Loeb takes championship lead

Frenchman Sebastien Loeb took the lead in the World Championship yesterday after winning the Acropolis Rally for the second time. The four-time world champion nursed his car through another punishing day on the Greek roads where poor visibility, caused...

Frenchman Sebastien Loeb took the lead in the World Championship yesterday after winning the Acropolis Rally for the second time. The four-time world champion nursed his car through another punishing day on the Greek roads where poor visibility, caused by excessive dust kicked up by the wheels, was a persistent problem. Loeb brought his Citroen home one minute and nine seconds ahead of Norway's Petter Solberg in his Subaru. Finn Mikko Hirvonen dropped to second overall, one point behind Loeb, despite making up time to finish third in Greece.

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