World champion Sebastien Loeb has withdrawn from the Acropolis Rally after suffering a crash that 'destroyed' his Citroen C4 during Saturday's first stage of the seventh leg of the World Rally Championship.
The Frenchman, who won the first five rallies of the season, spun off the road 8km from the start of the 17.25km-Klenia Mycenae seventh stage on a high-speed sixth gear section.
Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena both emerged unscathed from the crash, although their C4 did not survive the impact.
Leading overall positions after Stage 10:
1 Mikko Hirvonen (Fin) Ford 2hrs 29mins 18.500secs
2 Petter Solberg (Nor) Subaru 2:29:40.400
3 Sebastien Ogier (Fra) Citroen 2:30:38.900
4 Mads Ostberg (Nor) Subaru 2:32:02.500
5 Jari-Matti Latvala (Fin) Ford 2:32:09.200
6 Federico Villagra (Arg) Ford 2:32:40.400
7 Conrad Rautenbach (Zim) Citroen 2:32:43.900
8 Evgeny Novikov (Rus) Mitsubishi 2:33:21.500
9 Khalid Al Qassimi (UAE) Ford 2:33:55.000
10 Lambros Athanassoulas (Gre) Skoda 2:37:13.900
