Hugo Lopes is the leader of the Peugeot Rally Cup, a mono-brand competition that includes users of the French manufacturer's 208 Rally4 model, after completing the first special stage of the event organised by Club Sports da Madeira. The driver, who benefited from the retirements, both due to crashes, of Vítor Sá and Miguel Garcia, who until then had been ahead of him in the standings, has a lead of 48.0 seconds over Unai de la Dehesa. In third place is João Sousa from Madeira.