Marcus Gronholm (picture) held on to first place in the Acropolis Rally yesterday to win in Greece for the second year running and extend his lead in the world championship.

The Finn, driving a Ford Focus, was chased hard by world champion Sebastian Loeb on the final day but finished 38.6 seconds ahead of the Frenchman. Norwegian Petter Solberg was in third place.

The five final stages yesterday did not produce any changes at the top as Ford's Mikko Hirvonen finished fourth after picking up his second stage win of the rally. He was followed by Henning Solberg in fifth and Australian Chris Atkinson in sixth.

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