On the other hand, Russian drivers continue to flaunt their vice grip on the truck category. Today’s winner Ayrat Mardeev (Kamaz) took the 5th local victory in six stages, which was also his 2nd individual win in this rally. Nevertheless, he only just beat Dutchman Hans Stacey (Iveco, 21 seconds back) and his teammate and fellow Russian Andrey Karginov (Kamaz, 2:42 mins).
After playing the role of the Good Samaritan on the trail, Kabirov lost 16:11 mins to the stage winner, but this is just a small bite off his lead in the general classification, where he now sits 43:19 mins ahead of Czech Ales Loprais (Tatra) and 01:21:55 hours ahead of Karginov.
Tomorrow (Saturday) is the final leg of the 2011 Silk Way Rally. Crews tackle a 227km liaison section and then a short 16km seventh special against the clock. The route runs through a riverbed and includes numerous water crossings. After a further 117km road section, crews arrive in Sochi for what the Monster Energy X-raid Team hopes will be a triumphant podium finish.
Silk Way Rally RESULTS: Stage 6 Stavropol-Maykop Trucks Top 10 Day/All
Top 10 Trucks Stage results SS06 Stavropol-Maykop
01) Mardeev Jr./Belyaev/Mirniy (RUS) I Kamaz I 01:53:26 I 00:00:00
02) Stacey/Willemsen/Kinderen (NL) I De Rooy Iveco I 01:53:47 I 00:00:21
03) Karginov/Mizyukaev/Devyatkin (RUS) I Kamaz I 01:56:08 I 00:02:42
04) Valtr/Macik/Macik (CZ) I Liaz I 01:57:35 I 00:04:09
05) Van Ginkel/Wams/Van Veenendaal (NL) I Ginaf I 02:00:24 I 00:06:58
06) Loprais/Holan/Stajf (CZ) I Tatra Proto I 02:00:48 I 00:07:22
07) Ardavichus/Turlubaev/Kuzmich (KZ) I Kamaz I 02:00:56 I 00:07:30
08) Cabala/Bervic/Kalina (PL/CZ) I Liaz I 02:01:23 I 00:07:57
09) Maardev/Sotnikov/Yakovlev (RUS) I Kamaz I 02:02:26 I 00:09:00
10) Adua/Marco/Busoms (F/ES) I De Rooy Iveco I 02:05:36 I 00:12:10
Top 10 Trucks Overall results after SS06 Stavropol-Maykop
01) Kabirov/Mokeev/Tanin (RUS) I Kamaz I 31:39:56 I 00:00:00
02) Loprais/Holan/Stajf (CZ) I Tatra Proto I 32:23:15 I 00:43:19
03) Karginov/Mizyukaev/Devyatkin (RUS) I Kamaz I 33:01:51 I 01:21:55
04) Stacey/Willemsen/Kinderen (NL) I De Rooy Iveco I 33:25:45 I 01:45:49
05) Mardeev Jr./Belyaev/Mirniy (RUS) I Kamaz I 34:30:24 I 02:50:28
06) Echter/Ruf/Echter (D) I MAN TGS I 34:31:07 I 02:51:11
07) Van Ginkel/Wams/Van Veenendaal (NL) I GINAF I 34:36:10 I 02:56:14
08) Maardev/Sotnikov/Yakovlev (RUS) I Kamaz I 35:57:32 I 04:17:36
09) Adua/Marco/Busoms (F/ES) I De Rooy Iveco I 36:31:22 I 04:51:26
10) Behringer/Küpper/Karg (D) I MAN TGS I 36:45:13 I 05:05:17