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Article: Loeb secures 28th WRC victory in Cyprus Rally 2006

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September 25, 2006
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Loeb secures 28th WRC victory in Cyprus Rally 2006

NICOSIA, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Frenchman Sebastien Loeb continued to rewrite the history by securing a record-breaking 28th WRC victory of his short career in the Cyprus Rally, the round 12 of the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship, on Sunday.

Partnered by Daniel Elena, Loeb moved ahead of arch rival Marcus Gronholm, from Finland, on the 14th sinuous gravel special stage in the Troodos foothills and the Paphos valleys and eventually reached the finish with a comfortable winning margin of 21.2 seconds.

The victory, the Frenchman's eighth of the season, virtually assures him a third WRC title in Turkey in a few weeks time and maintains the ...

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