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Acropolis Rally 2005 counts for:
2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2005 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2005 FIA Junior World Championship (for drivers)
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| 399th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 8 of 16 |
| Official name: | Acropolis Rally of Greece |
| Edition: | 52nd |
| Date: | from Friday 24-Jun-2005 to Sunday 26-Jun-2005 |
| Rally HQ: | Lamia, Central Greece; Greece |
| Clerk of the Course: | Anita Passalis |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 91 | |
| Starters: | 88 | |
| Finishers: | 54 | (61.4% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 2.40 | km | (SS1 Athens Olympic Stadium SSS) |
| Longest: | 34.80 | km | (SS18 Pyrgos) |
| Slowest: | 63.81 | km/h | (SS1 Athens Olympic Stadium SSS) |
| Fastest: | 101.50 | km/h | (SS5 Eleftherohori 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 349.57 | km | (32.8% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 349.57 | km | (32.8% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 716.00 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,065.57 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 16th win and 28th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 4th podium for Toni Gardemeister. |
| Third place was 97th podium for Carlos Sainz. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 21st win and win and third place were 52nd to 53rd podiums for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 186th podium for Ford. |
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By winning Acropolis Loeb scored fifth successive win which had never before been achieved.
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Up was also Toni Gardemeister's direction, returning to podium after a couple of unsatisfactory results.
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Novelty of the rally was the first stage, Super Special Stage which was held inside the Olympic Stadium.
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Related links
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Turkey 2005
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Rally Argentina 2005
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