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Summary Citroen's Sebastien Loeb chalked up the 70th victory of his career after winning Rally Argentina.
Victory was entirely predictable for the eight-time world champion after Citroen ordered his Finnish team mate Mikko Hirvonen to hold position and not challenge the Frenchman for first place.With no contest between the front two, and a huge gap between them and the next placed car on the gravel roads near Cordoba, championship leader Loeb saved his tyres and cruised to his third win of the season 15.2 seconds ahead of Hirvonen.Another victory here in Argentina its incredible for me and especially after Portugal it was important for the team to react like this, said Loeb, who had started the event four points clear of Norways Petter Solberg and 16 ahead of Hirvonen.Norways Mads Ostberg, winner of the previous race in Portugal after Loeb crashed and Hirvonen was then disqualified on post-race checks after being hailed as the winner, took third place in a Ford.Five of the top-10 finishers had rejoined the rally with time penalties after earlier retirements.
