2016 Silk Way Rally

The 2016 Silk Way Rally was run in Russia, Kazakhstan, and China on July 9–24, 2016.

It began in Moscow on the 9th and ends in Beijing on the 24th.[1] It features the primary classes of cars and trucks.

Official winners are Cyril Despres and Ayrat Mardeev.

Entries

Stages

Stage Date From To Road Section Special Total Stage winners
km mi km mi km mi Autos Trucks
1 9 July Moscow Kazan 853 530 2 1 855 531 S. Peterhansel M. van den Brink
2 10 July Kazan Ufa 490 304 135 83 625 387 Stage cancelled
3 11 July Ufa Kostanay 614 381 200 124 814 505 C. Despres A. Karginov
4 12 July Kostanay Astana 510 316 345 214 855 531 S. Peterhansel E. Nikolaev
5 13 July Astana Balkhash 251 155 568 353 819 509 C. Despres M. van den Brink
6 14 July Balkhash Almaty 444 275 411 256 855 531 S. Peterhansel A. Mardeev
15 July Almaty Rest day
7 16 July Almaty Bortala 505 314 77 48 582 362 C. Despres M. van den Brink
8 17 July Bortala Urumqi 649 403 257 160 906 563 Y. Al-Rajhi M. van den Brink
9 18 July Urumqi Hami 335 208 384 239 719 447 C. Despres A. Mardeev
10 19 July Hami Dunhuang 185 115 340 211 525 326 S. Peterhansel M. van den Brink
11 20 July Dunhuang Jiayuguan 230 143 330 205 560 348 Stage cancelled
12 21 July Jiayuguan Alashan 241 150 425 264 666 414 C. Despres E. Nikolaev
13 22 July Alashan Wuhai 357 222 367 228 724 450 S. Peterhansel E. Nikolaev
14 23 July Wuhai Hohhot 494 307 261 162 755 469 Y. Al-Rajhi A. Mardeev
15 24 July Hohhot Beijing 507 315 0 0 507 315 Liaison only
TOTALS km mi km mi km mi
Cars & Trucks 6,665 4,141 4,102 2,548 10,767 6,690

Stage results

Cars

Stage result General classification
Stage Pos Competitor Make Time Gap Pos Competitor Make Time Gap
1 1 Stephane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret 		Peugeot 00:01:31 1 Stephane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret 		Peugeot 00:01:31
2 Vladimir Vasilyev
Konstantin Zhiltsov 		Mini 00:01:35 00:00:04 2 Vladimir Vasilyev
Konstantin Zhiltsov 		Mini 00:01:35 00:00:04
3 Sébastien Loeb
Daniel Elena 		Peugeot 00:01:35 00:00:04 3 Sébastien Loeb
Daniel Elena 		Peugeot 00:01:35 00:00:04
1 Stage cancelled due to bad weather
3 1 Cyril Despres
David Castera 		Peugeot 01:56:45 1 Cyril Despres
David Castera 		Peugeot 01:58:24
2 Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Timo Gottschalk 		Mini 01:59:25 00:02:40 2 Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Timo Gottschalk 		Mini 02:01:01 00:02:37
3 Sébastien Loeb
Daniel Elena 		Peugeot 02:00:59 00:04:14 3 Sébastien Loeb
Daniel Elena 		Peugeot 02:02:34 00:04:10
4 1 Stephane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret 		Peugeot 01:57:58 1 Stephane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret 		Peugeot 04:05:14
2 Vladimir Vasilyev
Konstantin Zhiltsov 		Mini 02:04:20 00:06:22 2 Vladimir Vasilyev
Konstantin Zhiltsov 		Mini 04:07:55 00:02:41
3 Sébastien Loeb
Daniel Elena 		Peugeot 02:05:31 00:07:33 3 Sébastien Loeb
Daniel Elena 		Peugeot 04:08:05 00:02:51
5 1 Cyril Despres
David Castera 		Peugeot 05:37:52 1 Cyril Despres
David Castera 		Peugeot 09:47:05
2 Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Timo Gottschalk 		Mini 05:49:08 00:11:16 2 Sébastien Loeb
Daniel Elena 		Peugeot 10:01:27 00:14:22
3 Aidyn Rakhimbayev
Anton Nikolaev 		Mini 05:51:03 00:13:11 3 Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Timo Gottschalk 		Mini 10:01:43 00:14:38
6 1 Stephane Peterhansel
Jean-Paul Cottret 		Peugeot 01:12:50 1 Cyril Despres
David Castera 		Peugeot 11:06:35
2 Sébastien Loeb
Daniel Elena 		Peugeot 01:13:08 00:00:18 2 Sébastien Loeb
Daniel Elena 		Peugeot 11:14:35 00:08:00
3 Vladimir Vasilyev
Konstantin Zhiltsov 		Mini 01:14:04 00:01:14 3 Vladimir Vasilyev
Konstantin Zhiltsov 		Mini 11:16:25 00:09:50

Final standings

Cars

Pos No. Driver Co-driver Car Entrant Time Gap
1 104 Cyril Despres David Castera Peugeot Team Peugeot Total 36:15:18
2 103 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk Mini X-Raid Team 36:41:09 + 00:25:51
3 101 Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov Mini G-Energy Team 37:05:04 + 00:49:46
4 105 Harry Hunt Andreas Schulz Mini X-Raid Team 38:10:05 + 01:54:47
5 106 Aidyn Rakhimbayev Anton Nikolaev Mini Astana Motorsport 38:28:03 + 02:12:45
6 108 Wei Han Jean-Pierre Garcin SMG Geely Hangwei SMG Team 38:53:46 + 02:38:28
7 102 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Peugeot Team Peugeot Total 40:17:19 + 04:02:01
8 116 Jerome Pelichet Eugenie Decré Toyota Raid Lynx 40:44:02 + 04:28:44
9 166 Cornelis Koolen Pascal Larroque Optimus MD Rallye Sport 41:08:30 + 04:53:12
10 109 Bauyrzhan Issabayev Vladimir Demyanenko Mini Astana Motorsport 41:23:27 + 05:08:09

Trucks

Pos No. Driver Co-Driver & mechanic Truck Entrant Time Gap
1 306 Ayrat Mardeev Aydar Belyaev
Dmitriy Svistunov		 Kamaz Kamaz-Master 39:23:18
2 300 Dmitry Sotnikov Ruslan Akhmadeev
Ivan Romanov		 Kamaz Kamaz-Master 39:38:46 + 00:15:28
3 301 Maarten van den Brink Peter Willemsen
Daniel Kozlowski		 Renault Mammoet Rallysport 39:56:44 + 00:33:26
4 310 Eduard Nikolaev Evgeni Yakovlev
Vladimir Rybakov		 Kamaz Kamaz-Master 40:56:11 + 01:32:53
5 315 Hou Hongning Shen Xin
Andrey Mokeev		 Kamaz Kamaz-Master 42:42:14 + 03:18:56
6 302 Siarhei Viazovich Pavel Haranin
Andrey Zhyhulin		 MAZ MAZ-Sport auto 42:50:59 + 03:27:51
7 305 Pascal de Baar Martin Roesinck
Wouter Rosegaar		 Renault Mammoet Rallysport 45:15:46 + 05:52:28
8 303 Anton Shibalov Robert Amatych
Almaz Khisamiev		 Kamaz Kamaz-Master 45:57:56 + 06:34:38
9 308 Aleksandr Vasilevski Dzmitry Vikhrenka
Anton Zaparoshchanka		 MAZ MAZ-Sport auto 46:04:04 + 06:40:46
10 312 Aliaksei Vishneuski Maksim Novikau
Konstantin Siniabok		 MAZ MAZ-Sport auto 48:25:18 + 09:02:00

References

  1. ^ "History of Silk Way Rally". Archived from the original on 2015-12-04. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
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