2016 Silk Way Rally Explained

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.

Stages

Stage	Date	From	To	Road Section		Special		Total		Stage winners
Stage	Date	From	To	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

Notes and References

Web site: History of Silk Way Rally . 2016-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151204230642/http://www.silkwayrally.com/en/history.html . 2015-12-04 . dead .