Silk Way Rally – The route confirmed and adjusted

In less than a month from now on, the competitors of the new Silk Way Rally will set off from Moscow's Red Square to head towards the East and China, the country crossed for the first time by the event.

If the details of the route had been revealed last May, some adjustments were made and presented during the press conference organized in Moscow, Russia, without the overall mileage being called into question, with more than 10 km of which more of 000 will be contested against the clock.

Bruno Famin and Cyril Despres (Peugeot Sport) were notably present.

Silk Way Rally 2016 route:

15 stages, 10.734,89 km, 4.105,05 km of selective sectors

 RUSSIA

09/07 Stage 1: Moscow-Kazan “The road to Tatarstan” 853,35 km

17:30 p.m. – 23:00 p.m.: podium followed by the prologue

10/07 Stage 2: Kazan-Ufa “The Bashkiria Trail” 626,66 km

 KAZAKHSTAN

11/07 Stage 3: Ufa-Kostanay “Towards Kostanaï Oblys” 815,15 km

12/07 Stage 4: Kostanay-Astana “The Akmola Trail” 855,69 km

13/07 Stage 5: Astana-Balkhash “The lake of 7 rivers” 821,34 km

14/07 Stage 6: Balkhash-Almaty “Between two lakes” 855,88 km

15/07 Rest day in Almaty

 CHINA

16/07 Stage 7: Almaty-Bortala “The big mountains” 581,57 km

17/07 Stage 8: Bortala-Urumqi “The beautiful meadow” 905,35 km

18/07 Stage 9: Urumqi-Hami “The golden dunes” 719,55 km

19/07 Stage 10: Hami-Dunhuang “The cave trail” 484,33 km

20/07 Stage 11: Dunhuang-Jiayuguan “The trail of 1000 lakes” 561,11 km

21/07 Stage 12: Jiayuguan-Alashan “The Great Desert” 666,92 km

22/07 Stage 13: Alashan-Wuhai “The mining road” 724,89 km

23/07 Stage 14: Wuhai-Hohhot “Le bon Cap…” 755,42 km

24/07 Stage 15: Hohhot-Beijing “The Great Wall” 507,68 km

14:00 p.m. – 18:00 p.m. Podium awards ceremony in Beijing