

The leg ends with a single run through Mortágua (18.15km) and a super special stage at Figueira da Foz (2.28km), which last featured on the itinerary way back in 1997. This year’s edition is once again based in the north-west city of Matosinhos, just north of the great port wine-producing city of Porto.Īfter Thursday night’s start ceremony in Coimbra, the country’s fourth-largest city and former capital, the action begins on Friday morning with with double passes of Lousã (12.03km), Góis (19.33km) and the classic Arganil (18.72km), separated by a tyre fitting zone in Arganil itself.

The Iberian Peninsula has developed into one of the WRC's classic locations since the country helped launch the championship in 1973.
