From Moscow to Astrakhan, going through Kazakhstan! • Two countries crossed : Russia and Kazakhstan. • A brand new route. • Around 3.000 km of special stages. In three months, on 4th July, the sixth edition of the Silk Way Rally will take...
The photos taken during the first taken during the maiden reconnaissance have generated considerable interest. The Silk Way Rally will venture to new regions and pose all-new challenges for the competitors. SWR Project Director, Semen Yakubov gives us an early...
Among the Russian racing drivers Pavel Loginov and Oleg Tyupenkin are well-known as the pilot and the navigator having behind shoulders a wealth of experience of participation in various rally-raid competitions and marathons. Before the start of "Silk...
If the remaining competitors thought the final 87kms of timed sectors would be akin to the Sunday ride into Paris on the Tour de France, they were in for a rude awaking, because the final special stage was a microcosm of a world-class rally raid contest...
The sun was already beading down on Astrakhan when the first car took the start of the penultimate stage of the 2013 Silk Way Rally (466.02kms, including 412 against the clock). The action began on fast compact and rolling tracks before meandering between...
The Silk Way Rally made its return trip to Astrakhan and this morning the co-drivers were put to the test. At half-distance, the tracks were faster and the landscape more arid. Towards the end of the stage, the route headed south towards the Caspian Sea and the rally...
The Silk Way Rally changed direction on Wednesday, heading west into the tiny independent and Buddhist Republic of Kalmykia. The warm welcome received by the first drivers to arrive at the bivouac, Jean-Louis Schlesser and Adam Malysz was accompanied...
Direction south…The Silk Way Rally headed south from Volgograd to the world’s caviar capital, along the Volga delta to Astrakhan and the Caspian Sea. The special stage began at the Khazar Steppe, known for its desert plateau home to nomadic peoples....
