SILK WAY RALLY 2010
SAINT-PETERSBURG - SOCHI
10 – 18 of September 2010
Second edition of the Silk Way Rally completely passed on the territory of Russia: started in Saint-Petersburg, then passed through Leningrad, Novgorod, Smolensk, Lipetsk, Volgograd and Astrakhan regions, continued in Kalmykia and Adygea, then finished in Sochi, attracting the international community to the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics.
Crew of Carlos Sainz won their second consecutive victory. In the ranking of the trucks, the strongest was once again the crew of «Kamazmaster», but already led by Eduard Nikolaev, who was able to beat the Dutch Gerard de Roy and Czech Alesh Lopreis, the second and third places occupied by the crews of Vladimir Chagin and Firdaus Kabirov, respectively.
THE ROUTE
| ETAPE | DATE | START | FINISH | DISTANCE, КМ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | LIAISON | TOTAL | ||||
| 1 | 11/09 |  Saint-Petersburg | Staraya Russa | 85 | 330 | 415 |
| 2 | 12/09 | Staraya Russa | Vyazma | 209 | 575 | 770 |
| 3 | 13/09 | Vyazma | Lipetsk | 210 | 395 | 605 |
| 4 | 14/09 | Lipetsk | Volgograd | 300 | 490 | 790 |
| 5 | 15/09 | Volgograd | Astrakhan | 450 | 150 | 600 |
| 6 | 16/09 | Astrakhan | Elista | 400 | 105 | 505 |
| 7 | 17/09 | Elista | Maykop | 340 | 440 | 780 |
| 8 | 18/09 | Maykop | Krasnaya Polyana | 20 | 360 | 380 |
| Toral | 2 014 | 2 845 | 4 859 | |||
RALLY IN FIGURES
countries represented by racers – 22
total distance – 4859 km
enrolled in race – 48 cars and 16 trucks
completed the entire route – 29 cars and 13 trucks
accredited media – 168 media, 507 journalists
918 TV broadcasts with total length of 3 660 minutes
4 015 reports in media
Service personnel – 96 crews
Registered in Raid category – 12 crews (cars and bikes)
Consumed – 51675 liters of petrol, 289 912 liters of diesel and 160 t of aviation fuel
Rally guests – 586 VIP guests from seven countries
WINNERS
Overall / Group T1
 | № 100 / VOLKSWAGEN Carlos SAINZ (ESP) |  | VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I | 19h42m02s |
 | № 102 /VOLKSWAGEN Nasser AL- ATTIYAH (QAT) |  | VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I | 19h50m29s |
 | № 104 / VOLKSWAGEN Mark MILLER (USA) |  | VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I | 20h22m24s 0:40:22 |
Group T4
| № 210/ KAMAZ Eduard NIKOLAEV (RUS) |  | KAMAZ-master | 22h56m41s |
| № 205 / Kamaz Vladimir CHAGIN (RUS) |
| KAMAZ-master | 23h18m49s +0:22:08 |
| № 201 /Kamaz Firdaus KABIROV (RUS) |  | KAMAZ-master | 23h24m42s +0:28:01 |
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