins the Tour of Corsica.
3.2s was the overall gap between Mikkelsen and Evans. Fantastic stuff.
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Well, I am gobsmacked. Here is the man himself. "Yeah Andreas was pushing hard. This morning we made the job more difficult than it had to be. I knew as long as we had a clean stage here that we could take it."
Evans has kept second place! How did he do that!
Welsh finger nails will be down to the bone waiting on Evans.
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Here is Mikkelsen: "We tried to push hard. At the same time I want to go to Spain and Wales with a good gap so I can push for a win. I'm happy with the rally and our performance."
Mikkelsen is in and he is third fastest but he will be looking to Evans.
Evans is 8.3s slower than Mikkelsen! Second place is slipping away!
Mikkelsen currently on course to be second fastest through the stage. Your move Elfyn.
Meeke has had a pretty strong stage. The Citroen man is third fastest.
The leader is now into the stage as well. Latvala won't be risking anything here.
Evans is 2.4s down through the opening split. The gap before the powerstage was 9.8s so Mikkelsen needs to do something special here.
Eagerly awaiting Evans' opening split compared to Mikkelsen.
Paddon is in and he is sixth fastest. He holds on to his overall position, 6.2s clear of Ostberg.
Evans is into the stage.
Ostberg is in and he is fifth fastest.
Sordo has taken the place away from Bouffier. The Spaniard is 6.4s faster through the stage.
Meaning he pips him by 2.4s overall.
All eyes on Bouffier now. Can he keep his overall position?
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Sordo is second fastest, 12.9s slower than Ogier.
Bouffier is slower than Sordo and he could lose his overall place to the Spaniard.
Sarrazin is second fastest but that will likely change when Sordo comes through.
Paddon is into the stage.
9s down through the second split.
Sordo is 3.9s down on Ogier through the opening split.
Amusingly my laptop just tried its very best to auto-correct Prokop with Porkpie. Similarly it also changes Paddon for Pardon. Silly laptop.
Prokop comes through 27.2s slower than Ogier.
A full report from Istanbul will follow shortly. But now, back to Corsica.
By: Matt Beer
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