Silk way rally 2017 results

The team won 10 stages out of 13 for Peugeot. Stephane Peterhansel and Jean-Paul Cottret finished in fifth place.

The result is extra special for the two Americans because this is their first time competing within this prestigious cross-country rally event. The win also means the MINI crew retain the ranking of third place overall. It was a short km so we knew we had to push from the beginning — and that is what we did. Navigation was on point and the throttle pedal was to the floor. We are very excited to get our first stage win together as rookies. Not only did they have to battle against other competitors, they also had to deal with thick dust thrown up by the cars in front especially over the last quarter of the leg.

Silk way rally 2017 results

The year-old Frenchman finished 13 legs in 41 hours, 46 minutes and 25 seconds, defeating the runner-up Lavieille Christian by one hour, four minutes and 39 seconds. China's Han Wei took the third place in the cars' group, creating the best ever result in world-class Rally as a Chinese driver. We did a good job and it's very nice, I am very happy," said Despres. When talking about Chinese competitors, Despres told Xinhua that the Chinese drivers are good and fast. A total of 90 teams from 35 countries and regions took part in the competition. Thirteen Dakar Rally titles owner Peterhansel Stephane's car tuned over in the fourth leg in Kazakhstan, taking the 5th place in the cars' group. The disappointed Frenchman left the ceremony since his car passed the victory ceremony podium without accepting any interviews. In the trucks' group, Russian Sotnikov Dmitry's team earned the first place in 43 hours, 45 minutes and 38 seconds. Three Russian teams dominated the podium at last. The spirit of Silk Road will help the nations along the Silk Road reach win-win results, although the year's competition had ended," said Gao Zhidan, vice sports minister of China. Related stories. Share this story on. Most Popular.

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From to , the race has taken place in Russia. The edition had a Moscow- Astana -Beijing route, the edition starts in Moscow and finishes in Xi'an , China. Silk Way Rally is a rally raid that goes both through off-road spaces and by public roads. 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. The crew with the shortest total time on all specials of rally route becomes the winner. Road sections or liaisons between the specials go on public roads and highways and must be covered within the target time, observing Road Traffic Code.

The 11 th stage of the Silk Way Rally between Dunhuang and Jiayuguan, situated at the western end of the Great Wall, was the eve of the two stages considered to be the most enjoyable but also the toughest of the rally. Yesterday morning Gerard De Rooy started at 9. Now we are waiting for the big dunes of tomorrow: Gerard is one of the best drivers on sand and the truck is ok. There was an important change in the crew of Powerstar driven by Artur Ardavichus: due to a stressed nerve incurred on a violent impact during a special stage, Belgian co-driver Serge Bruynkens had to retire from the rally. Ardavichus finished the 11 th stage in eighth position just 14s behind De Rooy. He maintains his 5th place in the general ranking with a good advantage of more than half of an hour on Kamaz pilot Eduard Nikolaev. Today, July 20 th , will take place one of the two toughest stages — from Jiayuguan to Alashan — with beautiful dunes at the beginning and more at the end.

Silk way rally 2017 results

With these placements, Gerard de Rooy and Artur Ardavichus now lie in second and third place respectively in the overall classification. He started behind the other Dutchman of the team and finished second, improving his overall placement. After two stages on very difficult terrain, De Rooy lies in 2 nd place in the partial general classification. The steering is so precise, it never was of any danger. Today I really enjoyed myself: I can say for the first time I liked driving in the mud. The Powerstar is a winner vehicle and I only need to adapt to it. I want to grow up and improve with it. Ton Van Genugten left in the early morning 6.

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This will be the first stage of the rally raid with two selective sections. Seiichi Suzuki, Mechanic Leader: I think we were able to run excellent tests here at the Silk Way Rally as we were able to verify, among other things, the conditions of the suspensions and transfer. PressClub Login. Yazeed Al Rajhi Timo Gottschalk. The motorcycle class was added in Please contact our support team from 9 to 17 CET via support. The team won 10 stages out of 13 for Peugeot. Not only did they have to battle against other competitors, they also had to deal with thick dust thrown up by the cars in front especially over the last quarter of the leg. That being said, I think I was able to experience some scenarios that I might actually encounter at the Dakar Rally, for example, what actions to take when the HINO Series runs into trouble during the race. In the trucks' group, Russian Sotnikov Dmitry's team earned the first place in 43 hours, 45 minutes and 38 seconds. Ayrat Mardeev. But I think this gave our mechanics the perseverance and mental strength to continue to work even in the rain. For the Silk Way Rally of year the Organization Committee prepared a new route project, which includes the best features of the 6th edition as well as some developments and surprises.

In , the race takes place in the status of a transcontinental marathon, the route of the participants is traced to the historic route of the legendary Silk Road and brings the rally to Xian, the oldest city of Chinese civilization. Despite numerous precipitations chasing a caravan of participants all the way, the finish in Xian was not interrupted.

Irkutsk - Dunhuang. Nasser Al-Attiyah. Zhongwei — Xi'an. Contents move to sidebar hide. When talking about Chinese competitors, Despres told Xinhua that the Chinese drivers are good and fast. I also want to thank the crew for trusting us enough to go full out on the truck. Rally raid. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Press Contact. One of the team's objectives in this real-world test was to understand the feeling of the suspension and this stage proved to be the ideal setting. Participant profiles. There was an important change in the crew of Powerstar driven by Artur Ardavichus: due to a stressed nerve incurred on a violent impact during a special stage, Belgian co-driver Serge Bruynkens had to retire from the rally. Once again, … Continued. G-Force Proto. Now we are waiting for the big dunes of tomorrow: Gerard is one of the best drivers on sand and the truck is ok.