The show starts… with technical check! Evgenia Slavina leads the reportage at Silk Way 2017 rally raid.

Peugeot Team. Stephane Peterhansel, monsieur Dakar, Cyril Despres, moto racers in past, Sebastien Loeb, the rally legend, Luc Alphand will check the racing course before each day’s start.

KamAZ and kids.

Andrey Mokeev and Ayrat Belyaev – legendary KamAZ Master co-drivers! Our first selfie. There were no iPhones in Africa back in 2005.

Luc Alphand, Dakar winner, test-driver and race sporting consultant. He’s always positive as far as I remember him since African Dakars.

Vladimir Chagin and Frederic Lecien, racing director. Rally raids are French invention. Silk Way is a joint venture.

First round’s therapeutic mud! Women crew of Maria Oparina and Taisia Shtaneva on their quadro with roof))