D-2 ELBOW TO ELBOW AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ALTAI MOUNTAINS // Silk Way Rally 2021

Taking the competitors to the foot of the Altai Mountains, this second stage saw the rookie Daniel SANDERS (GAS GAS FACTORY RALLY) take victory in the bike category. Exploiting both his starting position and considerable enduro skills, the Australian finished just ahead of the man on form on this SILK WAY RALLY 2021, Ross BRANCH (YAMAHA RALLY OFFICIAL TEAM). In the car category the Russian Vladimir VASILYEV (MINI COOPER COUNTRYMAN VRT), the winner of the day, succeeds his compatriot Denis KROTOV (MINI JCW MSK RALLY) at the top of the overall rankings with Gerlain CHICHERIT (CENTURY CR6 SRT) and Yazeed AL RAJHI (TOYOTA OVERDRIVE RACING) less than a minute behind. We are also talking about a few seconds in the T3 Lightweight Prototype category, with the 100% female crew of Anastasia NIFONTOVA and Ekaterina ZHADANOVA (CAN-AM MAVERICK XRS) making amends to win the stage by a narrow margin. In the SSVs (T4), Sergei KARIAKIN and his BRP CAN-AM proved unstoppable over the 132 kilometres of the day’s special. In th