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Franz Echter, the driver of crew â„–204, is always in a good mood
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The sunset and the color of national costumes gave rise to fabulous pictures, like if they would come from the past 212
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Salt marshes are the rare landmarks for the navigators. The crew of Benediktas Vanagas and Saulius Jurgelenas
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The sands are left behind. The crew of Alexey Sergeev and Aleksey Korotaev
A cloud of dust still stays long in the air after the vehicles
The steppe is deceptive – sometimes the washaways are hidden in the grass
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elista The city grew in the middle of the steppe that stretches far beyond the horizon to the four winds. The root of the name of Elista is the Kalmyk word “elst” – “sandy”. In relation to other Russian cities Elista is still a kid. It was born at the end of the nineteenth century and included only fifteen households. Tragic pages in the history of Elista are associated with the period of the Great Patriotic War. At first – from August till December, 1942 – the city was occupied by German troops, and in December, 1943, all the Kalmyks without exception were deported to Siberia, Kazakhstan and Central Asia. In memory of those evil days the architect Sergey Kurneev and the sculptor Ernest Neizvestny built one of the most impressive monuments of Elista – the memorial complex “Exodus and Return”. The monument is a hill in the steppe with a black sculpture on top, depicting entwined human bodies. On one side of the monument there are habitation quarters, on the other – the boundless steppe. When you see the monument, it gives you goose bumps. Despite its small area, Elista is reasonably considered as a chess town. Since the mid 90’s the world championships have been held here – the former president of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has been the president of the International Chess Federation for many years. You can play chess everywhere, even on the street. All the parks are equipped with huge chessboards and figures for this purpose. More recently, Elista became a Buddhist center, the only one in Europe. There were no Buddhist temples in the whole of Kalmykia during the Soviet period, neither operational nor closed, and now there are two large khuruls in Elista. The largest one is “The Golden Mansion of Buddha Shakyamuni” with the highest statue of Buddha in Europe. The city has obtained its own individuality and is unlike any other city of Russia. It is getting more and more interesting for tourists.
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elista – maikop By now competitor’s odometers read almost four and a half thousand kilometers since the start of the race, but there’s only two more days to go and the hardest stages are already behind. The start of the next section was only 2km from the bivouac in Elista so no morning liaison was needed… the race started straight away with 337 kilometres of “spéciaux” and then a further 440 more kilometres of road section to the next bivouac in Maikop. Desolate steppes remain behind, and now the eyes are pleased with views of the Caucasus Range. The landscapes were so beautiful that it was impossible not to stare in wonder, but the twisty road never allowed the drivers to look at anything but the way ahead.
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It seemed that this special stage consisted of a little bit of everything. The diverse route consisted of soft soil and field roads covered with dust, river beds and very rough sections around the edges of lakes. Silted up dams, swampy lakes, jumps and dikes… quite a challenge, plus hundreds of kilometres where accurate navigation was key. Not everyone is able to swig this “cocktail” due to exhaustion. But it’s a rally, not holiday! The participants admitted that despite their attempts to concentrate tiredness was starting to become an issue and also the chase for the best position also affects their attention. All this most probably resulted in a serious accident for the Russian crew of Ilya Kuznetsov and Andrey Neshin. Spectators saw their Mitsubishi literally
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flying down the road. The track had several deep channels across it and after one of them their car took to the air rolled over several times and hit the ground hard, destroying it and ending their rally, just 12km from the finish. Ilya Kuznetsov was lucky to escape unharmed, but his codriver was not so lucky and needed an urgent medical aid. The restless De Villiers, who retired from the rally during the Astrakhan special stage, could not stay sitting in the bivouac and went on ahead to the finish to greet his team mates. And they, it has to be said, were fighting between themselves for every second in their own personal competition to see who was fastest, but at 11 minutes behind team leader Carlos Sainz, Nasser Al Attiyah wasn’t really hoping to win. Behind the three dominant Volkswagens Matthias Kahle from the German SMG team, lost 2 hours and fell to 5th after his transmission failed.
Unlike some of the car category participants, the leading trucks crews were approaching the finish in a rather relaxed mood. Despite the breakages that slowed him down previously he was happy to hold a strong 3 rd place. Ales Loprais knew that he had no chance of catching the leading KAMAZs so drove under the limit and took the second fastest time. Vladimir Chagin tried hard to make up the time that wasted in the Kalmykian steppes, but more than 23 minutes were still stood between him and Nikolaev. Eduard however told reporters that he still couldn’t believe he was so close to winning and was worried that the victory would be lost by something unforeseen happen on the way to Sochi. There wasn’t much time to wind down in the Maikop bivouac though as everyone await-
ed the arrival of Vladimir Putin, the Prime Minister of Russia. He flew in a couple of hours before midnight and was greeted by the Rally Directors Semen Yakubov and Frederik Lequien, the Minister of Sports Vitaly Mutko and the Executive Director of KAMAZ JSC Sergey Kogogin. First of all Vladimir Putin went to greet his old friends, the crews of KAMAZ-Master team and then he thanked the Volkswagen team for their participation in the race. Shaking off the cares of the day, Carlos Sainz willingly demonstrated the capabilities of his racing vehicle and explained some of the features of driving a high-speed sports car. Then the honoured guest and the drivers socialized around the table in a spacious tent. After Vladimir Putin’s departure the silence covered the bivouac. Everyone was eager to get at least few hours of sleep before the final stage…
Crew №211: driver Jakov Mekhtiev, navigator Igor Kozlov, mechanic Viktor Kupovets 225
Pilot Pavel Loginov and navigator Andrey Rusov easily find the right way in the maze of the steppe roads
Broad Russia: geographic zones and landscapes change constantly 226
The vehicle made in Russia can be reliable. UAZ of Bogdan Vavrenuk and Vladimir Marzaluk
Crew â„–139: driver Leonid Petrov and navigator Anton Pletenev
The Toyota vehicle driven by the pilot Aleksander Sachanbinski and navigator Arkadiusz Rabiega
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Spectators and the police rush to help
Denis Klero – on-the-spot report
The car is beyond repair
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The harmed crew member needs help of the anesthesiologist Pascale Fardouet
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President of Adygea Aslan Tkhakushinov warmly welcomes the participants of the rally 236
The sports feast will be long remembered by these Oriental beauties
Gennady Bodnar and Alexander Korolev, VIP-guests reception coordinators
The horseman – Frederic Lequien, Director of the Dakar Series Project 237
Sergey Kogogin and Vitaliy Mutko are always welcome at the bivouac 238
ASO Coordinator Jean-Francois Tardy turned aside from his duties for a moment
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The race leader Carlos Sainz, Silk Way Rally Project Director Semen Yakubov and Volkswagen Team Manager Peter Utoft 240
The audience is impressed by the performance
Dancing of the Highlanders. They reflect the ancient customs of the Caucasian peoples 241
The welcoming note by President of Adygea 242
Theatrical show: no one remained indifferent
Cars ... This is where men can easily find a common topic of conversation!
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The Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin arrived to Maikop for to meet the Silk Way Rally participants
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The participants gained a charge of freshness and confidence before the final stage after the meeting with the Prime Minister
Adygea knows how to welcome the guests 250
The Olympics theme ran through all the celebrations
Commemorative picture. Evening in Maykop favoured for companionship
Anton Elikov, Visualization Coordinator, photographer
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maykop Translated from the Circassian language, Maykop is the «valley of wild apples». The very name of the city shows the unique beauty that surrounds the locals. The city is full of flowers and greenery, and the stunning view of the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus opens in the bright sunshine. The city is also surrounded by waterfalls, gorges, caves and of course the fascinating and gorgeous mountains. There are a lot of recreation facilities near the city on the foothills and in the mountains, which are well-known to all the fans of climbing, mountaineering, rafting, paragliding and other extreme sports. And it is not a coincidence that the Silk Way Rally crosses the Main Caucasus Range exactly in this place. Between the seventh and tenth centuries across the territory of modern Adygea with Maykop as the capital, the caravans of the Great Silk Way passed here. The antiquity of this area is proven by numerous archaeological finds. There are dozens of barrows around Maikop and the most significant and bestknown one is the barrow of Oshad. The exploration of this barrow started in late nineteenth century, and many gold and silver objects that were found by the archeologists are now stored in the Hermitage. This area is also legendary for the beauties that were born here: in the middle of the sixteenth century Ivan the Terrible married the daughter of Prince Temryuk – founder of the city on the Taman peninsula, named in his honor. On the date of this Tsar wedding the Circassians joined Russia. It is worth mentioning that many Circassians became a part of Russian history as outstanding military leaders, statesmen and heroes of many wars. The respect shown by Russia to the Circassians is also reflected in the emblem of Maykop that was approved in the middle of the seventeenth century. In the gold shield the mountain blackens, and shield is embraced by a sky-blue, wave-shaped belt. According to the heraldic rules of those days, gold was a symbol of wealth, justice and generosity, and the sky-blue color of the belt is the symbol of beauty, gentleness and might.
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maikop – sochi At dawn the caravan headed for Black sea. To reach the final special stage, laid out in the mountains along the Shahe river, the sportsmen had to pass through the Main Caucasian Ridge and cover 230 kilometers of liaison section. For ‘dessert’ the organizers had prepared something delicious and also served it beautifully. 16 kilometers located in a stony valley against the mountain backdrop the route was so rough that no one could drive fast. Instead of a road participants were presented with the winding watercourse of the mountain river, which they needed to cross at least twenty times. Getting to the other bank each time drivers had to define if there is a crossing or actually a trap. Large boulders also added to the difficul-
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ties. The leaderboard of the 30 cars and 13 trucks was set the day before, but still it was necessary to maintain their positions… not with speed though, but by being attentive and cautious. Any navigation error in this deceptively beautiful terrain would cost not just a couple of minutes, but maybe even few hours. In the Caucasus no one was driving recklessly to catch up with the cars in front, aware perhaps that the end was tantalizingly close. Fortunately, the water in the fords plotted in the legend dropped somewhat and many who started this last stage didn’t have the energy to get out and test so relied on their instinct and luck, but the spectators were a really good orienteering point to work out where the crossing was.
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Carlos Sainz though admitted that water and cars are mutually incompatible concepts, but made it through to the end. Despite being aware that Nasser Al Attiyah was faster than him on this stage the experienced driver knew that no one could overhaul his eight and a half minutes lead so remained self-possessed and was happy to get the 4th fastest time. Al Attiyah knew that first place was out of reach so he played in the water, crossing the river at full speed. Shortly before the finish line where a lot of spectators were watching some careless racers performed a show by rushing into the water to make big splashes. One Russian driver from a spectators crows, having a good time was a little over exuberant and hit the water so hard that the car stalled… and then sucked up enough water trying to re-start it that the engine broke… It was such a heart-breaking sight! When the first KAMAZ, driven by Firdaus Kabirov, heaved into sight, the spectators did not suppress their enthusiasm. Pep Vial’s crew has also decided to arrange a celebration for themselves. The driver of De Rooy team finished the last stage second fastest which was a surprise to everyone. This was not the best race in his career, but he didn’t give up and came home 10th overall.
And Eduard Nikolaev decided to avoid any undue risks. After his breakthrough in the Kalmyk steppe the victory was in his pocket, so he was driving as carefully as possible and took only the seventh fastest time. And, as always, he was humble: “I did not expect that I will rise so highly. Looking back to the last year’s Silk Way where I was fourth, I was thinking to get into the top five or ten at best. After we broke away from the others we decided to hold the average pace, go stably, reliably and without errors. We also plan to take part in Dakar with the same crew and vehicle. Dakar is like the Olympic Games for me. I’ll go there for the first time, and the main thing for me is to reach the finish line. It is considered that any who manage to reach the finish are already winners”. So, is it beginner’s luck? And even Ales Loprais, who came in fourth behind the KAMAZ-Master trio, was really happy with his result. “The main thing that the chassis is perfectly in order,” the Czech sportsman laughed and added that “catching up the KAMAZ-Master team is almost unreal”. Vladimir Chagin, who finished the marathon right behind his trainee Eduard Nikolaev, was optimistic. If this special stage would be not 16 but 160-kilometers
long, Chagin would return the leadership to himself, most probably. The Russian Alexey Berkut finished race with a good cheer. In the overall ranking he has taken only the ninth place, but during a short final stage Berkut beat Carlos Sainz, and that fact itself can be considered as a small victory. Alexander Mironenko was in fourth place right behind the Volkswagen trinity, but his vehicle broke right at the last hurdle when he drowned the engine, which meant that Matthias Kahle, who thought that the rally was over when he broke the transmission in the previous day’s stage, took fourth. One more surprise was presented by the Russian Binyamin Dzhepaev driving his UAZ. He has finished this marathon in fifth, having proved that the fortune is kind to stubborn men. The unique female crew of race, the two Elenas of Troy, Golubkina and Pravdina, finished 25th line overall, with four crews behind them. Back in St. Petersburg the Elenas declared that they were not aiming for the prize-winning positions, but they were eager to reach the finish safe and sound… and so they achieved their goal.
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Finish. The last minutes of waiting
Finally Carlos Sainz smiles! 258
Promo-group Manager Dmitry Klimov
Usually Andrey Leontyev is the interviewer
The first winner's interview of Eduard Nikolaev
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The crew of Pravdina – Golubkina: we've made it!
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sochi Sochi is one of the longest cities in the world. It stretches along the eastern Black Sea Coast for as much as 145 kilometers. The salubrious climate and closeness of the sea has always attracted people and according to a hypothesis the Caucasian Black Sea Coast was inhabited 400 thousand years ago. Unfortunately very few samples of architecture evidencing the life of the ancestors remain around Sochi nowadays. Today Sochi is the largest resort in Russia. This all began here a hundred years ago when the first resort, “Caucasian Riviera”, was opened. The boom of the resort business happened in the years of the Soviet system when the development and construction of health centers, the Institute of Balneology, theaters and other recreation and comfort infrastructure began. Sochi is located in the subtropical zone, so the climate here is very humid. It is very hot and has almost no rainfall in summer, but it can snow easily in winter. The early autumn here is considered to be the “velvet season” when the heat is not tiring, and the sea still keeps the summer warmth. The country’s top leadership had summer cottages here, and for many decades, trips to local resorts were the reward for Soviet families. Vacationing in Sochi has always been prestigious. And it has been even more prestigious for several years since Sochi received international recognition as the host of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. The main events of the Olympics will be held in Krasnaya Polyana. The settlement stands on the bank of the mountain river Mzymta where more than 40 years ago the scenes of a girl being kidnapped were shot for the popular Soviet comedy film “Kidnapping, Caucasian Style”. Today Krasnaya Polyana is the most respectable downhill skiing and snowboarding center in Russia. The local downslopes are known for their good snow cover due to the humid air. During the Olympic Games the competitions for skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, freestyle, bobsleigh and other disciplines will take place near Krasnaya Polyana.
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sochi – krasnaya polyana What does the winning the Silk Way Rally 2010 actually mean? It’s when Carlos Sainz, who always is so serious, smiles, and Eduard Nikolaev apologises to his teammates that he outdone them. It’s when 29 of 43 cars and 13 of 16 trucks started in St. Petersburg and managed to reach Sochi. And what can be sweeter than several minutes on the podium in the spray of champagne, when virtually the whole of Russia, the 2014 kilometers of special stages divided into eight sections, is behind, a moment very symbolic for the country that will host the Olympic Games. The next few days the teams will work over any the mistakes but the main thing on the minds of most is to get some rest… or is it? First it’s time to celebrate! The podium is all bright-blue, the same colours as Volkswagen and KAMAZ-Master. A coincidence? Typically the winners do not make speeches, instead they get on the roof of their tired vehicles and spray themselves and the audience with it... and now we understand why the bottles are so big. Any, who made it onto the podium, no matter in what place, cannot consider himself a loser. If you reached the finish safe and sound, kept your car going you are a hero. And for those that didn’t make it… they didn’t have good luck this time. The organizers had an interesting idea, to reward the winners and all the remaining participants twice. First at the finish line of the last stage in the a village of Nizhny Kirov not far from Sochi, and later in Krasnaya Polyana, where the Silk Way Rally ended, the home of the future Olympic Games. For the ceremonial honoring of the Silk Way heroes the organizers chose the luxury resort “Grand Hotel Polyana” and here, under the stars, surrounded by mountains, in the incredibly fresh air, the champions were rewarded. The prize fund was $300 000, but not only the professionals got a share. All the amateur crews who managed to cross the finish line got $5000. Prizes were also planned for the Russian par-
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ticipants who threw down the challenge to the worldknown drivers, and also for those who drove vehicles made in Russia. Neither the credits, nor the curtain… The Second Edition of the Silk Way Rally ended with a roar of planes getting off, taking away all those people without whom the race would be incomplete, participants, press, organizers, spectators and many others, to different parts of the world. Only one promise sounds in different languages as a farewell, to meet again within the same crew next year.
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Pilot Carlos Sainz and navigator Lucas Crus Senra – the absolute winners in overall ranking 272
Trucks category winners – crew № 210: mechanic Vladimir Rybakov, navigator Viatcheslav Mizyukaev and driver Eduard Nikolaev 273
Vladimir Chagin is happy – his trainee, Eduard Nikolaev is the winner 274
Crew № 202: pilot Ales Loprais, mechanic Jaroslav Miscolci and navigator Milan Holan – fourth place in the trucks category 275
The triumphant champagne! Crew â„– 209: pilot Mathias Behringer, navigator Joschen Seiler, mechanic Hugo Kupper 276
Alexey Sergeev and Aleksey Korotaev, crew â„– 132 277
The navigator Viatcheslav Mizyukaev played an important role in the winning crew
The finish of the stage brought thousands of spectators along the Shakhe river banks 278
Mountains, lush meadows and swift rivers – that's what Caucasus is
Vice-governor of the Krasnodar region, Nikolai Daluda gives out the prize to the winners in overall classification 279
Sergey Kogogin, the General Director of KAMAZ JSC, accepts congratulations along with the KAMAZ-Master racing team 280
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Binyamin Dzhepaev and Alexey Kuzmich are the best among Russians in a car group 287
Gerard De Rooy was waiting for his team in Sochi
The most ardent fan of Elena Golubkina is her son 288
Logistics group meeting: time to go home, the ferries, convoys and escorts are ahead
Taking care of the participants. Tatyana Pivovarchuk, the Coordinator of finishing activities, driver Frederic Chavigny and navigator Jean Brucy
The Vice-President of Transneft, Mikhail Barkov presents the company diploma to the winner
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The Dakar veterans. Multiple winners of the famous race Karel Loprais and Georges Groine, and Roger Kalmanovich, the companion of the Dakar Rally founder Thierry Sabine 290
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competitors
Cars
Race nmuber
team
mark
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VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I
VOLKSWAGEN
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VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I
VOLKSWAGEN
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VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I
VOLKSWAGEN
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DESSOUDE
NISSAN
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VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I
VOLKSWAGEN
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HAMBURGER SOFTWARE
SMG
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G-Force
NISSAN
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RE-AUTOKLUBS
MITSUBISHI
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RE-AUTOKLUBS
MITSUBISHI
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NARTTIME GAZENERGOSET
NISSAN
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KIEV RALLY RAID TEAM
NISSAN
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CITY SERVICE RRT
OSC
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GEORAID-RSG
TOYOTA
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LOGINOV RACE
UAZ
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POINTER
MITSUBISHI
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DESSOUDE
NISSAN
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SIXT UKRAINE
MITSUBISHI
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LOGINOV RACE
NISSAN
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GEORAID-RSG
TOYOTA
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GEORAID-RSG
TOYOTA
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RUSSPORT
MITSUBISHI
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UAZ
UAZ
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TOYOTA TERRATREK COMPETITION
TOYOTA
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GEORAID-RSG
LAND ROVER
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KIEV RALLY RAID TEAM
TOYOTA
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HUNGARIAN DAKAR TEAM
MITSUBISHI
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FROLOV
MITSUBISHI
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VINLAND DAKAR TEAM
TOYOTA
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POINTER
MITSUBISHI
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RUSSPORT
NISSAN
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SCC DAKAR-BG
TOYOTA
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RR BElGICA
TOYOTA
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G-Force
NISSAN
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team
mark
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LOGINOV RACE
GAZ
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AMK PEK
NISSAN
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RUSSPORT
NIVA
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KIEV RALLY RAID TEAM
LAND ROVER
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Free DRIVE Rally Team
MITSUBISHI
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RUSSPORT
TOYOTA
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LOGINOV RACE
LAND ROVER
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POINTER
MITSUBISHI
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BELKOV Evgeniy
TOYOTA
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HUMMER RACING
HUMMER
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AMERICANOS RACING
LEHHSON CC
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KIEV RALLY RAID TEAM
MITSUBISHI
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BELGOROD OFF-ROAD TEAM
TOYOTA
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GEORAID-RSG
UAZ
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FROLOV
MITSUBISHI
Race nmuber
team
mark
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KAMAZ-master
KAMAZ
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LOPRAIS TATRA TEAM
TATRA
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TEAM DE ROOY 2011
IVECO
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MAURER-MAN MOTORSPORT PERFORMANCE
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Trucks
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KAMAZ-master
KAMAZ
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EPSILON
Mercedes Benz
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TEAM DE ROOY 2010
IVECO
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KAMAZ-master
KAMAZ
209
HAMBURGER SOFTWARE
MAN
210
KAMAZ-master
KAMAZ
211
RENAT TRANS
MAN TGA
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RR BElGICA
MAN
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KAMAZ-master
KAMAZ
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SPORT-MAZ
MAZ
215
KAMAZ-master
KAMAZ
216
KAMAZ-master
KAMAZ
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team
cars
mark
Assistance pilot
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AMK PEK
MITSUBISHI
Morkovkin
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SIXT UKRAINE
VOLKSWAGEN
Chernov
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SIXT UKRAINE DESSOUDE RENAT TRANS AMERICANOS RACING AMERICANOS RACING AMERICANOS RACING
FORD SMG NISSAN MERCEDES BENZ MERCEDES BENZ MERCEDES BENZ
Teslin Dessoude Bezusov Schalter Wiesel Schmidt
9
POINTER
MITSUBISHI
Naftale
10
HAMBURGER SOFTWARE
ISUZU
Gache
11
VINLAND DAKAR TEAM
TOYOTA
Bartunek
12
KIEV RALLY RAID TEAM
VOLKSWAGEN
Stolyarchuk
13
KIEV RALLY RAID TEAM
TOYOTA
Rudenko
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KIEV RALLY RAID TEAM KIEV RALLY RAID TEAM
JEEP MERCEDES BENZ
Studinsky Tesluk
16
KIEV RALLY RAID TEAM
VOLKSWAGEN
Esin
17
SCC DAKAR-BG
IVECO
Ivanov
18
GEORAID-RSG
TOYOTA
Mitsevich
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BELGOROD OFF-ROAD TEAM BELGOROD OFF-ROAD TEAM RE-AUTOKLUBS RE-AUTOKLUBS
TOYOTA TOYOTA MITSUBISHI MITSUBISHI
Chapluk Taranov Kazantsev Spure
23
G-Force
VOLKSWAGEN
Ermolenkov
24
NARTTIME GAZENERGOSET
TOYOTA
Baranovsky
25
LOGINOV RACE
MERCEDES
Igonkin
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HUMMER RACING HUMMER RACING Frolov RUSSPORT G-Force GEORAID-RSG GEORAID-RSG VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I
HUMMER HUMMER MITSUBISHI FORD LAND ROVER TOYOTA TOYOTA VOLKSWAGEN
Dreissen Bech Vostrikov Zeltins Shakhova Gorbachevich Klychnikov Wichelhaus
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VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I
VOLKSWAGEN
Zyzik
35
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I
VOLKSWAGEN
Utoft
36
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I
VOLKSWAGEN
Verbist
37
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT II
VOLKSWAGEN
Bernard
38
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT II
VOLKSWAGEN
Van Ertvelde
39
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT II
VOLKSWAGEN
Mederer
40
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT II
VOLKSWAGEN
Fleischmann
41
MAURER MAN MOTORSPORT
VOLKSWAGEN
Maslennikov
42
MAURER MAN MOTORSPORT
VOLKSWAGEN
Kuzmin
43
KAMAZ-master
TOYOTA
Kvachev
passagers Laktionova Uleshenko Mokhnatko Desheyes Raduzhan Rautenstrauch Szathmory Makovsky Neuman Asulin Garcin, Kreiss Faerber Mracek Kubicek Obrizan Dmitrenko Donskoy Oberemok Ponomarenko Bogatyr Ogorodnikov Goumenov Naumov Abdulvaleev Starostina Emeljanenko Chuikov Bondarevs Matluk Yakimov Ivanov, Ginin Zotov Adamov Polschenko Ireneusz Modin, Briskin Freimanis Kosenkova Iljichev Laskowski Suhm, Kruger Heitmuller Nissen, Willis Kvar, Bertram Piskin Paule, Preuth Rechenberg Goldberg Stobinski, Birr Beckedorf Nitsch Mahkovic Niemeyer Blume Perlefein Maurer Solovjeva Chernyavsky Stepanov Abramenko Trishin Vardumyan
№ 1
team
TOYOTA TERRATREK COMPETITION
trucks
mark
pilot
MAN
Chelmicki
2
AMK PEK
SKANIA
Ziborov
3 4 5
LOPRAIS TATRA TEAM LOPRAIS TATRA TEAM DESSOUDE
TATRA TATRA MERCEDES
Kypet Ptacek Debeugny
6
RENAT TRANS
MAN TGA
Mekhtiev Renat
7 8
RENAT TRANS HUNGARIAN DAKAR TEAM
KAMAZ MAN
Pasechnikov Szabo
9
HAMBURGER SOFTWARE
Mercedes
Gil
10
KIEV RALLY RAID TEAM
MERCEDES BENZ
Prisyazhnyuk
11
KIEV RALLY RAID TEAM
MAN
Pakholchenko
12
RE-AUTOKLUBS
MAZ
Elbjakans
13
TEAM DE ROOY
DAF
De Rooy
14
TEAM DE ROOY
IVECO
Van Oorschot Muhanov
15
GEORAID-RSG
FORD
16
GEORAID-RSG
MERCEDES
Belenets
17
GEORAID-RSG
MAZ
Manukyan
18
EPSILON
Mercedes Benz
Morella
19
BELGOROD OFF-ROAD TEAM
IVECO
Orekhov
20
RUSSPORT
MERCEDES BENZ
Schepin
21
RE-AUTOKLUBS
MERCEDES BENZ
Gints
22
SPORT-MAZ
MAZ
Boboryko
23
NARTTIME GAZENERGOSET
MAN
Kulikov
24 25 26 27
LOGINOV RACE LOGINOV RACE Free DRIVE Rally Team GEORAID-RSG
MERCEDES MERCEDES MERCEDES TATRA
Saenko Vilcans TATRA
28
RE-AUTOKLUBS
FORD
FORD
29
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I
MAN
MAN
30
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I
MAN
MAN
31
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I
MAN
MAN
32
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT I
MAN
MAN CHRYSLER
33
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT II
CHRYSLER
34
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT II
MAN
LIBOIS
35
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT II
MAN
SCHRODER
36
VOLKSWAGEN MOTORSPORT II
MAN
MEYER
37
MAURER MAN MOTORSPORT
MAN
RICHTERS
38 39 40 41 42 43
MAURER MAN MOTORSPORT KAMAZ-master KAMAZ-master KAMAZ-master KAMAZ-master KAMAZ-master
MAN KAMAZ KAMAZ KAMAZ KAMAZ KAMAZ
NELL Strakhov Nikolaev Bigashev Mikhaylovsky Kubrak
passagers
Matyaskiewisz Oleszcak Mazalov Shaposhnikov Halfar Pustejovky Morel, Marion Rybkin Plotnikov Kobylyaev Eros, Zsolt Perrel Marcon Dzyadevich Posternak Lunev Vinogradov Rusinov Colsoul Rodewald Slaats, Peeters Van der Heijden Van der Struijs Yakovlev, Molodkin Pyatibratov Shestakov Prohorov Gallemi Bosser Vasilenko Lazarev Biber ,Smirnov Meiers Korobeinikov Kruk, Legkiy Patskevich, Zakharov Antropov Berezhonov Shakurov Shekhnov Bergins Donov Pankratov Babenko Grassegger Stendel, Gottschalk Arneke, Fichter Marconi Wiegmann Mangeng Matzke Wronski, Beyer Liesendahl Snasel Schneider Hassenpflug Zentner Schulz, Ziegler Waldmann Der Kinderen Echter, Kreppold
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competitors CARS
294
100 – CARLOS SAINZ
100 – LUCAS CRUZ SENRA
101 – GINIEL DE VILLIERS
101 – DIRK VON ZITZEWITZ
102 – NASSER SALEH AL ATTIYAH
102 – TIMO GOTTSCHALK
103 – CHRISTIAN LAVIEILLE
103 – JEAN MICHEL POLATO
104 – MARK MILLER
104 – RALPH PITCHFORD
105 – MATTHIAS KAHLE
105 – THOMAS SCHUENEMANN
106 – BORIS GADASIN
106 – VLADIMIR DEMJANENKO
107 – ILYA KUZNETSOV
107 – ANDREY NESHIN
108 – ALEXEY BERKUT
108 – KONSTANTIN MESCHERYAKOV
109 – ALEXANDER MIRONENKO
109 – SERGEY LEBEDEV
110 – BOGDAN NOVITSKY
110 – VITALY EVTEKHOV
111 – BENEDIKTAS VANAGAS
111 – SAULIUS JURGELENAS
112 – ARTEM VARENCOV
112 – ROMAN ELAGIN
113 – PAVEL LOGINOV
113 – ANDREY RUSOV
114 – RAZ HEYMANN
114 – HILLEL SEGAL
115 – FREDERIC CHAVIGNY
115 – JEAN BRUCY
116 – VADYM NESTERCHUK
116 – VALERII SUBOTA
117 – DMITRY FILONETS
117 – ALEXANDR MOROZ
119 – ALEXANDER TERENTYEV
119 – ALEXANDER TERENTYEV
120 – ALDIS VILCANS
120 – VLADIMIR MAKARENKO
121 – BINYAMIN DZHEPAEV
121 – ALEXEY KUZMICH
122 – ALEKSANDER SACHANBINSKI
122 – ARKADIUSZ RABIEGA
123 – SERGEY SAVENKO
123 – DENIS MALTSEV
125 – LASZLO LISZI
125 – ZOLTAN SIN
126 – VLADIMIR FROLOV
126 – ANTON NIKOLAEV
127 – PETER MIKULA
127 – IVAN NOVAK
128 – NITZAN SHEKEL
128 – DOV NEUMAN
129 – IGOR SADOVSKIY
129 – ANDREY CHERNOV
130 – ZLATKO GEORGIEV
130 – IVANOV ALEKSANDAR
131 – DAVE INGELS
131 – DIDIER ESPEEL
132 – ALEXEY SERGEEV
132 – ALEKSEY KOROTAEV
133 – SERGEY SCHEKIN
133 – IGOR PETENKO
134 – DIMITRY IYEVLEV
134 – VADIM FILATOV
135 – YURI BOROVIKOV
135 – VLADIMIR ROGOZHIN
136 – VLADISLAV KUSCHINSKY
136 – DMITRY TSYRO
138 – ELENA GOLUBKINA
138 – ELENA PRAVDINA
139 – LEONID PETROV
139 – ANTON PLETENEV
140 – SERGEY KHALZEV
140 – DMITRY KOZUKOV
141 – OFER KOKOS
141 – NOAM SHAMIR
142 – EVGENY BELKOV
142 – SERGEY SHALYGIN
143 – UWE ZIRBES
143 – BETTINA ZIRBES
144 – OLIVER KOEPP
144 – JORG SAND
145 – ALEXEY TAMRAZOV
145 – IVAN GERMAN
146 – PAVEL USHAKOV
146 – ARTEM SHEVELEV
147 – BOGDAN VAVRENUK
147 – VLADIMIR MARZALUK
148 – ANTON MELNIKOV
148 – MAXIM CHERNOV
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competitors TRUCKS
296
201 – FIRDAUS KABIROV
201 – AYDAR BELYAEV
201 – ANDREY MOKEEV
202 – ALES LOPRAIS
202 – MILAN HOLAN
202 – JAROSLAV MISKOLCI
203 – PEP VILA ROCA
203 – MOI TORRALLARDONA
203 – PETER VAN EERD
204 – FRANZ ECHTER
204 – DETLEF RUF
204 – JOHANN BALLEIS
205 – VLADIMIR CHAGIN
205 – SERGEY SAVOSTIN
205 – ILDAR SHAYSULTANOV
206 – DAVID OLIVERAS
206 – DANIEL CAMARA
206 – JOSEP BERTRAN
207 – HUGO DUISTERS
207 – YVO GEUSENS
207 – MARCEL VAN MELIS
208 – ILGIZAR MARDEEV
208 – STANISLAV POGOZHIKH
208 – DMITRY SOTNIKOV
209 – MATHIAS BEHRINGER
209 – JOCHEN SEILER
209 – HUGO KUPPER
210 – EDUARD NIKOLAEV
210 – VIATCHESLAV MIZYUKAEV
210 – VLADIMIR RYBAKOV
211 – JAKOV MEKHTIEV
211 – IGOR KOZLOV
211 – VIKTOR KUPOVETS
212 – STEVEN ROTSAERT
212 – DIRK DENDOOVEN
212 – HARRY SCHUURMANS
213 – ANDREY KARGINOV
213 – ARTUR ARDAVICHUS
213 – IGOR DEVYATKIN
214 – PIOTR ORSIK
214 – DMITRY ZAPOROSCHENKO
214 – ANDREI RUDNITSKI
215 – ANDREY LEONTYEV
215 – SERGEY RESHETNIKOV
215 – ALEXEY MOCHALOV
216 – AYRAT MARDEEV
216 – ROBERT AMATYCH
216 – ANTON SHIBALOV
Finish
CARS POS.
Race Number
1
100
2
102
3
104
4
105
5
121
6
115
7
109
8
111
9
108
10
114
11
148
12
122
13
146
14
142
15
129
16
139
17
127
18
141
19
131
20
132
21
135
22
123
23
133
24
120
25
138
26
113
27
116
28
147
29
134
Name SAINZ (ESP) CRUZ SENRA (ESP) AL ATTIYAH (QAT) GOTTSCHALK (DEU) MILLER (USA) PITCHFORD (AFG) KAHLE (DEU) SCHUENEMANN (DEU) DZHEPAEV (RUS) KUZMICH (RUS) CHAVIGNY (FRA) BRUCY (FRA) MIRONENKO (RUS) LEBEDEV (RUS) VANAGAS (LTU) JURGELENAS (LTU) BERKUT (RUS) MESCHERYAKOV (RUS) HEYMANN (ISR) SEGAL (ISR) MELNIKOV (RUS) CHERNOV (RUS) SACHANBINSKI (POL) RABIEGA (POL) USHAKOV (RUS) SHEVELEV (RUS) BELKOV (RUS) SHALYGIN (RUS) SADOVSKIY (RUS) CHERNOV (RUS) PETROV (RUS) PLETENEV (RUS) MIKULA (CZE) NOVAK (CZE) KOKOS (ISR) SHAMIR (ISR) INGELS (BEL) ESPEEL (BEL) SERGEEV (RUS) KOROTAEV (RUS) BOROVIKOV (RUS) ROGOZHIN (RUS) SAVENKO (RUS) MALTSEV (RUS) SCHEKIN (RUS) PETENKO (RUS) VILCANS (LVA) MAKARENKO (UKR) GOLUBKINA (RUS) PRAVDINA (RUS) LOGINOV (RUS) RUSOV (RUS) NESTERCHUK (UKR) SUBOTA (UKR) VAVRENUK (RUS) MARZALUK (RUS) IYEVLEV (RUS) FILATOV (RUS)
Make
Time
VarIATION
VOLKSWAGEN
19:42:02
0:00:00
VOLKSWAGEN
19:50:29
0:08:27
VOLKSWAGEN
20:22:24
0:40:22
SMG
26:32:11
6:50:09
UAZ
26:54:28
7:12:26
NISSAN
26:54:50
7:12:48
NISSAN
27:10:48
7:28:46
OSC
28:43:15
9:01:13
MITSUBISHI
28:56:55
9:14:53
MITSUBISHI
29:13:14
9:31:12
MITSUBISHI
32:46:58
13:04:56
TOYOTA LAND CRUISER
32:59:57
13:17:55
PenaLty
2:00:00
1:03:00
TOYOTA
33:19:57
13:37:55
TOYOTA LAND CRUISER
37:20:31
17:38:29
2:00
NISSAN
39:18:12
19:36:10
7:01:00
42:23:05
22:41:03
7:00:00
43:20:27
23:38:25
3:00:00
MITSUBISHI
44:44:52
25:02:50
5:00:00
TOYOTA
48:40:01
28:57:59
13:20:00
TOYOTA LAND CRUISER TOYOTA LAND CRUISER
PROTO G FORCE
52:36:13
32:54:11
20:00:00
CHEVROLET
55:37:12
35:55:10
19:00:00
LAND-ROVER
65:52:41
46:10:39
33:00:00
GAS–GAS
85:35:18
65:53:16
40:00:00
MITSUBISHI
92:35:42
72:53:40
61:00:00
MITSUBISHI
188:34:48
168:52:46
141:00:00
UAZ
204:04:49
184:22:47
167:00:00
MITSUBISHI
208:42:10
189:00:08
172:00:00
UAZ
236:48:48
217:06:46
200:00:00
NISSAN
244:41:27
224:59:25
191:00:00
TRUCKS
POS.
Race Number
1
210
2
Name
Make
Time
VarIATION
PenaLty
NIKOLAEV (RUS) MIZYUKAEV (RUS) RYBAKOV (RUS)
KAMAZ
22:56:41
0:00:00
205
CHAGIN (RUS) SAVOSTIN (RUS) SHAYSULTANOV (RUS)
KAMAZ
23:18:49
0:22:08
3
201
KABIROV (RUS) BELYAEV (RUS) MOKEEV (RUS)
KAMAZ
23:24:42
0:28:01
4
202
LOPRAIS (CZE) HOLAN (CZE) MISKOLCI (SVK)
TATRA
24:22:18
1:25:37
5
204
ECHTER (DEU) RUF (DEU) BALLEIS (DEU)
MAN
24:29:54
1:33:13
6
213
KARGINOV (RUS) ARDAVICHUS (RUS) DEVYATKIN (RUS)
KAMAZ
25:20:39
2:23:58
7
216
MARDEEV (RUS) AMATYCH (RUS) SHIBALOV (RUS)
KAMAZ
27:40:23
4:43:42
8
209
BEHRINGER (DEU) SEILER (DEU) KUPPER (NLD)
MAN
28:35:15
5:38:34
9
211
MEKHTIEV (RUS) KOZLOV (RUS) KUPOVETS (RUS)
MAN
28:42:59
5:46:18
10
203
VILA ROCA (ESP) TORRALLARDONA (ESP) VAN EERD (NLD)
IVECO
29:18:45
6:22:04
11
215
LEONTYEV (RUS) RESHETNIKOV (RUS) MOCHALOV (RUS)
KAMAZ
32:07:25
9:10:44
12
214
ORSIK (BLR) ZAPOROSCHENKO (BLR) RUDNITSKI (BLR)
MAZ
47:55:28
24:58:47
3:00:00
13
207
DUISTERS (BEL) GEUSENS (BEL) VAN MELIS (NLD)
IVECO
49:19:49
26:23:08
18:49:00
2:00:00
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project support The support of our partners allows the organization to solve any emerging issues in the shortest possible time. – Transneft, operator of the main oil pipelines in Russia – Lukoil JSC, Russian Oil Company – The International Automobile Federation – The Ministry of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation – The Russian Automobile Federation – Saint Petersburg City Government – Krasnodar Territory Administration – Stavropol Territory Administration – Republic of Adygea – Republic of Kalmykia – Astrakhan Region – Volgograd Region – Leningrad Region – Lipetsk Region – Novgorod Region – Smolensk Region – Tver Region – Tula Region – ASO – Amaury Sport Organization, organizer of the Dakar Rally 298
organizing committee of the silk way rally
alexander zhukov
vitaliy mutko
victor kuryanov
rustam minnikhanov
semen yakubov
nikolai tokarev
sergey girya
frederic lequien
bulat yanborisov
Chairman of the Silk Way Rally Dakar Series Organizing Committee, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee
Deputy Chairman of the Silk Way Rally Dakar Series Organizing Committee, President of the Republic of Tatarstan
Executive Director
Deputy Chairman of the Silk Way Rally Dakar Series Organizing Committee, Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation
Project Director of the Silk Way Rally, Honored Master of Sports, Honored Coach of the Russian Federation, Laureate of the State Prize
Director of the Dakar Series Project
Deputy Chairman of the Silk Way Rally Dakar Series Organizing Committee, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General, Chairman of the Russian Automobile Federation
Deputy Chairman of the Silk Way Rally Dakar Series Organizing Committee, President of Transneft JSC
Creative Director
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rally in figures The best racers from 22 countries. The total route length – 4 859 km. Entry of 48 cars and 16 trucks.
168 mass-media representatives accredited, 507 journalists followed the race. 918 TV-reports with 3 660 minutes of coverage.
4 015 publications in mass-media.
29 cars and 13 trucks made it to the finish. 96 crew of the participants’ assistance. RAID category was presented by 12 crew in cars and on motorcycles.
51 675 liters of petrol , 289 912 liters of diesel and 160 tons of aviation kerosene were consumed. The prize fund is $300 000. 1 420 rooms in 22 hotels were booked to host the rally participants.
140 organizers’ vehicles were involved. 32 passenger buses provided transfers for the project participants. 586 VIPs from 7 countries visited the rally. The total print of rally information material was 63 537 copies. 301
I hope that this book will be an enjoyable refresher of the brightest events on the route from Saint Petersburg to Sochi for all the Silk Way Rally 2010 participants, and for those who have not been there it will be our invitation to join the rally. See you again on the Silk Way! Sincerely yours, Semen Yakubov 302
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