Last group of the silk way rally competitors and organizers left dunhuang. Jul 15, 2019 starting from the finish point of stage eight, the route will be fast and take in the sandy roads and dry river beds of the surrounding desert. Their bentley was one of only 21 cars to complete the rally without being flatbedded or towed. The silk way rally went really well and was really encouraging for me, so im planning on carrying this momentum through morocco and into winter testing. On july 20, 2018, the eighth edition of silk way rally will set off on a new route from previous editions of the event. Competitors will find more than 10,000 reasons to enjoy. Trading an ocean of dunes for rocky foothills, the obstacles included countless dry riverbeds, silt, stones, sandy washes, plateaus and canyons. Jul 17, 2017 from 2010 to 20 about one thousand drivers and codrivers, in their cars and trucks represented 30 countries, on the rally. Mini will be bringing a full squadron of jcw rally cars to this years silk way rally. Short video to remind you th diversity of silk way rally landscapes. Silk route central asia bike tour, including china. The drivers and crews will be facing a total of 7,500 km, including 5,000 km of specials, five of them longer than 450 km.
Riders and drivers do battle during tough stage 5 of silk way. Riders and drivers do battle during tough stage 5 of silk. It is not easy to follow the silk road on the map, because there are several mail routes which also have many branches. Profil of kevin benavides monster energy honda team. Dusty trails and tricky navigation during stage 3 of silk way rally. Silk way rally 2019 is amazing international rally from irkutsk to dunhuang 0616 of july. A photo trip along the ancient silk road the atlantic. Winner of the 2016 silk way rally, with the peugeot 2008dkr. After the ceremonial start on red square in moscow on july 8, the silk way rally will bring. The silk way rally, the second round of the fim crosscountry rallies world championship, has concluded in dunhuang, china, with all three of the monster energy honda team trio crossing the finishline after more than 5,000 kilometres of rally. The second special stage of the silk way rally 2017 took the drivers from tcheboksary to ufa.
On the first kilometers the track is hard and stony, not easy to find an opportunity to. This book takes apart that myth and looks at the reality of life in the small trading communities along the silk road. Trading an ocean of dunes for rocky foothills, the obstacles included countless dry riverbeds. The ninth edition of the silk way rally race, which wrapped up on july 22, was covered by the afp photographer franck fife, from the air and. In 2019 start ceremony takes place in siberia irkutsk welcomes the racers. The only means of navigation should be the road book, the gps should only be a way for the.
Dec 23, 2019 in 2019, they entered a bentley s1 in the rally, which would see them depart from beijing along the old silk road, which connects china with the west by land. So as to prevent the risks linked to the covid 19 epidemic coronavirus and to guarantee the organisation of the next edition of the silk way rally, the events directors have decided to modify the itinerary of the 2020 edition. And not only because participants can test themselves on different tracks from desert sands to taiga roads. Registration is currently open for the 2020 swr, if you want to participate. After a few days on russian tracks, through forests and over hills, the competitors will cross the new route of the majestic desert landscape of. Sam sunderland wins silk way rally stage 2 totalling 4.
The route for the third stage of the ninth annual edition of the silk way rally was 243 kilometers long, including foothills, steep climbs and tricky. Media in category silk way rally the following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. The final decision on the exact route of the silk way rally will be made shortly. Organized on the goldenport site, in the gt club offices, silk way rally presentation took place last thursday april 25th, at the same time as the international summit for the new silk roads, one beltone road project. Association of the support of racing automotive silk way rally, glinisty pereulok, 129110 moscow, russia 4p2 registration np silk way rally. The 2016 edition had a moscowastanabeijing route, the 2017 edition starts in moscow and finishes in xian, china. Silk way rally entries officially opened on february 15th. Kevin benavides, first leader of the silk way rally. The silk way rally unites eurasia new eastern outlook. The progression through the silk route and the accompanying artwork is very well done. The starting date for silk way rally 2017 the second longest marathon crosscountry rally of the year. What you need to know about the 2017 silk way rally the. Silk road map 2020 useful maps of silk road routes.
He and edo have worked together long enough to know each others limits. In 2016, the silk way rally with the support of the rally s general. Results starting orders silkwayrally stage astrachan moscow 20 june 27 june 2018 silkway rally. It features the primary classes of cars and trucks. Because of logistical problems with the runway needed for the massive. From 2010 to 20, the race has taken place in russia. Silk road rally is in production as of jan 7 2019 delivery december 2020. Thanks to its marathon rally status, the silk way rally enjoys a high points coefficient, making it an unmissable event for any competitors chasing a world title. The second stage of the silk way rally will be held tomorrow, monday. While refining the road book of the event, stephane le bail in charge of the route and frederic lequien, deputy director of the rally agreed to lift a corner of the veil on the. Spirit of the white tiger on the silk way rally silk way. The silk way rally got underway today, sunday, with a 50kilometre curtainraising special stage on route from irkutsk to baykalsk, which.
Racers compete in a highstakes rally along the famous silk road trade route. This book spends most of its time in detailing the trade and fortunes of the west instead of focusing on the various kingdoms of the silk road. The silk road to victory july 23, 2019 mcnews leave a comment our friends from westx are out at the 2019 silk way rally bringing coverage from day 11, the final day of the event. Dakar rally navigation changes for 2020 cycle news. The motor rally lasted 10 days, with 1,100 people including the team members such as navigators, mechanics, etc. Stage 4 of the 2019 silk way rally took a 470 kilometer circular route. Giving chase in one of the worlds most remote rallies. The silk way rally got underway today, sunday, with a 50kilometre curtain raising special stage on route from irkutsk to baykalsk, which. They are intended for vegetarian, partialvegetarian and nonvegetarian alike. Tough fourth stage takes toll on drivers and riders at silk way rally. Its one of very, very few books from any culture that takes global trade as a whole, without being biased towards one culture or viewpoint. It flows through the heart of asia, but it has officially vanished leaving behind the pattern of its restlessness.
We are always ready to support our clients in organizing any charter flight and cargo shipment requested. The silk way rally is an annual rally raid type of offroad race. The silk road is a rally marathon several thousand kilometers long, the route of which is laid along with a wide variety of roads, and sometimes even where there are none at all. No matter whether an experienced pilot or a rookie theres. Traces the western section of the legendary silk route through an everchanging landscape to the heart of central asia and gain a rich sense of the regions intricate history. Today both van loon and denis krotov noted that the road books are. Hopefully everything goes to plan and i can wrap up the championship as runnerup. The first silk way rally was raced in 2009 from kazan, russia to ashgabat, turkmenistan. This year, the rally route has been updated and organisers have created varied special stages along the ancient silk road, while keeping the.
The 2016 silk way rally was run in russia, kazakhstan, and china in july 924, 2016 it began in moscow on the 9th and ends in beijing on the 24th. In a way it is almost impossibly ambitious, because the subject itself is limitlessly broad, potentially. The 2016 silk way rally route lay from moscow to beijing through kazakhstan, and the greater part of the route, which comprised more than 10,000 km, lay across the chinese territory. Silk way rallys venture into china strengthens moscow. He started behind the other dutchman of the team and finished second, improving his overall placement. I am tackling the race with a greater car driving experience, i will give my best. In 2015 i rode from home across my province to connect with the north american epic and some riders and staff from sr 2014 what a hoot. Silk way rally is a marathon for those who have boldness and will to win. Jul 11, 2019 the silk way rally continued on thursday with a 337 km fifth stage route from ulaanbaatar to mandalgovi set along mongolias signature tracks of gravel and rocks.
With the machines being lighter and faster, the race is getting more and more dangerous. The 5,000 kilometres through the tough terrains of russia, mongolia and china is not a race anybody will be forgetting in a hurry. This book is not as advertised a new history of the world, but rather a view of the economic impact of trade on the western world. Results starting orders silkwayrally stage astrachan.
Jun 20, 2018 drivers taking part in the silk way rally will race 5,947km between xian, china, and the russian capital, moscow heres what else you need to know about this gruelling crosscountry rally. Aldo racing duo excited to face unknown offroad rally. The struggles endured on ss are always the good glue to get along and discuss at the bivouac. Offroad history has been made right across the 2019 silk way rally. The silk way rally offroad race started in moscow on july 7 and ends 9,599 kilometers 5,951 miles later in xian, china, on july 22. Toyota land cruiser prado built to document desert rally competitions like the silk way. If you want to find out more about the ultimate in off road racing then look no further than the silk way rally. Youre not quite there on the silk road the same way gibbon put you in the roman agora.
The main task of each competitor is to follow the road book. Any information regarding safety and the route amendments to the road book, dated and signed by the clerk of the course will be posted on. Now im returning to ride the himalayas and a silk route reunion at the time of this profile update eight silk route 201416 tour riders will be riding. Held in the russian countryside to the southeast of lake baikal, the 212. The silk way rally will celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2020but plans might change between now and race time. A vegetarian journey, najmieh batmanglij recounts that process and brings it into the modern kitchen in the form of recipes that are venturesome and yet within reach of any cook. Silk road map 2020 useful maps of silk road routes the silk road stretches more than 7,000 kilometers, connecting most lands of asia and europe. At the time of writing, the world health organizations most recent situation report on covid19 is dated february 19, 2020. Rally navigator streamlines the process of creating rally navigation roadbooks using the power of digital mapping and gps. The eurasian off road rally raid started life in russia in 2009, with. History books are rewritten on final stage of 2019 silk way rally offroad history has been made right across the 2019 silk way rally. More to come this year with the new 2019 route along baikal lake, through mongolian steppes and across the famous chinese deserts.
History books are rewritten on final stage of 2019 silk. So as to finalize the route of the 2018 silk way rally which will start from the imperial city of xian on july 15th to join moscow and its legendary red square twelve days later, the organization team spent over a month in china and russia. Team peugeot total is tackling the 2017 silk way rally with all the concentration and humility that such a difficult challenge deserves. The 2018 silk way rally will start with one loop stage around astrakhan, precisely in the takyr desert, one of the jewels of kalmykia, where the third leg will take place too. The crew with the shortest total time on all specials of rally route becomes the winner. On their way towards the finish point, the competitors will cross five climate zones, and mongolia is expected to propose the greatest discoveries.
The silk way rally continued on thursday with a 337 km fifth stage route from ulaanbaatar to mandalgovi set along mongolias signature. Direction semipalatinsk with this special, the 2017 silk way rally is meeting its first difficulties. In august 2018, the new silk road project team arrived from london in yiwu eastern china, the global capital of small commodities and the terminus of the londonyiwu freight service, after a journey of 10,000 miles across the emerging economic corridors of europe and asia. Provisional results stage eight 2019 silk way rally. The rally road books, given to every team on the eve of each of the 15 stages which will be held from july 824th, are printed and kept under lock and key. Dec 20, 2019 as the thickness of the road book would suggest, the 7th and final stage 497,22 km, taking the competitors from lipetsk to moscou for the finish of this 2018 silk way rally, could well decisive. Dec 05, 2019 after his introduction to the silk way rally, he is considering adding chinese, mongolian, and russian to the list.
Jul 19, 2016 silk way rally s venture into china strengthens moscowbeijing relations this article is more than 3 years old competitors are racing 6,695 miles across russia, kazakhstan and northern china in a. Jun 01, 2011 the assumption about the silk road has always been that it was a major trade route between europe and china, where europe got its silk from. Travelling about 16,000 kilometres in total, they drove nearly halfway round the world. Compared to its motorsport counterparts, the silk way rally is relatively young. Jan 05, 2020 the route of the first edition of the dakar in saudi arabia explores the vast expanses of the largest country in the middle east. The result was the connecting and enrichment of dozens of cuisines. Dusty trails and tricky navigation during stage 3 of silk way. Participants in the 2019 silk way rally will race for a total of 5,000 kilometres, with their route crossing three countries that offer the perfect.
The event is scheduled to take place between july 3 and 16, 2020, and will. Jul, 2016 what surprises does the new kamaz truck hold as it undergoes its first test at the silk way rally. From driving through sand dunes in the desert to scaling rocky mountain terrain, our. I got a good result on the silk way rally, then fell again in chile.
In a country where the desert is king, 75% of the rally will be over sand all types of sand. Official winners are cyril despres and ayrat mardeev. The caravan is nameless and faceless as well as the merchants along the way. Silk way rally want to know more about the road book. The fims cross country rallies series continues to change in the face of the covid19 pandemic, with major route changes announced for the silk way rally. Desert this 9th silk way rally sees three new names go down in the races history books. More than 100 teams are tackling some of the worlds most inhospitable landscapes in the 2016 silk way rally. About his first stage win, oriol mena said, yesterday when i was going through the road book on the right side they put, i think, 3000 metres take compass heading 270 and i found really well the way, even if the other ones dont. Sam sunderland wins silk way rally stage 2 enduro news. A major reassessment of world history, the silk roads is a dazzling exploration of the forces that have driven the rise and fall of empires, determined the flow of ideas and goods and are now heralding a new dawn in international affairsmore hardcover, 636 pages published august 27th 2015 by bloomsbury.
This is a profoundly ambitious book, aiming to tell the whole history of the world from the perspective of the silk roads that run through asia. With the start in baykalsk and the finish in ulan ude, riders can expect a 4. Silk way rally a route 100% pure pleasure racedezert. The silk way rally organizers announced this morning route and the cities hosting the 2016 edition. Features changed dramatically on the final stage of the 2019 swr. Nov 27, 2017 a photo trip along the ancient silk road.
The races original route had stages travelling through kazakhstan and china. Fim announces changes to silk way rally adventure rider. Stage six was the final stage of the silk way rally in mongolia and the competition will now advance to china. Amended to add details of fiveminute penalty awarded to luciano benavides. Siberian taiga forest the first stage will shake everybody up. Fia crosscountry rallies world cup and keeps this status for the fim crosscountry rallies world championship for the second year in a row.
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