Thierry Neuville led WRC Acropolis Rally Greece after a punishing opening leg on Friday that only underlined the event’s fearsome reputation.

Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier made the fastest start to WRC Acropolis Rally Greece by winning Thursday evening’s opening Super Special Stage in Athens.

Sebastien Ogier and Ott Tanak couldn’t be separated on Thursday evening’s opening stage of Acropolis Rally Greece, the pair of former WRC champs setting identical times through a dramatic city-center curtain-raiser in Athens.