Breen maintained his Rally Sweden lead over Tanak on Saturday morning, continuing his excellent return to the WRC.
rejoined the rally following his retirement due to damage incurred in a roll on Friday.
Penalty scare avoided, Breen picked up where he left off on Friday, as he extended his overall lead on the morning's first stage despite posting the third fastest time. The effort was quicker than rivals Tanak and Lappi as the advantage grew to 4.6s from Tanak. Toyota's Rovanpera was the Belgian's nearest rival 1.1s shy of the Belgian, but the world champion wasn't happy with the suspension set-up change on his GR Yaris made overnight.
Despite the struggles, Rovanpera was able to leapfrog Evans to fourth overall as the latter also continued to struggle for outright pace.
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