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. 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 meters take compass heading 270 and i found really well the way, even if the other ones dont. Hino targets record book in dakar rally 2018 namibian sun. In previous editions several stages of silk way rally also constituted a part of russian. On july 20, 2018, the eighth edition of silk way rally will set off on a new route from previous editions of the event. The 2016 edition had a moscowastanabeijing route, the 2017 edition starts in moscow and finishes in xian, china. 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. Dusty trails and tricky navigation during stage 3 of silk way rally. Dec 26, 2019 silkway rally, russia delivering the road book in the morning will help to slow the pace, as the riders need to focus more on the notes, underlines faria, whose best result in the dakar is a second in 20 in the bike category. After the ceremonial start on red square in moscow on july 8, the silk way rally will bring. 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. Chagin reported on the work being done at the moment, he said there is a high degree of interest in the silk way rally from athletes from around the world, presented putin the new symbols and route competition and spoke about the project, which is supported by china and kazakhstan. The silk way rally, into its ninth edition, is the longest competition for motorcyclists in the framework of the championship, giving them and the teams a valuable chance to gain points on a marathon route in the battle for the champion cup. What do you think of the format of the 2017 silk way rally, in terms of the route and the difficulties ahead.
It features the primary classes of cars and trucks. Southern silk road travel xinjiang, china lonely planet. May 30, 2018 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. 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.
Fought over 5,000km, including more than 2,700km of timed sections divided over 10 varied and technical. Silk way rally team supports world initiative to stay home. 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. The northern thread follows the modern road and railway to kuqa and turpan. Paulo goncalves finished at the tenth position at the silkway rally. From driving through sand dunes in the desert to scaling rocky mountain terrain, our.
The event is scheduled to take place between july 3 and 16, 2020, and will. The silk way rally unites eurasia new eastern outlook. Thats a bit grandiose, but it certainly is an alternative way of looking at world history over the last two or three thousand years. The text is not very engaging, rather it is impersonal and borders on dry. The silk way rally organizers announced this morning route and the cities hosting the 2016 edition. Aug 03, 2012 odometer at start of rally, zero the trip meter as per road book instruction car odometer and road book odometer does not always match difference in car odometer and road book odometer occurs due to.
Silk way rally want to know more about the road book. Racers compete in a highstakes rally along the famous silk road trade route. The 1st rally edition was held in 2009, but in 2016 the organization committee created a brand new transcontinental route that crossed russia, kazakhstan and china. Toyotas naseer al alttiyah won the 6th stage of the silkway rally and moved to second overall behind the. Silk way rally a route 100% pure pleasure racedezert. This year, the rally route has been updated and organisers have created varied special stages along the ancient silk road, while keeping the.
Jul 05, 2017 vehicles following the rally but not in the competition, such the organisers 4x4s, assistance trucks and press cars follow a parallel tarmac route using the tripy system. Competitors will find more than 10,000 reasons to enjoy. Silk way rally entries officially opened on february 15th. The silk way rally got underway today, sunday, with a 50kilometre curtain raising special stage on route from irkutsk to baykalsk, which. We are always ready to support our clients in organizing any charter flight and cargo shipment requested. Silk road rally is in production as of jan 7 2019 delivery december 2020. 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. The key stage of dakar, villagras drama, grueling pressure, the iveco team in dismal mood. 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.
It promises to be an event that tests both our human and sporting strengths to the absolute limit, and we are delighted to be tackling the silk way rally. Because of logistical problems with the runway needed for the massive antonov 124 cargo planes that were to transfer the vehicles from china to russia, the event organisers have decided to split this years event in two. 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. Watch one of the final vlogs by artur ardavichus to find out about the struggle to resurrect the leader of the dakar truck race, why this marathon will make into the history. With the machines being lighter and faster, the race is getting more and more dangerous. Stony roads and mountain paths take first toll on silk way rally. May 12, 1995 great picture book with beautiful drawings and informative storytelling about the silk route. Jun 20, 2018 cars from the silkway rally 2017 cars. Hino targets record book in dakar rally 2018 the demanding route will be made up of 5 000 km of timed, racing stages and 4 000 km of road sections between the timed stages. We have no prior competitive experience in either russia or kazakhstan but we expect to find portions in china that are similar to those we visited last year. Silk way rally 2019 is amazing international rally from irkutsk to dunhuang 0616 of july. Al attiyah moves to second overall with the penultimate stage win.
The silk road east of kashgar splits into two threads in the face of the taklamakan desert, the secondlargest sandy desert in the world. 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. The progression through the silk route and the accompanying artwork is. The caravan is nameless and faceless as well as the merchants along the way. Paulo goncalves finished at the tenth position at the silkway rally, in ulan ude,russia oriol mena finished the third stage at eight place. On their way towards the finish point, the competitors will cross five climate zones, and mongolia is expected to propose the greatest discoveries. More than 100 teams are tackling some of the worlds most inhospitable landscapes in the 2016 silk way rally. 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. Silk way rally is a rally raid that goes both through offroad spaces and by public roads. The route of the first edition of the dakar in saudi arabia explores the vast expanses of the largest country in the middle east. Silk way rallys venture into china strengthens moscow. Linaroute rally road book creation utility linascore is a simple and easy to use service for creating nice looking road books for car or motorcycle events. Jul 19, 2016 silk way rally s venture into china strengthens moscowbeijing relations this article is more than 3 years old. This book has been around for four or five years now, but it looks like i read it at just the right time, given current events in iran as of early january 2020.
Flashback to remote offroad stages of 2017 with unreleased aerial shots from swr archives. Official winners are cyril despres and ayrat mardeev. The silk way rally will celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2020but plans might change between now and race time. Competitors are racing 6,695 miles across russia, kazakhstan and northern china in a.
All the route is fantastic, in kazakhstan 100% of the stages will be new. Constant changes of direction among picturesque nature will never let you get bored, and various waypoints will lead your way to the finish. This years silk way rally does not only feature sections that are challenging for both the drivers and the navigators but also a time schedule that is extremely. Jul 23, 2016 2016 silkway rally stage15 hohhot beijing finish.
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. Our friends from westx are out at the 2019 silk way rally bringing coverage from day 11, the final day of the event begin press release. Renault trucks and mkr on the way to the silk way rally. If time is a problem and you dont have 81 days we have one vehicle for hire that is available to do the ulaanbaatar mongolia to volgograd russia leg. The organizers did a great job, the rally has been organized in a very good way, especially the road book. Kevin benavides, first leader of the silk way rally. Paulo goncalves lost some time in getting out of a deep hole, right at the beginning and thereafter opted for a safe and steady approach finishing the stage in tenth place. If youre like me, youve struggled with spread sheets for too long. 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 south kazakhstan.
Luc alphand, advisor to the head of the silk way rally in sports and international relations about the 2020 route. Reliability, punctuality, efficiency and safety are what you can expect from our experienced team at silk way airlines. Silkway rally, russia delivering the road book in the morning will help to slow the pace, as the riders need to focus more on the notes, underlines faria, whose best result in the dakar is a second in 20 in the bike category. Silk way rally is one of the most ambitious automotive projects, the international linking bridge and the unique business space between east and west.
Jun 01, 2011 a history of the silk road based mainly on the archaeological sources and textual analysis. Barreda, posting fourth, and cornejo both avoided mishaps. A photo trip along the ancient silk road the atlantic. Hero motosport team rally s oriol mena finished at the eight place maintaining his overall sixth position in the overall. He and edo have worked together long enough to know each others limits. Ay rally, which will be held between 3 and 16 july 2020, returns to kazakhstan and becomes part of the fia world cup for crosscountry rallies.
The motor rally lasted 10 days, with 1,100 people including the team members such as navigators, mechanics, etc. Dakar rally navigation changes for 2020 cycle news. From 2010 to 20, the race has taken place in russia. 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. He also has experience as codriver for football coach andre villas boas. The start will be given in moscow from the red square on 3 july 2020. Silk way rally 2017 the offroad race started in moscow on july 7 and ends in xian, china, on july 22. Stony roads and mountain paths take first toll during second stage of silk way rally, with nasser alattiyah leading the allterrain cars category. Each crew, which usually consists of a driver and a navigator with a mechanic for truck crews and only of a rider for motorcycles, must complete the selective sections also called special stages of the itinerary indicated in the road book the legend and pass through all compulsory waypoints. If you want to find out more about the ultimate in off road racing then look no further than the silk way rally. 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. The third stage of the silk way rally saw a slower pace compared to the two previous stages. In this global pause we try to see a beam of light and spend this time with quality. The silk way rally is an annual rally raid type of offroad race.
Explore southern silk road holidays and discover the best time and places to visit. Rally navigator streamlines the process of creating rally navigation roadbooks using the power of digital mapping and gps. This electronic road book allows drives to follow their itinerary easily and efficiently. 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. The first silk way rally was raced in 2009 from kazan, russia to ashgabat, turkmenistan. We stay home to stay safe and to help stop the spread. After his introduction to the silk way rally, he is considering adding chinese, mongolian, and russian to the list.
In a country where the desert is king, 75% of the rally will be over sand all types of sand. Desert this 9th silk way rally sees three new names go down in the races history books. In 2019 start ceremony takes place in siberia irkutsk welcomes the racers. The silk way rally off road race started in moscow on july 7 and ends 9,599 kilometers 5,951 miles later in xian, china, on july 22. The route of the first edition of the dakar in saudi arabia explores the vast. A father teaches his son to ride a horse in a pasture of the suusamyr plateau in kyrgyzstan, 2,500 meters above sea level, along the ancient silk road. I have not even one compliant, the road book was almost perfect. Monster energy honda team rider kevin benavides sees his name inscribed in the silk way rally history books as he becomes the first leader in the maiden outing of the motorcycle category. We have just 4 spots left for this 81 days overland journeys adventure of a life time. The progression through the silk route and the accompanying artwork is very well done. Because of logistical problems with the runway needed for the massive.
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