The seventh stage of the Silk Road Rally: crews from Turkmenistan are in the top three

13.07.2024

The seventh stage of the Silk Road Rally took participants from one of the oldest cities in Mongolia, Khovda, to Altai, the administrative center of the Gobi-Altai Aimag. The special stage started on a rocky plateau, and then the participants were waiting for 50 kilometers of a navigation quest: navigators untangled a web of stone roads. The route of the stage also passed along a picturesque lake and crossed the Mongol Els sand dune massif with impassable dunes between mountain ranges and dunes with steep reverse slopes. The steppe roads through the stone canyon have completed the distance. The total distance was 512.44 km. Production SUVs Andrey Sushentsov won another stage victory in the T2 production SUV category, further consolidating his advantage in the overall standings. His main pursuers are the representatives of the Turkmenavtolaglary agency, the brothers Merdan and Shohrat Toylyev. The third is the crew of the Automobile Sports Federation of Turkmenistan under the control of pilot Maksatmyrat Danatarov. Mikhail Mityaev takes the fourth place, and Meilis Abdullaev closes the top 5. The Silk Road rally raid will last until July 15.