Silk Way Rally 2019

July 6–16, 2019

• The rally spanned three countries: Russia, Mongolia, and China
• The route covered over 5,000 kilometers, with 2,593 kilometers of special sections
• 10 stages with special high-speed sections
• Participants from 36 countries
• 97 crews

The race had its ceremonial start on July 6 in Irkutsk and concluded on July 16 in Dunhuang, China.

Winners in the off-road cars category:

• 1st place – Nasser Al-Attiyah, Mathieu Baumel (QATAR World Rally Team);
• 2nd place – Han Wei, Liao Min (Geely Auto Shell Lubricant Team);
• 3rd place – Jerome Pelichet, Pascal Larroque (RAID LYNX).

Winners in the trucks category:

• 1st place – Anton Shibalov, Dmitry Nikitin, Ivan Tatarinov (KAMAZ-Master);
• 2nd place – Andrey Karginov, Andrey Mokeev, Ivan Malkov (KAMAZ-Master);
• 3rd place – Airat Mardeev, Dmitry Svistunov, Sergey Krenev (KAMAZ-Master).

Winners in the bikes category:

• 1st place – Sam Sunderland (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing);
• 2nd place – Andrew Short (ROCKSTAR ENERGY HUSQVARNA Factory Racing);
• 3rd place – Adrien Van Beveren (YAMAHA RALLY TEAM).

The gas-fueled KAMAZ driven by Sergey Kupriyanov finished in the top five in the trucks category.

The crew of Akira Miura and Laurent Lichtleuchter won in the T2 category.

The Russian crew of Sergey Kariakin and Anton Vlasiuk (Snag Racing team) won in the T3 category.