Result - Acropolis Rally.
Citroen's Sebastien Loeb has won the Acropolis Rally - to take his fifth win on the trot; Toni Gardemeister took second for Ford; Carlos Sainz settled for third in the second Xsara WRC - while Marcus Gronholm and Mikko Hirvonen were fourth and fifth respectively...
Overall times after SS19 / Leg 3 - Top 20:
Citroen's Sebastien Loeb has won the Acropolis Rally - to take his fifth win on the trot; Toni Gardemeister took second for Ford; Carlos Sainz settled for third in the second Xsara WRC - while Marcus Gronholm and Mikko Hirvonen were fourth and fifth respectively...
Overall times after SS19 / Leg 3 - Top 20:
1. Sebastien LoebCitroen Xsara WRC4hours 12mins 53.7secs
2. Toni GardemeisterFord Focus RS WRC 04+01mins 36.2secs
3. Carlos SainzCitroen Xsara WRC+02mins 11.1secs
4. Marcus GronholmPeugeot 307 WRC+02mins 56.4secs
5. Mikko HirvonenFord Focus RS WRC 03+03mins 13.2secs
6. Harri RovanperaMitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC05+03mins 44.4secs
7. Gigi GalliMitsubishi Lancer Evo WRC05+05mins 19.6secs
8. Markko MartinPeugeot 307 WRC+05mins 37.5secs
9. Petter SolbergSubaru Impreza WRC 2005+06mins 03.0secs
10. Xavier PonsCitroen Xsara WRC+09mins 13.4secs
11. Kristian SohlbergSubaru Impreza WRC 2004+09mins 38.4secs
12. Armodios VovosSubaru Impreza WRC 2004+12mins 50.9secs
13. Stephane SarrazinSubaru Impreza WRC 2005+16mins 58.8secs
14. Daniel CarlssonSubaru Impreza WRC 2004+21mins 21.7secs15. Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis+28mins 27.7secs
16. Ioannis PapadimitriouFord Focus RS WRC 03+29mins 34.6secs17. Guy Wilks Suzuki Ignis+31mins 18.1secs
18. Armin SchwarzSkoda Fabia WRC+32mins 00.4secs19. Urmo Aava Suzuki Ignis+32mins 03.3secs
20. Manfred StohlCitroen Xsara WRC+33mins 00.1secs
Overall JWRC after SS19 / Leg 3 - Top 8:
1. Per-Gunnar Andersson Suzuki Ignis4hours 41mins 21.4secs2. Guy Wilks Suzuki Ignis+02mins 50.4secs3. Urmo Aava Suzuki Ignis+03mins 35.6secs4. Kosti KatajamakiSuzuki Ignis+08mins 39.1secs5. Mirco BaldacciFiat Punto+09mins 51.2secs6. Kris MeekeCitroen C2 Super 1600+15mins 15.3secs7. Martin ProkopSuzuki Ignis+18mins 52.8secs8. Conrad Rautenbach Citroen C2 S1600+19mins 48.2secs
Notable retirements*:
SS2. Roman KrestaFord Focus RS WRC 04Broken steering arm#
SS3. Janne TuohinoSkoda Fabia WRCClutch.
SS3. Armin SchwarzSkoda Fabia WRCEngine.#
SS6. Chris AtkinsonSubaru Impreza WRC 2005Engine.
SS6. Stephane SarrazinSubaru Impreza WRC 2005Suspension.#
SS8. Roman KrestaFord Focus RS WRC 04Electrical.#
SS9. Jani PaasonenSkoda Fabia WRCWent off the road.
SS17/18. Roman KrestaFord Focus RS WRC 04Unknown.
* Under the 'SupeRally' system, retired cars can re-start on subsequent legs with time penalties imposed for however many stages they miss.
# denotes elected to re-start.
Italics denotes Junior World Rally Championship entries.
