The victory was won by the crew of Dmitry Sotnikov, who covered the 453 km special stage in 4 hours 45 minutes 52 seconds.

The second was Ayrat Mardeev, 3 minutes 23 seconds back, and Anton Shibalov (+8.22) closed the top three.

Sotnikov also continues to lead in the overall standings.

Earlier, Mardeev spoke about the rivalry with Ales Loprais at the sixth stage of the Dakar.