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Silk Way Rally
CategoryRally raid
RegionEurasia
Inaugural season2009
Drivers' championRussia Aleksandr Semenov (Cars)
Russia Alexey Naumov (Bikes)
Russia Dmitry Sotnikov (Trucks)
Russia Danil Loginov (Quads)
Russia Andrei Sushentsov (Production)
Russia Roman Rusinov (SSV)
Constructors' championGAZ (Cars)
Husqvarna (Bikes)
Kamaz (Trucks)
Can-Am (Quads)
Toyota (Production)
Can-Am (SSV)
Official websitewww.silkwayrally.com

The Silk Way Rally (Russian: Шёлковый путь) is an annual rally raid held in Russia and neighbouring countries. The first Silk Way Rally was run in 2009 from Kazan, Russia, to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It is organised by the Silk Way Rally Association.

The race is part of the Russian Rally-Raid Championship. From 2009 to 2011, it was on the ASO's Dakar Series, followed by being a FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies round.

Rules

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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 failure to respect the target time incurs a penalty, which is marked on the control card (carnet) and is taken in account during the calculation of total results.

Since 2012 any competitor that fails to complete a special stage is allowed to continue the race with a penalty of 50 hours, added to the total time. This option can be used only one time and must be performed on the next day after the failed stage.

The rally compete in three categories: moto, cars and trucks. The motorcycle class was added in 2019.[1] Along with the division into basic categories of moto, cars and trucks, each of them having its own overall classification, all vehicles that participate in Silk Way Rally are split into separate competition groups as required by FIA.

Winners

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  Part of Dakar Series
  Part of FIA and/or FIM competitions
Year Route Cars Trucks Bikes Quads
Driver
Co-Driver
Make Driver
Co-Driver
Mechanic
Make Rider Make Rider Make
2009 KazanAshgabat Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Volkswagen Touareg Russia Firdaus Kabirov
Russia Andrey Mokeev
Russia Tanin Anatoly
Kamaz Not held Not held
2010 St. PetersburgSochi Spain Carlos Sainz
Spain Lucas Cruz
Volkswagen Touareg Russia Eduard Nikolaev
Russia Viatcheslav Mizyukaev
Russia Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz
2011 MoscowSochi Poland Krzysztof Hołowczyc
Belgium Jean-Marc Fortin
BMW X3 Czech Republic Aleš Loprais
Czech Republic Vojtěch Štajf
Czech Republic Milan Holáň
Tatra
2012 MoscowGelendzhik Russia Boris Gadasin
Russia Dan Schemel
G-Force Proto Russia Ayrat Mardeev Kamaz
2013 MoscowAstrakhan France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Russia Konstantin Zhiltsov
Sonangol Schlesser Original Russia Dmitry Sotnikov
Russia Viatcheslav Mizyukaev
Russia Andrei Aferin
Kamaz
2014–2015 not held
2016 MoscowBeijing France Cyril Despres
France David Castera
Peugeot 2008 DKR Russia Ayrat Mardeev
Russia Aydar Belyaev
Russia Dmitriy Svistunov
Kamaz
2017 MoscowXi'an France Cyril Despres
France David Castera
Peugeot 3008 DKR Russia Dmitry Sotnikov
Russia Ruslan Akhmadeev
Russia Ilnur Mustafin
Kamaz
2018 AstrakhanMoscow Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al Rajhi
Germany Timo Gottschalk
Mini John Cooper Works Rally Russia Andrey Karginov
Russia Andrey Mokeev
Russia Igor Leonov
Kamaz
2019 IrkutskDunhuang Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
France Mathieu Baumel
Toyota Hilux Russia Anton Shibalov
Russia Dmitry Nikitin
Russia Ivan Tatarinov
Kamaz United Kingdom Sam Sunderland KTM 450 Rally Factory Poland Rafał Sonik Yamaha Raptor 700
2020 not held
2021 OmskGorno-Altaysk France Guerlain Chicherit
France Alexandre Winocq
Century Racing CR6 Russia Dmitry Sotnikov
Russia Ruslan Akhmadeev
Russia Ilgiz Akhmetzianov
Kamaz Austria Matthias Walkner KTM 450 Rally Factory Replica Russia Alexander Maximov Yamaha YFM 700R Raptor SE
2022 AstrakhanMoscow Russia Alexander Rusanov
Russia Evgeny Pavlov
GAZelle NEXT Russia Dmitry Sotnikov
Russia Ruslan Akhmadeev
Kamaz Russia Alexey Naumov KTM 450 Rally Factory Replica Russia Dmitry Kalinin Can-Am Outlander
2023 KazanMoscow Russia Andrey Rudskoy
Russia Dmitry Karpov
G-Force Bars Belarus Siarhei Viazovich
Belarus Pavel Haranin
Belarus Andrei Krahelskiy
MAZ Russia Ilya Scheglov Husqvarna Russia Anatoly Kuznetsov Can-Am
2024 TomskUlaanbaatar Russia Aleksandr Semenov
Russia Dmitrii Okhotnikov
GAZ Russia Dmitry Sotnikov
Russia Ruslan Akhmadeev
Russia Ilgiz Akhmetzianov
Kamaz Russia Alexey Naumov Husqvarna Russia Danil Loginov Can-Am

History

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Summary

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YEAR START FINISH #
STAGE
DISTANCE, КМ
DATE CITY DATE CITY Special
Stage
Liaison
TOTAL
2009 5 September Russia Kazan 13 September Turkmenistan Ashgabat 9[2] 2,621 2,007 4,628
2010 11 September Russia Saint-Petersburg 18 September Russia Sochi 8 2,014 2,845 4,859
2011 10 July Russia Moscow 16 July Russia Sochi 7 2,450 1,490 3,940
2012 7 July Russia Moscow 13 July Russia Gelendzhik[3] 7[2] 2,083 1,776 3,859
2013 7 July Russia Moscow 13 July Russia Astrakhan 8[2] 2, 822 1173 3,995
2016 9 July Russia Moscow 24 July China Beijing 15 4,105 6,630 10,735
2017 7 July Russia Moscow 22 July China Xi'an 14 4,094 5,50 9,599
2018 15 July Russia Astrakhan 29 July Russia Moscow 7 2,327 873 3,488
2019 6 July Russia Irkutsk 16 July China Dunhuang 10 2,589 2,414 5,003
2020 not held
2021 1 July Russia Omsk 6 July Russia Gorno-Altaysk 5 651 2,457 3,108
2022 6 July Russia Astrakhan 16 July Russia Moscow 10 2,800 1,580 4,380
2023 5 July Russia Kazan 15 July Russia Moscow 9 2,350 3,800 5,230
2024 5 July Russia Tomsk 15 July Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 11 2,992 2,250 5,243
Note: the data are listed nominally - due to cancellations, abbreviations and changes in the stages may actually differ.

2009

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Presidents of the host at the solemn event after the first edition of the rally on 13 September 2009 (from left to right): Dmitry Medvedev, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and Nursultan Nazarbayev

Edition 1 of the Silk Way Rally set off from Kazan in Tatarstan and headed to Ashgabat in Turkmenistan. The nine days, 4,500-km rally featured 3,900 km of special stages. Carlos Sainz won his 1st international Rally-Raid. A perfect rehearsal for "El Matador" who the following January won the Dakar Rally in his 4th attempt. In the truck category, Kamaz dominated with two-time Dakar winner Firdaus Kabirov taking top honours in what was his last major international victory.

STAGE DATE START FINISH DISTANCE, КМ
SS LIAISON TOTAL
prologue 5.09 Russia Kazan Russia Kazan 2 - 2
1 6.09 Russia Kazan Russia Buguruslan 141 337 478
2 7.09 Russia Buguruslan Kazakhstan Uralsk 231 316 547
3 8.09 Kazakhstan Uralsk Kazakhstan Beyneu 580 296 876
4 9.09 Kazakhstan Beyneu Kazakhstan Zhanaozen 424 55 479
5 10.09 Kazakhstan Zhanaozen Turkmenistan Türkmenbaşy 514 184 698
6 11.09 Turkmenistan Türkmenbaşy Turkmenistan Balkanabad 345 72 417
7 12.09 Turkmenistan Balkanabad Turkmenistan Türkmenbaşy 360 154 514
8 13.09 Turkmenistan Türkmenbaşy Turkmenistan Asgabat 24 593 617
TOTAL 2 621 2 007 4 628
Note: Green color is allocated distances, cream — not included.
  • Participating countries - 25
  • Total route length - 4628 km
  • 62 cars and 20 trucks entered the marathon
  • 34 cars and 16 trucks finished the marathon
  • 113 media accredited - 347 journalists
  • 753 TV broadcasts with total duration of 2,260 minutes
  • 3,167 publications in media
  • Team service cars - 96 crews
  • 17 crews presented the raid category
  • 60 т of petrol, 210 т of diesel fuel and 325 т of aviation kerosine were used
  • Escort provided support to 160 vehicles of participants and 120 vehicles of
  • Organization committee: 526 VIPs from four states visited the rally

2010

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Start ceremony of the rally-marathon "Silk Way 2010" from the Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia
Vladimir Putin on the bivouac of the rally-marathon "Silk Way" meets with the participants of the competition
STAGE DATE START FINISH DISTANCE, КМ
SS LIAISON TOTAL
1 11/09 Russia Saint-Petersburg Russia Staraya Russa 85 330 415
2 12/09 Russia Staraya Russa Russia Vyazma 209 575 770
3 13/09 Russia Vyazma Russia Lipetsk 210 395 605
4 14/09 Russia Lipetsk Russia Volgograd 300 490 790
5 15/09 Russia Volgograd Russia Astrakhan 450 150 600
6 16/09 Russia Astrakhan Russia Elista 400 105 505
7 17/09 Russia Elista Russia Maykop 340 440 780
8 18/09 Russia Maykop Russia Krasnaya Polyana 20 360 380
Toral 2 014 2 845 4 859
  • Participating countries - 22
  • Total route length - 4859 km
  • 48 cars and 16 trucks entered the marathon
  • 29 cars and 13 trucks finished the marathon
  • 168 media accredited - 507 journalists
  • 918 TV broadcasts with total duration of 3,660 minutes
  • 4,015 publications in media
  • Team service cars - 96 crews
  • 12 crews in cars and motobikes presented the raid category
  • 51,675 l of petrol, 289,912 l of diesel fuel and 160 т of aviation kerosine were used

2011

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Polish pilot Krzysztof Hołowczyc on the podium of the rally-marathon "Silk Way Rally 2011", Krasnaya polyana

First departure from Moscow for the Silk Way Rally, which saw its number of entries rise, to the delight of the thousands of Muscovites who came to Red Square for the ceremonial start. Ahead of the competitors, seven days of racing and 3,983 km, with 2,366 km of special stages. After the week of hard-fought action it was Poland's Krzysztof Holowczyc scoring the biggest win of his career, ahead of the disciplines greatest driver, Stéphane Peterhansel, while in the truck category, Alès Loprais got revenge from the previous year.

STAGE DATE START FINISH DISTANCE, КМ
SS LIAISON TOTAL
1 10/07 Russia Moscow Russia Lipetsk 260 310 570
2 11/07 Russia Lipetsk Russia Volgograd 480 365 845
3 12/07 Russia Volgograd Russia Astrakhan 430 160 590
4 13/07 Russia Astrakhan Russia Astrakhan 400 15 415
5 14/07 Russia Astrakhan Russia Stavropol 690 75 765
6 15/07 Russia Stavropol Russia Maykop 170 220 390
7 16/07 Russia Maykop Russia Sochi 20 345 365
ВСЕГО 2 450 1 490 3 940
Note: green color marked distances included in the overall standings , cream — distance not included in the overall standings.
  • Participating countries - 28
  • Total route length – 3,940 km
  • 95 cars and 35 trucks entered the marathon
  • 50 cars and 26 trucks finished the marathon
  • 138 media accredited - 605 journalists
  • 969 TV broadcasts with total duration of 3,983 minutes
  • 4,518 publications in media
  • Team service cars - 153 crews
  • 50,000 l of petrol, 551,700 l of diesel fuel and 160 т of aviation kerosine were used

2012

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Winner of the Silk Way Rally 2012 Boris Gadasin

The start once again from Red Square for the Silk Way Rally, which the number of entries is on the rise. On the programme, a completely new 4,000-km route to Sochi. Storms that battered southern Russian forced the race to stop at Gelendzhik. Boris Gadasin became the first Russian driver to win in the car category, while Kamaz returned to its winning ways thanks to another of its young hopefuls, Ayrat Mardeev, the future winner of the 2015 Dakar!

STAGE DATE START FINISH DISTANCE, КМ
SS LIAISON TOTAL
prologue 7/07 Russia Moscow Russia Ryazan - 184,85 184,85
1 8/07 Russia Ryazan Russia Volgograd 258 620 878
2 9/07 Russia Volgograd Russia Volgograd 309 125 434
3 10/07 Russia Volgograd Russia Elista 488 189 677
4 11/07 Russia Elista Russia Elista 506 159,5 665,5
5 12/07 Russia Elista Russia Maykop 453 230 683
6 13/07 Russia Maykop Russia Gelendzhik 69 266 335
TOTAL 2 083 1 774 3 857
Note: Green color is allocated distances, cream — not included.
  • Participating countries - 25
  • Total route length – 3,550 km
  • 118 crews: 93 jeeps and 25 trucks entered the marathon
  • Team service cars - 143 crews
  • 270 media accredited - 581 journalists
  • 712 TV broadcasts with total duration of 2,074 minutes
  • 4,312 publications in media
  • 360,000 literws of motor fuel are used

2013

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Start of the rally-marathon "Silk Way Rally 2013" on Red Square in Moscow
STAGE DATE START FINISH DISTANCE, КМ
SS LIAISON TOTAL
пролог 6/07 Russia Moscow Russia Tambov - 452,91 452,91
1 7/07 Russia Tambov Russia Volgograd 373,43 370,69 744,12
2 8/07 Russia Volgograd Russia Volgograd 478,38 68,39 546,77
3 9/07 Russia Volgograd Russia Astrakhan 485,74 144,29 631,03
4 10/07 Russia Elista Russia Astrakhan 485,00 49,67 534,67
5 11/07 Russia Astrakhan Russia Astrakhan 499,00 60,25 559,25
6 12/07 Russia Astrakhan Russia Astrakhan 512,00 54,02 466,02
7 13/07 Russia Astrakhan Russia Astrakhan 87,36 74,65 162,01
TOTAL 2 822 1 275 4097

2016

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Production group car on the stage of the Silk Way Rally 2016
STAGE DATE START FINISH ALTITUDE, М DISTANCE, КМ
MIN. MX. SS LIAISON TOTAL
1 9/07 Russia Moscow Russia Kazan 2 852 854
2 10/07 Russia Kazan Russia Ufa 64 188 136 490 625
3 11/07 Russia Ufa Kazakhstan Kostanay 254 467 200 615 815
4 12/07 Kazakhstan Kostanay Kazakhstan Astana 108 378 345 510 856
5 13/07 Kazakhstan Astana Kazakhstan Balkhash 408 998 569 253 821
6 14/07 Kazakhstan Balkhash Kazakhstan Almaty 336 580 411 445 856
7 16/07 Kazakhstan Almaty China Bortala 1072 2575 77 505 582
8 17/07 China Bortala China Urumqi 294 471 257 648 905
9 18/07 China Urumqi China Hami 58 974 384 335 720
10 19/07 China Hami China Dunhuang 553 1916 340 144 484
11[4] 20/07 China Dunhuang China Jiayuguan 1376 2508 330 231 561
12 21/07 China Jiayuguan China Alashan 1148 1811 425 242 667
13 22/07 China Alashan China Wuhai 1159 1792 367 357 725
14 23/07 China Wuhai China Hohhot 1039 1224 261 494 756
15 24/07 China Hohhot China Beijing - 508 508
Total 4 105 6 630 10 735
Note: the distances included in the overall standings are highlighted in green , cream is canceled. The actual numbers may differ from the sum of the intermediate numbers, since all the numbers are rounded.
  • 10735 km - total route length
  • 17 days - rally duration, 14 bivouacs
  • 41 countries presented their participants
  • 1,100 participants and team members
  • More than 2,500 people in Europe, Russia and China in the Rally organization
  • 145 Russian and international journalists received permanent accreditation
  • 560 media representatives received temporary accreditation
  • TV reports from the "Silk Way 2016" Rally were broadcast in 196 countries of Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa
  • Bivouac hosted up to 2,200 people daily
  • 550 vehicles arrived daily to the bivouac and went further along the rally route
  • 125 sports crews (102 SUVs and 23 trucks) entered the rally
  • 192 "Assistance" crews
  • Up to 15,000 people visited the spectator areas along the rally route every day
  • 16 aircraft
  • 14 auto transporters moved along the rally route

2017

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For the Silk Way Rally of year 2017 the Organization Committee prepared a new route project, which includes the best features of the 6th edition as well as some developments and surprises. The rally once again took the form of a marathon through Russia, Kazakhstan and China, which proved itself successful last year. The rally's organisation was commended by the Russian President Vladimir Putin.[citation needed]

STAGE DATE START FINISH DISTANCE, КМ
SS LIAISON TOTAL
1 8/07 Russia Moscow Russia Cheboksary 61,43 665,72 726,95
2 9/07 Russia Cheboksary Russia Ufa 157,00 628,63 785,63
3 10/07 Russia Ufa Kazakhstan Kostanay 329,25 567,14 876,39
4 11/07 Kazakhstan Kostanay Kazakhstan Astana 373,22 192,69 908,80
5 12/07 Kazakhstan Astana Kazakhstan Semey 484,47 365,07 849,54
6 13/07 Kazakhstan Semey Kazakhstan Urdzhar 387,86 209,27 597,13
7 14/07 Kazakhstan Urdzhar China Karamay 106,60 306,3 412,90
8 15/07 China Karamay China Urumqi 250,37 185,97 436,34
9 17/07 China Urumqi China Hami 421,00 392,89 813,89
10 18/07 China Hami China Dunhuang 360,28 157,25 517,53
11 19/07 China Dunhuang China Jiayuguan 488,65 208,85 783,84
12 20/07 China Jiayuguan China Alashan 254,75 229,04 483,79
13 21/07 China Alashan China Zhongwei 318,66 236,48 690,31
14 22/07 China Zhongwei China Xi'an 100,67 643,76 716,56
Total 4 094 5 505 9 599
Note: the distances included in the overall standings are highlighted in green , cream is canceled. The actual numbers may differ from the sum of the intermediate numbers, since all the numbers are rounded

2018

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• The distance of the route of the Silk Way Rally 2018 (Russian part) - 5169 km, 3127 are special stages

• 94 crews took part

• Permanently accredited media - 214

• TV channels - 85

• 196 broadcast countries

• 3,500 people took rally bivouacs daily

• Up to 20,000 people were in spectator areas daily

• 13 aircraft of aviation support (6 aircraft, 7 helicopters)

STAGE DATE START FINISH DISTANCE, КМ
liaison ss liaison total assist
1 21/07 Astrakhan Astrakhan 25,67 311.00 11,30 347,97 0
2 22/07 Astrakhan Elista 99,62 365,50 7,48 472,6 0
3 23/07 Elista Astrakhan 43,37 332,00 100,01 475,38 358
4 24/07 Astrakhan Astrakhan 11,05 366,03 13,50 390,58 0
5 25/07 Astrakhan Volgograd 13,99 443,78 80,11 537,88 442
6 26/07 Volgograd Lipetsk 76,13 317,15 373,50 766,78 645
7 27/07 Lipetsk Moscow 18,79 191,70 286,73 497,22 477
TOTAL 288,62 2327,16 872,63 3488,41 1922
Note: the distances included in the overall standings are highlighted in green , cream is canceled.

The actual numbers may differ from the sum of the intermediate numbers, since all the numbers are rounded

2019

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On 6 July 2019 the Rally officially took off from Irkutsk.

STAGE Date Start Finish DISTANCE, km
liaison ss liaison Total
1 7 /07 Russia Irkutsk Russia Baikalsk 71,03 50,87 133 254,9
2 8 /07 RussiaBaikalsk Russia Ulan-Ude 134,57 207,67 67,1 409,34
3 9 /07 Russia Ulan-Ude Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 362,07 243 86,28 691,35
4 10 /07 MongoliaUlaanbaatar MongoliaUlaanbaatar 3,54 470,19 3,23 476,96
5 11 /07 MongoliaUlaanbaatar MongoliaMandalgovi 21,64 337 5,95 364,59
6 12/07 MongoliaMandalgobi MongoliaDalanzadgad 1,25 408,17 2,33 411,75
7 13 /07 MongoliaDalanzadgad ChinaBayinbaolige 370 - 181 551
8 14 /07 ChinaBayinbaolige ChinaAlashan 430,37 326,6 29,14 786,11
9 15 /07 ChinaAlashan ChinaJiayuguan 29,17 290,3 181,73 501,2
10 16 /07 ChinaJiayuguan ChinaDunhuang 96,26 255 205,04 556,3
Total 1519, 9 2588,8 894,8 5003,5

2020

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The 2020 Silk Way Rally was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

2021

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The 2021 Silk Way Rally was held but the Mongolian portion was cancelled due to COVID-19 and bubonic plague outbreaks in the country.[6]

2022

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The 2022 race was held in July solely in Russia and had limited overseas entrants due to sanctions imposed on the country relating to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Luc Alphand, who was appointed SWR sports director in 2021, departed his post following the invasion.[7]

2023

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Like in 2022, the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War meant foreign participants were limited to those from nearby and friendly countries like Belarus, China, and Turkmenistan.[8]

2024

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The race returned to a multinational event in 2024 with the return of Mongolia. China was originally included on the route as the final stretch, concluding in Khorgos, but was dropped as the region wanted to wait until it returned to pre-COVID-19 economic activity.[9][10]

In March, the Silk Way Rally Association partnered with Turkmenistan's sport committee to organise a rally raid in the country in September.[11]

Political activity

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The Silk Way Rally has been described by Western investigative journalists as a front for the GRU to help push Russia's geopolitical agenda.[12]

In 2023, a joint investigation between Bellingcat, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and The Insider uncovered internal Silk Way Rally Association documents that expressed plans to use the race to push Russian soft power in Eurasia. This was to culminate in a large route for the 2022 race that ran from Doha, Qatar, to Damascus, Syria, while also passing major cities in countries like Afghanistan, China, and Turkey.[12] The association's director Bulat Yanborisov was also exposed as a GRU agent who frequently communicated with members of GRU Unit 29155 and received medals from agency head Vladimir Alekseyev.[13][7] Yanborisov denied his connections to the GRU but acknowledged the rally has diplomatic importance.[12]

Various GRU agents have been found to be working with the SWRA to faciltiate movement between countries, with Yanborisov housing its personnel in his estates across Europe.[12] A 2024 investigation by Der Spiegel, The Insider, and 60 Minutes into Unit 29155's ties to Havana syndrome noted Alexander Mishkin, who was involved in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, disguised himself as a mechanic to travel to China with the 2016 and 2017 rallies.[14]

In June 2024, the United States Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on the Silk Way Rally Association, Yanborisov, and his son Amir. The department described the association as a "Russian intelligence procurement network" that utilised the race's "logistical infrastructure to procure anti-UAV and radioelectronic warfare equipment for use on the battlefield in Ukraine."[15]

Podium

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Cars

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Year 1st 2nd 3rd
Driver Car Driver Car Driver Car
2009 Spain Carlos Sainz Volkswagen United States Mark Miller Volkswagen South Africa Giniel de Villiers Volkswagen
2010 Spain Carlos Sainz Volkswagen Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Volkswagen United States Mark Miller Volkswagen
2011 Poland Krzysztof Hołowczyc BMW France Stéphane Peterhansel MINI Russia Alexander Zheludov Nissan
2012 Russia Boris Gadasin G-Force Hungary Balázs Szalay Opel Czech Republic Miroslav Zapletal Hummer
2013 France Jean-Louis Schlesser Sonangol Schlesser Russia Vladimir Vasiliev G-Force Russia Evgeny Firsov Toyota
2016 France Cyril Despres Peugeot Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi MINI Russia Vladimir Vasiliev MINI
2017 France Cyril Despres Peugeot France Christian Lavieille BAICmotor China Wei Han Geely
2018 Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi MINI Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Toyota France Cyril Despres MCM Origina
2019 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Toyota China Wei Han Geely France Jérôme Pelichet OPTIMUS
2021 France Guerlain Chicherit Century Racing Russia Denis Krotov MINI France Jérôme Pelichet MD Optimus
2022 Russia Denis Krotov MINI Russia Alexander Rusanov GAZ Russia Evgeny Sukhovenko GAZ
2023 Russia Andrey Rudskoy G-Force Bars
2024 Russia Aleksandr Semenov GAZ Russia Aleksei Ignatov GAZ France Andrey Rudskoy G-Force Bars

Trucks

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Year 1st 2nd 3rd
Crew Truck Crew Truck Crew Truck
2009 Russia Firdaus Kabirov
Russia Andrey Mokeev
Russia Anatoly Tanin
Kamaz Netherlands Gerard de Rooy
Belgium Tom Colsoul
Poland Darek Rodewald
Iveco Czech Republic Ales Loprais
Slovakia Jaroslav Miskolci
Czech Republic Milan Holáň
Tatra
2010 Russia Eduard Nikolaev
Russia Viatcheslav Mizyukaev
Russia Vladimir Rybakov
Kamaz Russia Vladimir Chagin
Russia Sergey Savostin
Russia Ildar Saysultanov
Kamaz Russia Firdaus Kabirov
Russia Aydar Belyaev
Russia Andrey Mokeev
Kamaz
2011 Czech Republic Ales Loprais
Czech Republic Milan Holáň
Czech Republic Vojtěch Štajf
Tatra Russia Firdaus Kabirov
Russia Andrey Mokeev
Russia Anatoly Tanin
Kamaz Russia Andrey Karginov
Russia Vyacheslav Mizyukaev
Russia Igor Devyatkin
Kamaz
2012 Russia Airat Mardeev
Russia Aydar Belyaev
Russia Anton Mirniy
Kamaz Netherlands Peter Versluis
Netherlands Jurgen Damen
Netherlands Harry Schuurmans
MAN Russia Anton Shibalov
Russia Robert Amatych
Russia Ildar Saysultanov
Kamaz
2013 Russia Dmitry Sotnikov
Russia Vyacheslav Mizyukaev
Russia Andrey Aferin
Kamaz Russia Anton Shibalov
Russia Robert Amatych
Russia Almaz Hisamiev
Kamaz Belarus Siarhei Viazovich
Belarus Alexander Polishchuk
Belarus Dmitry Vikhrenko
MAZ
2016 Russia Airat Mardeev
Russia Aydar Belyaev
Russia Dmitriy Svistunov
Kamaz Russia Dmitry Sotnikov
Russia Ruslan Akhmadeev
Russia Ivan Romanov
Kamaz Netherlands Martin van den Brink
Netherlands Peter Willemsen
Czech Republic Daniel Kozlovský
Renault
2017 Russia Dmitry Sotnikov
Russia Ruslan Akhmadeev
Russia Ilnur Mustafin
Kamaz Russia Anton Shibalov
Russia Andrey Mokeev
Russia Dmitry Nikitin
Kamaz Russia Airat Mardeev
Russia Aydar Belyaev
Russia Dmitriy Svistunov
Kamaz
2018 Russia Andrey Karginov
Russia Andrey Mokeev
Russia Igor Leonov
Kamaz Russia Airat Mardeev
Russia Aydar Belyaev
Russia Akhmet Galyautdinov
Kamaz Russia Anton Shibalov
Russia Dmitry Nikitin
Russia Ivan Romanov
Kamaz
2019 Russia Anton Shibalov
Russia Dmitry Nikitin
Russia Ivan Tatarinov
Kamaz Russia Andrey Karginov
Russia Andrey Mokeev
Russia Ivan Malkov
Kamaz Russia Airat Mardeev
Russia Dmitry Svistunov
Russia Sergey Krenev
Kamaz
2021 Russia Dmitry Sotnikov
Russia Ruslan Akhmadeev
Russia Ilgiz Akhmetzianov
Kamaz Belarus Siarhei Viazovich
Belarus Pavel Haranin
Belarus Anton Zaparoshchanka
MAZ Russia Anton Shibalov
Russia Dmitry Nikitin
Russia Ivan Tatarinov
Kamaz
2022 Russia Dmitry Sotnikov
Russia Ruslan Akhmadeev
Russia Ilgiz Akhmetzianov
Kamaz Russia Eduard Nikolaev
Russia Evgenii Iakovlev
Russia Bogdan Karimov
Kamaz Belarus Siarhei Viazovich
Belarus Pavel Haranin
Belarus Vitaliy Murylev
MAZ
2023 Belarus Siarhei Viazovich
Belarus Pavel Haranin
Belarus Andrei Krahelskiy
MAZ Russia Eduard Nikolaev
Russia Evgenii Iakovlev
Russia Dmitry Avdeev
Kamaz Russia Andrey Karginov
Russia Ivan Malkov
Russia Vadim Akhmetov
Kamaz
2024 Russia Dmitry Sotnikov
Russia Ruslan Akhmadeev
Russia Ilgiz Akhmetzianov
Kamaz Russia Eduard Nikolaev
Russia Evgenii Iakovlev
Russia Dmitry Avdeev
Kamaz Belarus Siarhei Viazovich
Belarus Pavel Haranin
Belarus Andrei Krahelskiy
MAZ

Moto

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Year 1st 2nd 3rd
Driver Bike Driver Bike Driver Bike
2019 United Kingdom Sam Sunderland KTM United States Andrew Short Husqvarna France Adrien van Beveren Yamaha
2021 Austria Matthias Walkner KTM United States Skyler Howes Husqvarna Argentina Franco Caimi Hero
2022 Russia Alexey Naumov KTM Russia Alexander Gatiyatulin KTM Russia Evgeny Tikhonov KTM
2023 Russia Ilya Scheglov Husqvarna
2024 Russia Alexey Naumov Husqvarna Mongolia Murun Purevdorj KTM Russia Ekaterina Zhadanova KTM

Quads

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Year 1st 2nd
Rider Quad Rider Quad
2019 Poland Rafal Sonik Yamaha Russia Alexander Maximov Yamaha
2021 Russia Alexander Maximov Yamaha Poland Rafal Sonik Yamaha
2022 Russia Dmitry Kalinin Can-Am
2023 Russia Anatoly Kuznetsov Can-Am
2024 Russia Danil Loginov Can-Am Russia Azat Shaimukhametov Can-Am

Notes

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  1. ^ "La 9ème édition du SILK WAY RALLY (6 au 16 juillet 2019) proposera un parcours inédit avec l'intégration de la Mongolie au tracé ainsi que la catégorie moto". SilkWay (in French). 22 October 2018. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c With Prologue
  3. ^ Из-за стихийного бедствия в Краснодарском крае ралли завершилось в Майкопе.
  4. ^ Stage canceled due to weather conditions.
  5. ^ "Silk Way Rally cancels 2020 edition outright". us.motorsport.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  6. ^ Presse, AFP-Agence France. "Coronavirus, Bubonic Plague Force Silk Way Rally To Cancel Mongolian Stages". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  7. ^ a b Minisini, Lucas (21 April 2023). "A Russian spy in Paris: Bulat Yanborisov, rally organizer and high-flying Kremlin agent". Le Monde. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  8. ^ Nguyen, Justin (16 July 2023). "MAZ snaps KAMAZ's Silk Way streak". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  9. ^ "2024 Silk Way Rally route: Russia — Mongolia — China". Silk Way Rally. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  10. ^ "The 2024 Silk Way Rally Route Will Pass Through Russia and Mongolia". Silk Way Rally. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  11. ^ Nguyen, Justin (3 April 2024). "Silk Way Rally planning rally raid in Turkmenistan". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d "A no-survivors race. How GRU assassins use the Silk Way Rally as a cover". The Insider. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Investigation uncovers ties between Silk Way Rally, Russian military and diplomatic activities". 24 April 2023.
  14. ^ Dobrokhotov, Roman; Grozev, Christo; Weiss, Michael (31 March 2024). "Unraveling Havana Syndrome: New evidence links the GRU's assassination Unit 29155 to mysterious attacks on U.S. officials and their families". The Insider. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  15. ^ "As Russia Completes Transition to a Full War Economy, Treasury Takes Sweeping Aim at Foundational Financial Infrastructure and Access to Third Country Support". United States Department of the Treasury (Press release). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
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