It’s a rest day in Moscow. Your reporter has taken the day off to catch up with the laundry and join the tourist round along with those crews who were able to find a little time away from their cars.

Tomorrow we make the long drive to St. Petersburg and we’ll be back reporting from along the way. There is no timing over this final 700 kilometre day of our route through Russian.

In a couple of days we move on to Estonia where the competition resumes.

Syd Stelvio