Luc Alphand, the Silk Way Rally race advisor and former winner at Dakar, Russia's Oleg Pavlenko and Vladimir Chagin, director of the Silk Way Rally, attend the Start podium of the 2021 Silk Way Rally on the Cathedral Square in Omsk, Russia. Starting on July 1 and running to July 11, the 2021 International Silk Way Rally will cover some 5500 kilometres from Omsk, Russia to UlaanBaatar, Mongolia.