Naumov Takes Second Silk Way Rally Win
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elebrating its 15th anniver-
sary this year, the 2024 Silk
Way Rally carved through five
regions of the Russian Federa-
tion in the Altai Mountains and
the sands of the Gobi Desert,
July 5-15.
The more than 5000-mile
rally, which included a daunting
100-kilometer stretch of dunes,
finished in Mongolia after 11
days of competition, and it was
Alexey Naumov (Federation of
Free Bikers Team) on the top
step of the podium for the Moto
(Cross Country 450) class in his
second Silk Way victory.
The Russian outperformed
runner-up Murun Purevdorj
of Team Mongolia, who was
presented with the "Will to Win
Gazprom Cup," which is the
equivalent of a hard-charger
award. Team Naikom Extreme
Motocross' Ekaterina Zhadanova
rode his KTM 450 EXC-F to third.
In the G-Moto Challenge,
where competitors must over
-
come obstacles on the racing
route without assistance, KTM
EXC 500-mounted Oleg Pavlenko
emerged victorious. In his inau-
gural Silk Way Rally appearance,
Ivan Li secured the second-place
position with his Husqvarna FE
450, while Anton Kruglov, riding
a KTM 690R, was classified in
third.
In the Adventure Trophy
category, designed for motorcy
-
clists without prior racing experi-
ence, the GS Rally Team was the
overall winner this year. Under
the guidance of experienced
instructor Evgeny Pyatigorsky,
Gleb Koltsov and Konstantin
Byakov successfully completed
the rally first for the class. The
second-place finishers were
members of the BigBoxer Team,
led by Stanislav Chvizhenko. The
top three overall were completed
by a trio from QjMotor, led by
Vladimir Khutorovsky.
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OVERALL MOTO (Top 5)
1. Alexey Naumov (Hus)
2. Oleg Pavlenko (KTM)
3. Ekaterina Zhadanova (KTM)
4. Ivan Li (KTM)
5. Anton Kruglov (KTM)
WIND
IN THE
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Competitors employ
the buddy system
during the 11-day,
5000-mile Silk Way
Rally in Russia.
