Van den Heuvel pulled straight briefly on the first stage of the day

Tsjoen seemed to be hesitant as he reached the finish. He struggled to find grip and was checking his tyres.

Meeke sets the fastest time on the first stage of the day 2 seconds ahead of Kopecky and and 3 ahead of Freddy Loix

Meeke and Loix complained that the roads were very slippery and Loix got hot under the collar a few times on the stage

Wittman went off twice the road. He strugled also with the slippery roads and with front suspension problems. The car is damaged both sides at the front and the rear bumper is hanging off at the finish.

casier also reaches the finish with some damage to the car at the front left. He did not want to comment..

Piepers reached the finish of the first stage with his brakes on fire. He seems to have had problems with overheating brakes along the entire stage

Debackere has been denied the right to start due to non-conformity of the turbo.

Wittman is swapping his front wheels and repairing his car at the road side.

Tanghe sets off slowly this morning struggling a bit to find the right rythm again

Patrick Snijers meanwhile did not reach the start of the first stage. Powersteering failure and a small in-car fire forced him to retire.

Lacante's first stage went very well.

Fiesta front runner Matthias Boon set his suspension a bit softer this morning and now compalined it was too soft.