Thierry Neuville's opening day on the Rally of Portugal came to a premature end on Friday when he damaged his Hyundai in a crash on stage seven. The Belgian was lying second in the world rally championship behind Sebastien Ogier arriving at this fourth leg of the season. "We started off at a great pace this morning...everything was under control but we were caught out by stage seven," he reported. "The team will pick up the car and bring it back to the service park," Hyundai added. Ott Tanak was leading ahead of the day's closing stage with Ogier, a winner here last year, in fifth. tsc/nr/dmc