Indeed, taking advantage of his team leader Chagin’s mechanical problems who lost over 20 minutes near 300 km of the stage, the Russian distance his closest pursuer, his team-mate Eduard Nikolaev (Kamaz), by 20’05 and the Czech driver Alès Loprais (Tatra) by 21’25. Chagin reached the finishing line 22’17 behind Kabirov. As a result, in the general standings, Kabirov regains the command of the race, 13’36 ahead of his countryman and team-mate Vladimir Chagin (Kamaz) as well as 25’20 in front of Czech driver Alès Loprais (Tatra). So, overall ranking is:
- 1st – Kabirov / Belyaev / Mokeev, Kamaz №502, 17:39:08, 00:00:00.
- 2nd – Chagin / Savostin / Shaysultanov, Kamaz №500, 17:52:44, 00:13:36.
- 3rd – Loprais / Holan / Kalina, Tatra №504, 18:04:28, 00:25:20.
- 4th – Nikolaev / Mizyukaev / Rybakov, Kamaz №512, 18:42:18, 01:03:10
- 5th – Echter / Ruf / Klein, MAN №507, 18:42:23, 01:03:15.
Stage winner in bike section is Goncalves (BMW) and in car section is Peterhansel (BMW).