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Ogier wins Acropolis Rally

Loeb 2nd, Hirvonen 3rd

By Franck Drui

19 June 2011 - 13:55

Sebastien Ogier has ended Sebastien Loeb’s run of victories in the world championship by winning the Acropolis Rally.

Ogier, whose last win in the WRC was on the Jordan Rally two months ago, got the better of his Citroen team-mate Loeb following a close battle, that raged up until the event-closing Power Stage. Loeb had won the previous two rounds in Argentina and Italy.

It was the third time this season that Ogier, the Junior world champion in 2008, and co-driver Julien Ingrassia have triumphed in the WRC and means that Citroen has now won the last six rounds of the series.

Loeb settled for second - and his 100th WRC podium - in the overall standings with title rival Mikko Hirvonen close behind in his Ford Fiesta RS WRC.

Juho Hanninen clinched victory in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship category in his Red Bull Skoda Fabia.

Standings after SS18:

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	S. OGIER / J. INGRASSIA	Citroën DS3 WRC	4h04m44.3s
02	S. LOEB / D. ELENA	Citroën DS3 WRC	+10.5s
03	M. HIRVONEN / J. LEHTINEN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+13.5s
04	P. SOLBERG / C. PATTERSSON	Citroën DS3 WRC	+38.8s
05	H. SOLBERG / I. MINOR	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+5m24.7s
06	M. WILSON / S. MARTIN	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+6m54.7s
07	K. RAIKKONEN / K. LINDSTRÖM	Citroën DS3 WRC	+8m29.4s
08	J. HANNINEN / M. MARKKULA	Skoda Fabia S2000	+11m34.7s
09	J. LATVALA / M. ANTTILA	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+13m08.8s
10	D. KUIPERS / F. MICLOTTE	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+15m10.1s
11	B. SOUSA / A. COSTA	Ford Fiesta S2000	+16m29.3s
12	M. ØSTBERG / J. ANDERSSON	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+17m17.4s
13	F. TURÁN / G. ZSIROS	Ford Fiesta S2000	+17m52.0s
14	H. GASSNER JR / K. WUSTENHAGEN	Skoda Fabia S2000	+18m43.4s
15	M. PROKOP / J. TOMÁNEK	Ford Fiesta S2000	+20m33.1s