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Ogier takes Acropolis lead

Sebastien Ogier has moved into the lead of the Acropolis Rally heading for the after-dark stage that closes leg two

After charging onto Friday leader Petter Solberg's tail this morning, works Citroen duo Ogier and Sebastien Loeb rapidly swept into first and second following today's lunchtime service.

Ogier now leads the rally by 15 seconds over Loeb and 22s over Solberg, but fears that will be adequate if he is running first on the road tomorrow.

"We still have to improve our lead so we will have to push on the last one as well," said Ogier.

Solberg said he was doing his utmost to stay in touch with the factory cars so he could retaliate tomorrow. Although the Norwegian will be first on the road for tonight's Nea Politia stage too, he may find this is an advantage at night time as his pursuers could have visibility issues in his dust.

"I'm pushing very, very hard," said Solberg. "I can't push any more. I don't want to lose too much to Ogier before tomorrow."

Ford's Mikko Hirvonen has not been able to match the Citroens so far today and is 12.8s behind Solberg in fourth, ahead of the remaining Stobart Fords and Kimi Raikkonen.

Leading positions after SS12:

Pos  Driver           Team/Car           Time/Gap
 1.  Sebastien Ogier  Citroen          3h07m16.3s
 2.  Sebastien Loeb   Citroen             + 15.1s
 3.  Petter Solberg   Solberg Citroen     + 22.6s
 4.  Mikko Hirvonen   Ford                + 35.4s
 5.  Henning Solberg  Stobart Ford      + 3m36.0s
 6.  Matthew Wilson   Stobart Ford      + 5m14.8s
 7.  Kimi Raikkonen   Ice 1 Citroen     + 6m34.3s
 8.  Juho Hanninen    Red Bull Skoda    + 8m33.6s
 9.  Bernardo Sousa   Quinta Ford      + 11m40.3s
10.  Dennis Kuipers   FERM Ford        + 12m00.4s

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