page_title: Silk Way Rally
section_title: 2012
hierarchical_section_title: Silk Way Rally / Rallies / 2012
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Победитель ралли-марафона "Шелковый Путь 2012" Борис Гадасин
context_page_description: The Silk Way Rally is an annual rally raid type of off-road race. The first Silk Way Rally was raced in 2009 from Kazan, Russia to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. From 2010 to 2013, the race has taken place in Russia. The 2016 edition had a Moscow-Astana-Beijing route, the 2017 edition starts in Moscow and finishes in Xi'an, China. From 2009 to 2011, the rally was part of ASO's Dakar Series. The rally compete in three categories - moto, cars and trucks.
context_section_description: The start once again from Red Square for the Silk Way Rally, which the number of entries is on the rise. On the programme, a completely new 4,000-km route to Sochi. Storms that battered southern Russian forced the race to stop at Gelendzhik.  Boris Gadasin became the first Russian driver to win in the car category, while Kamaz returned to its winning ways thanks to another of its young hopefuls, Ayrat Mardeev, the future winner of the 2015 Dakar!  
  PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES - 25 
  TOTAL ROUTE LENGTH – 3,550 km 
  118 CREWS: 93 JEEPS AND 25 TRUCKS ENTERED THE MARATHON 
  TEAM SERVICE CARS - 143 CREWS 
  270 MEDIA ACCREDITED - 581 JOURNALISTS 
  712 TV-BROADCASTS WITH TOTAL DURATION OF 2,074 MINUTES
  4,312 PUBLICATIONS IN MEDIA
  360 000L OF MOTOR FUEL ARE USED
caption: Winner of the Silk Way Rally 2012 Boris Gadasin
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