Result - Acropolis Rally.

Subaru's Petter Solberg has taken victory on the Acropolis Rally of Greece, beating Sebastien Loeb, who won the battle for second, by 18.4 seconds; Harri Rovanpera had to settle for third, while Francois Duval and Daniel Carlsson complete the top five...

Overall times after SS22 / Leg 3:

1. Petter SolbergSubaru Impreza WRC 20044hours 39mins 06.2secs
2. Sebastien LoebCitroen Xsara WRC+00mins 18.4secs
3. Harri RovanperaPeugeot 307 WRC+00mins 28.3secs
4. Francois DuvalFord Focus RS WRC 04+02mins 19.4secs
5. Daniel CarlssonPeugeot 206 WRC+06mins 50.1secs
6. Manfred StohlPeugeot 206 WRC+10mins 01.6secs
7. Janne TuohinoFord Focus WRC 02+11mins 12.5secs
8. Aris VovosFord Focus WRC 03+14mins 07.0secs

9. Anthony WarmboldFord Focus WRC 02+16mins 32.9secs
10. Gilles PanizziMitsubishi Lancer WRC04+19mins 21.4secs
11. Alistair GinleySubaru Impreza WRC 03+25mins 37.5secs12. Guy WilksSuzuki Ignis+35mins 06.9secs
13. Kostas ApostolouMitsubishi Lancer Evo VI+38mins 30.3secs
14. Stig BlomqvistSubaru Impreza WRX STI+39mins 49.6secs15. Nicolas BernardiRenault Clio+40mins 18.8secs16. Xavier PonsFiat Punto+41mins 50.9secs
17. Grigoris NiorasSubaru Impreza WRX+41mins 57.7secs
18. Efthimios HalkiasMitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII+42mins 30.0secs
19. Carlos SainzCitroen Xsara WRC+42mins 45.4secs
20. Khalid Al-QassimiSubaru Impreza+43mins 49.0secs
21. Larry ColsRenault Clio+45mins 08.6secs
22. Elias PanagiotounisMitsubishi Lancer Evo VI+48mins 06.0secs
23. Dimitris NassoulasMitsubishi Lancer Evo VII+49mins 42.9secs24. Olivier MarshallRenault Clio+54mins 17.7secs
25. Emmanuel Panagiotopoulos Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII +54mins 45.9secs
26. Giacomo OgliariMitsubishi Lancer Evo VI+57mins 35.2secs
27. LeonidasRenault Megane Maxi Kit Car+1hr 07mins 41.1secs
28. Haralambos GazetasToyota Yaris+1hr 44mins 34.1secs
29. ZoobisSeat Ibiza+1hr 50mins 24.9secs
30. Stelios Stavrianoudakis Subaru Impreza WRX STI+1hr 51mins 09.3secs
31. Eleftherios GonisRenault Clio Super 1600+1hr 58mins 52.3secs
32. Apostolos Tsamakos Daewoo Lanos+2hr 13mins 46.9secs
33. IraklisNissan Almera GTI+2hr 34mins 57.1secs

33 cars finished the event in total out of 72 starters.

Overall JWRC after SS22 / Leg 3:

1. Guy WilksSuzuki Ignis5hours 14mins 13.1secs2. Nicolas BernardiRenault Clio+05mins 11.9secs3. Xavier PonsFiat Punto+06mins 44.0secs4. Larry ColsRenault Clio+10mins 01.7secs5. Olivier MarshallRenault Clio+19mins 10.8secs

Notable retirements*:

SS3. Daniel SolaMitsubishi Lancer WRC04Accident.
SS3. Roman KrestaFord Focus WRC 02Accident.
SS3. Armin SchwarzSkoda Fabia WRCMechanical.
SS3. Markko MartinFord Focus RS WRC 04Off the road.
SS9. Toni Gardemeister Skoda Fabia WRCMechanical.
SS11. Marcus GronholmPeugeot 307 WRCOff the road.
SS16/17 Mikko HirvonenSubaru Impreza WRC 2004Mechanical.

* Under the new 'SupeRally' system being trialled for the first time on this rally, retired cars can re-start on subsequent legs. However as the system is currently being used only as an experiment, competitors will not be eligible for points and will not be classified in the overall standings.

Italics denotes Junior World Rally Championship entries.