Preparing for the 2016 Silk Way Rally

Apr 19, 2016

Preparing for the 2016 Silk Way Rally

Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun

The 2016 Silk Way Rally takes place in July and will see competitors race from Moscow’s Red Square to the Chinese capital Beijing. In advance of the race, competitors practice in the Gobi Desert.

: French former overall Ski World Cup winner and race car driver Luc Alphand looks towards sand dunes during an off-road mapping recognition exercise ahead of the Silk Way Rally 2016 in the Gobi Desert, some 1,100 miles northwest of Beijing on April 19, 2016. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

: French race car driver Luc Alphand (second from right) and Silk Way Sports and Competitors Relationship Advisor talks with Silk Way course-setter Stephane Le Bail and Pilot Francois- Marcheix during an off-road mapping recognition exercise ahead of the Silk Way Rally 2016 in the Gobi Desert. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

: French former overall Ski World Cup winner and race car driver Luc Alphand (center) drives his car over sand dunes during an off-road mapping recognition exercise ahead of the Silk Way Rally 2016 in the Gobi Desert. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

: French former overall Ski World Cup winner and race car driver Luc Alphand carries a set of skis up sand dunes during an off-road mapping recognition exercise ahead of the Silk Way Rally 2016 in the Gobi Desert. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

: Cars drive over sand dunes during an off-road mapping recognition exercise ahead of the Silk Way Rally 2016 in the Gobi Desert. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

: French former overall Ski World Cup winner and race car driver Luc Alphand drives his car over sand dunes during an off-road mapping recognition exercise ahead of the Silk Way Rally 2016 in the Gobi Desert. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

: French former overall Ski World Cup winner and race car driver Luc Alphand skis sand dunes during an off-road mapping recognition exercise ahead of the Silk Way Rally 2016 in the Gobi Desert. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)

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