Due to the high level of water of the river that competitors were meant to cross during today´s stage, the seventh special of the Silk Way Rally was cancelled and the rally caravan drove to Sochi, were the podium was installed. Thierry Magnaldi’s...
The Monster Energy X-raid Team completed the gruelling Silk Way Rally in first, second and fifth positions at the podium ceremony in Sochi on Saturday. Polish driver Krzysztof Holowczyc and Belgian co-driver Jean-Marc Fortin claimed outright victory...
Pursuant to rider no. 3, Russian Firdaus Kabirov has been handed a penalty of 1 hour and 1,000 euros for speeding during the departure from the bivouac in Stavropol this morning. As a result, the Kamaz driver, who was the GC leader this evening with a margin...
Just one day away from reaching Sochi, where the 3rd Silk Way Rally will come to an end, two Russian drivers took the spoils in the 6th stage, marked by a special which was divided into two timed sectors. This may be the reason behind Russian Vladimir...
The fifth stage of the Silk Way Rally was the longest of the rally with its 621 kilometres against the clock. An 55km long transfer took the crews from Astrakhan at the river Volga to the start of the special, located a few metres from the road to Elista....
Poland’s Krzysztof Holowczyc and Belgian co-driver Jean-Marc Fortin snatched victory for the Monster Energy X-raid Team on the fifth stage of the 2011 Silk Way Rally between Astrakhan and Stavropol in Russia on Thursday. The stage win marked the pinnacle...
The organisers had warned the competitors: the 4th stage, dominated by sand, was going to be difficult or even very difficult. And they were right! It took today's winner, Stéphane Peterhansel, about six hours to cover today's 400-km-long timed stretch!...
The category of the production cars is usually quite crowded at the Dakar, the less preparation of the vehicles makes it attractive for the amateurs and for not-so-amateurs, like Spain’s best T2 driver at the Dakar: Xavi Foj, who always finished among...
