Loeb closes on Gronholm

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The Citroen driver headed into the penultimate event of the season four points behind Marcus Gronholm - but he ruthlessly exploited the Finn's crash on Friday to move 59.3 seconds ahead of team-mate Dani Sordo.

Loeb won all three stages in difficult conditions during the morning before adding another after lunch to make it four out of six for the day.

With third-placed Jari-Matti Latvala's Stobart Ford more than two minutes behind the Frenchman with just Sunday's stages remaining, it would appear only an uncharacteristic error or mechanical failure can prevent Loeb from entering the season-ending Rally of Great Britain with a six-point lead in the standings.

"Absolutely no problems, a perfect day," Loeb told www.autosport.com.

"We are in the lead, with a good lead. The car is going perfectly and we really had no mistakes and no risks."