2017 Silk Way Rally

After almost 10,000 km of racing, the Silk Way Rally has reached its (early) conclusion. He set a strong pace early, but a wrist injury forced Sebastien Loeb to retire – putting his Peugeot teammates into the lead in the process. Here are some of the best images from the final stages of the race.

Sebastien Loeb is out of the Silk Way Rally after crashing his Peugeot 3008DKR Maxi. The Frenchman was sitting pretty at the front of the pack, but an incident with a drain has forced him to abandon his campaign due to injury. Although it's a shame, his exit opens up the race to the chasing pack.

The Silk Way Rally is entering its final stages, having rolled through Russia and Kazakhstan. Sebastien Loeb is still leading the way in his Peugeot 3008DKR Maxi, but the pack hasn't given up the fight yet. Here are some of the best pictures from the middle legs of the 2017 Silk Way Rally.

The Silk Way Rally doesn't get the same coverage as the legendary Paris-Dakar, but it's one of the toughest tests in the automotive world. Here are some of the best images from the first three legs of the event, which kicked off earlier this week.

Peugeot's first three attempts at returning to the Dakar Rally were 13th in 2015, a win in 2016 and a 1-2-3 finish in 2017. How do you follow that up? The team has designed and built a radical much-wider car for next year's race, and will test it thoroughly in the Silk Way Rally in China next week.