The Podium Welcomes the Conquerors of 2023 Taklimakan Rally!
June 01 2023 - 08:33PM
Business Wire
Among the 97 autos and 37 motorcycles who have started the Rally
in Aksu on May 20, 76 autos and 31 motos have successfully
withstood the tough challenges and reached the finish line.
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As the 15th edition of Taklimakan Rally, the 2023 Taklimakan
Rally lasts for 13 days. The 4258 km total stage contains 1 SSS, 9
stages and 2 rest days. The rally sets foot in the south west of
Xinjiang and covers 3 regions of Aksu, Kashgar and Hotan. The
multi-terrain stages together with the beautiful scenery has
attracted 231 competitors from China and abroad to participate.
In the auto category, the final victory goes to Zi Yungang/Wang
Zengrong from Shanxi Yunxiang Team. Team BAIC contributes to the
podium with Zhang Guoyu/Oriol Mena Valdearcos and Liu Yangui/Chen
Feng listed the 2nd and 3rd place.
As to the moto, Bradley John Cox and Arunas Gelazninkas
continued their good performance and took the 1st and 2nd place for
their team Shanxi Yulin, the local driver Yakepu finished the game
in the 3rd place, followed by Neels Theric and Shi Haoyu in
KOVE.
Taklimakan Rally is established in 2005, during its 15 editions,
the Rally has grown into the largest off-road rally in Asia. Based
in Xinjiang, the rally is not only an event in the FIA race
calendar, but also a window to showcase the various and abundant
natural and tourist resources in Xinjiang. Taklimakan Rally started
its overseas promotion in 2016 with the first Press conference in
Europe organized in Paris and received positive feedbacks from the
overseas audiences. The beautiful Xinjiang welcomes the racing
teams as well as travellers from the world to join the Taklimakan
Rally, to feel and enjoy the west pearl of China.
Overall Classification
Auto
- Zi Yungang (CHN) / Wang Zengrong (CHN), Yun Xiang,
34H16’09”
- Zhang Guoyu(CHN) / Oriol Mena Valdearcos(ESP), BAIC,
+5’30”
- Liu Yangui(CHN) / Chen Feng (CHN), BAIC, +53’58”
- Xu Aili (CHN) / Tong Zhenrong (CHN), Hilux, +2H58’05”
- Liu Yatuan (CHN) / Yan Ke (CHN), SMG, +3H20’58”
Overall Classification
Moto
- Bradley John Cox (RSA), KTM, 24H28’05”
- Arunas Gelazninkas (LTU), KTV, +34’30”
- Yakepu (CHN), KTM, +1H49’10”
- NEELS Theric (FRA), KOVE, +2H11’10”
- Shi Haoyu (CHN), KOVE, +2H17’36”
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