Kris Meeke secured the second WRC victory of his career after cruising through the final two stages of Rally Portugal.Only losing six seconds in the final two tests, Citroen driver Meeke completed the rally leading by half a minute to seal his first win since his maiden triumph in Argentina last year.
While the Northern Irishman’s victory was in no doubt on Sunday, the battle for second between Andreas Mikkelsen and Sebastien Ogier remained close until the end.
Having claimed the spot after winning both stages in the first loop, Mikkelsen was close behind Ogier in the final two runs, and kept 4.8s of his lead to hang on to second.
However, Ogier minimised his losses by topping the Power Stage, with Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikkelsen completing an all-Volkswagen top three.
Dani Sordo cruised to take fourth for the third time in a row, with Eric Camilli securing his top WRC finish in fifth despite a spin in the Power Stage, just finishing ahead of the charging Latvala.
The Volkswagen driver, who had steering issues on Friday, was more than a minute adrift after Saturday, but ended up just five seconds short in the end.
Second M-Sport driver Mads Ostberg made it home in seventh to stay third in the points standings, as Martin Prokop completed the top eight.
Story by: motorsport.com
Top fifteen overall provisional:
| 1. | 7 |  K. MEEKE |
P. NAGLE |
Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team | RC1 | 3:59:01.0 | |||
| 2. | 9 |  A. MIKKELSEN |
A. JAEGER SYNNEVAAG |
Volkswagen Motorsport II | T | RC1 | 3:59:30.7 | +29.7 | +29.7 |
| 3. | 1 |  S. OGIER |
J. INGRASSIA |
Volkswagen Motorsport | M | RC1 | 3:59:35.5 | +4.8 | +34.5 |
| 4. | 4 |  D. SORDO |
M. MARTI |
Hyundai Motorsport | M | RC1 | 4:00:38.1 | +1:02.6 | +1:37.1 |
| 5. | 6 | E. CAMILLI |
B. VEILLAS |
M-Sport World Rally Team | M | RC1 | 4:03:02.6 | +2:24.5 | +4:01.6 |
| 6. | 2 |  J. LATVALA |
M. ANTTILA |
Volkswagen Motorsport | M | RC1 | 4:03:07.9 | +5.3 | +4:06.9 |
| 7. | 5 | M. OSTBERG |
O. FLOENE |
M-Sport World Rally Team | M | RC1 | 4:05:54.6 | +2:46.7 | +6:53.6 |
| 8. | 21 |  M. PROKOP |
J. TOMANEK |
Jipocar Czech National Team | T | RC1 | 4:09:25.1 | +3:30.5 | +10:24.1 |
| 9. | 34 |  P. TIDEMAND |
J. ANDERSSON |
Skoda Motorsport | WRC2 | RC2 | 4:10:46.2 | +1:21.1 | +11:45.2 |
| 10. | 42 |  N. FUCHS |
 F. MUSSANO |
Nicolas Fuchs Sierlecki | WRC2 | RC2 | 4:12:15.0 | +1:28.8 | +13:14.0 |
| 11. | 30 |  Y. AL RAJHI |
M. ORR |
Yazeed Racing | T | RC1 | 4:12:53.9 | +38.9 | +13:52.9 |
| 12. | 39 | M. AASEN |
V. ENGAN |
Drive Dmack Trophy Team | WRC2 | RC2 | 4:14:05.9 | +1:12.0 | +15:04.9 |
| 13. | 45 |  S. PEDDER |
D. MOSCATT |
Scott Pedder | WRC2 | RC2 | 4:14:06.1 | +0.2 | +15:05.1 |
| 14. | 43 |  M. CAMPOS |
C. A. MAGALHAES |
Miguel Jorge Ribeiro de Campos | WRC2 | RC2 | 4:14:53.0 | +46.9 | +15:52.0 |
| 15. | 46 |  G. DE MEVIUS |
J. JALET |
Icepol Racing Team | WRC2 | RC2 | 4:16:57.8 | +2:04.8 | +17:56.8 |