D-3 THE MARATHONERS OF THE ALTAÏ MOUNTAINS // Silk Way Rally 2021
The first part of the marathon stage, in the heart of the mountains, saw a change in the overall lead in the bike category with Ross BRANCH (MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA RALLY OFFICIAL) forced to retire and the stage winner Austrian Matthias WALKNER (RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING) taking his place. The day after the announcement of the modification to the route of the SILK WAY RALLY 2021, some car crews chose not to start the stage. In the T1 class Denis KROTOV and Konstantin ZHILTSOV (MINI JCW RALLY) set the best time of the day, after a fierce fight with the CENTURY buggy of Guerlain CHICHERIT and the other Russian MINI of Vladimir VASILYEV, third on the day and still leader overall. As for the T3 and T4 categories, Jean-Luc PISSON CECCALDI and Jean BRUCY (ZEPHYR PH SPORT) won the stage in T3, dethroning the Russian Pavel LEBEDEV, while Matthieu MARGAILLAN and Axelle ROUX (CAN-AM) achieved the feat of the day in the SSVs (T4) by g the 5th fastest time in the cars! In the truck category, Andrey KARGINOV, Andrey MOKEEV and Ivan MALKOV (KAMAZ MASTER) took their revenge, leaving their teammate Dmitry SOTNIKOV to keep the lead overall. #FIMCrossCountry
The first part of the marathon stage, in the heart of the mountains, saw a change in the overall lead in the bike category with Ross BRANCH (MONSTER ENERGY YAMAHA RALLY OFFICIAL) forced to retire and the stage winner Austrian Matthias WALKNER (RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING) taking his place. The day after the announcement of the modification to the route of the SILK WAY RALLY 2021, some car crews chose not to start the stage. In the T1 class Denis KROTOV and Konstantin ZHILTSOV (MINI JCW RALLY) set the best time of the day, after a fierce fight with the CENTURY buggy of Guerlain CHICHERIT and the other Russian MINI of Vladimir VASILYEV, third on the day and still leader overall. As for the T3 and T4 categories, Jean-Luc PISSON CECCALDI and Jean BRUCY (ZEPHYR PH SPORT) won the stage in T3, dethroning the Russian Pavel LEBEDEV, while Matthieu MARGAILLAN and Axelle ROUX (CAN-AM) achieved the feat of the day in the SSVs (T4) by g the 5th fastest time in the cars! In the truck category, Andrey KARGINOV, Andrey MOKEEV and Ivan MALKOV (KAMAZ MASTER) took their revenge, leaving their teammate Dmitry SOTNIKOV to keep the lead overall. #FIMCrossCountry