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WRC Portugal: Punctures force Ogier into retirement

The eight-time world champion stopped on Stage 6 after suffering a front left puncture, losing more than two minutes in the process as he and co-driver Benjamin Veillas fitted a spare wheel.

After winning Stage 5, Ogier had been sitting third, only 4.8s adrift of rally leader and Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans when the puncture occurred.

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