With a total of 157.32 kilometres of competitive action to cover, the second leg was the longest of the weekend and featured two loops of three stages – all more than 20km in length – before concluding with two visits to the super-special in León this evening.
The arid sierra, twisty dirt roads and cacti provided a fitting backdrop for this modern-day western which saw Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena star as steady-handed pistoleros. Their mission today was to make up the 9.6-second gap that separated them from the overnight leaders and the Citroën crew profited from the form of their C4 WRC to take control by midmorning.