The 'spoilt kid' who lost it all and fought back
Once seen as a spoilt kid, Andreas Mikkelsen lost everything and was involved in a tragic accident. But he's battled back from the brink and deserves his WRC success, reckons DAVID EVANS
Andreas Mikkelsen's legs were shaking for the last few hundred metres of last week's Rally Sweden. He couldn't stop them. He didn't want to. He'd waited a long time for this. And now the time was here. A World Rally Championship podium was waiting.
Predictably, there was plenty of emotion at the finish. Granted, it wasn't the win it very well might have been, but it was still a massive, massive result.
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