Silk Road rally

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The Silk Way Rally ( Silk Way Rally ) is a multi-day stages - rally , which partly on routes of the historic Silk Road runs.

history

MAZ-5309RR the Silk Way Rally in 2016 before the St. Basil's Cathedral on the Red Square in Moscow

The rally or the “little Dakar” began on September 5, 2009 for the first time and was organized by the organizers of the Dakar Rally and presented as preparation for it. From 2009 to 2011 the event was part of the "Dakar Series" and was carried out by the French company Amaury Sport Organization (ASO). The 2009 edition lasted nine days and the length of the route between the starting point Kazan and the finish in Ashgabat was 4500 kilometers (3900 kilometers of which were special stages). It should serve as preparation for the Dakar Rally, which was held in South America from January 2, 2010. During the course of the rally, the Republic of Tatarstan , the steppe of Kazakhstan , the Caspian Sea and the Karakum Desert were crossed. A total of 62 cars and 21 trucks competed. The Spaniard Carlos Sainz was the first overall winner in the car classification, while the Russian Firdaus Saripowitsch Kabirow won the truck classification.

In 2010 they drove from Saint Petersburg to Sochi (4500 kilometers with special stages totaling 2014 kilometers). Sainz repeated his triumph from last year in the car category, while the Russian KAMAZ driver Eduard Nikolajew won the truck category.

At the 2011 event, the Silk Road rally started in the Russian capital, Moscow , and the destination was Sochi again. During the seven-day event 3983 kilometers with 2366 kilometers special stage had to be covered. In the car classification, Pole Krzysztof Hołowczyc took the win ahead of Frenchman Stéphane Peterhansel , while Aleš Loprais from the Czech Republic took the overall win in the truck category.

In 2012, the Red Square in Moscow was the starting point of the rally and it was to go to Gelendzhik on the Black Sea. However, due to flooding in the Krasnodar area , the route was modified and the race ended in Maikop . Overall car winner was the Russian Boris Gadasin, in the truck category his compatriot Ayrat Mardeew won.

The 2013 edition drove from Moscow to Astrakhan . The total length was 4000 kilometers, the special stages stretched over 3000 kilometers. With the French Jean-Louis Schlesser , a motorsport veteran won the overall ranking in the car classification, while the Russian Dimitri Sotnikow won the truck category.

In July 2016 there was the new edition of the Silk Road rally, the organizers put together a route from Moscow to Beijing.

The 2017 edition led in 14 stages from Moscow via Kazakhstan to Xi'an . The final section was not held due to rainfall. Cyril Despres won the car classification . Sébastien Loeb , who had been in the lead until then, gave up after the 9th stage due to an injury to his fingers. In the truck class, the Russian Dmitry Sotnikov won.

The 2018 edition was originally supposed to start in Xi'an. However, due to logistical reasons, the start has been postponed to Astrakhan and the start date to July 20th. the destination was Moscow on July 27th. In the car class, Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk won in a MINI John Cooper Works Rally , while Andrej Karginov, Andrey Mokeev and Igor Leonov won the truck class in a KAMAZ.

In 2019, the rally ran over ten stages from Irkutsk to Dunhuang (July 6th to 16th). In 2019 there was a motorcycle class for the first time. Nasser Al-Attiyah from Qatar won the car classification and won together with his French co-driver Mathieu Baumel in a Toyota on every segment of the day. Among the motorcyclists, the Briton Sam Sunderland was the overall winner, followed by the US-American Andrew Short and Adrien Van Beveren from France. The Russian Anton Shibalov and his crew won the truck competition.

Overview of the events

year route Car scoring Truck scoring Motorcycle ranking
driver

Co-driver

brand driver

Co-driver

brand
driver brand
2019 Irkutsk - Dunhuang QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel
FranceFrance
Toyota RussiaRussiaAnton Shibalov Dmitry Nikitin Ivan Tatarinov
RussiaRussia
RussiaRussia
KAMAZ United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sam Sunderland KTM
2018 Astrakhan - Moscow Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk
GermanyGermany
Mini RussiaRussiaAndrey Karginov Andrey Mokeev Igor Leonov
RussiaRussia
RussiaRussia
KAMAZ
2017 Moscow - Xi'an FranceFrance Cyril Despres David Castera
FranceFrance
Peugeot RussiaRussiaDmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev Ilnur Mustafin
RussiaRussia
RussiaRussia
KAMAZ
2016 Moscow - Beijing FranceFrance Cyril Despres David Castera
FranceFrance
Peugeot DKR 2008 RussiaRussiaAirat Mardejew Aidar Beljaew Dimitri Swistunow
RussiaRussia
RussiaRussia
KAMAZ
2013 Moscow - Astrakhan FranceFrance Jean-Louis Schlesser Konstantin Zhiltsov
RussiaRussia
Sonangol Schlesser Original RussiaRussiaDmitry Sotnikov Viatcheslav Mizyukaev Andrei Aferin
RussiaRussia
RussiaRussia
KAMAZ
2012 Moscow - Gelendzhik RussiaRussiaBoris Gadasin Dan stool
RussiaRussia
G-Force Proto RussiaRussia Airat Mardeev KAMAZ
2011 Moscow - Sochi RussiaRussia Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin
BelgiumBelgium
BMW X3 Czech RepublicCzech RepublicAleš Loprais Vojtěch Štajf Milan Holáň
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Tatra Mountains
2010 Saint Petersburg - Sochi SpainSpain Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz
SpainSpain
Volkswagen Touareg RussiaRussiaEduard Nikolaev Viatcheslav Mizyukaev Vladimir Rybakov
RussiaRussia
RussiaRussia
KAMAZ
2009 Kazan - Ashgabat SpainSpain Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz
SpainSpain
Volkswagen Touareg RussiaRussia Firdaus Kabirov Andrey Mokeev Tanin Anatoly
RussiaRussia
RussiaRussia
KAMAZ

Participant data 2009

cars

truck

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ASO - Amaury Sport Organization: ASO to take a break from the Silk Way Rally in 2012: ASO In: www.aso.fr. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
  2. Braunschweiger Zeitung, September 3, 2009, Sports section, page 30
  3. Destination of the Silk Way rally relocated - More rallies - Motorsport-Magazin.com. In: Motorsport-Magazin.com. Retrieved July 20, 2016 .
  4. SILK WAY RALLY is back in 2016 SILK WAY RALLY is back in 2016. (No longer available online.) In: www.silkwayrally.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2016 ; Retrieved July 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.silkwayrally.com
  5. 2017 SILK WAY RALLY: The Legend Continues! 2017 SILK WAY RALLY: The Legend Continues! (No longer available online.) In: www.silkwayrally.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2017 ; Retrieved January 3, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.silkwayrally.com
  6. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/07/22/2616581-rallye-silk-way-2017-vainqueur-cyril-despres-fete-chine.html
  7. https://www.lequipe.fr/Rallye-raid/Actualites/Sebastien-loeb-abandonne/818977
  8. http://www.courrier-picard.fr/44927/article/2017-07-21/rallye-raid-silk-way-cyril-despres-conserve-son-titre
  9. http://www.silkwayrally.com/fr/news/modification-du-parcours.html
  10. http://www.silkwayrally.com/en/rally-2018.html
  11. p. 7 - LIPETSK-MOSCOU: "Apothéose sur la Place Rouge" - 497.22 km | SilkWay. Retrieved November 6, 2018 (American English).
  12. La 9ème édition du SILK WAY RALLY (6 au 16 juillet 2019) proposera un parcours inédit avec l'intégration de la Mongolie au tracé ainsi que la catégorie moto. | SilkWay. Retrieved November 6, 2018 (American English).
  13. https://www.lequipe.fr/Rallye-raid/Actualites/Silk-way-rally-le-grand-chelem-de-nasser-al-attiyah/1040551
  14. https://www.rallyraidnetwork.com/rally/index.php/news/asia/silk-way-rally-2019-anton-shibalov-s-crew-won-the-silk-way-rally.html