from Twowheelsblog
December 26th or St. Stephen’s Day as it is known in Italy is a still a holiday when people try to recover from overeating and overdrinking from the Christmas festivities, but at Valentino Rossi’s Motoranch in foggy and cold Tavullia, the festivities continued with a friendly 20 lap endurance race with all the Christmas trimmings, that also included a number teenage racers like Niccolò Antonelli, Romano Fenati, and upcoming Moto3 Gresini rider
Lorenzo Baldassari.
Lorenzo Baldassari.
The 44km race was won by Valentino who was paired with “Albi” Tebaldi, while second place went to Mattia Pasini and Mauro Sanchini (former WSBK rider turned TV commentator) and third place went to Pasini’s father, Luca who was once a professional racer before starting a minimoto team where the late Marco Simoncelli also began his racing career.
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Enjoy the video, and if you’re a fan of The Doctor you can’t miss the two dozen other videos that Rossi uploaded on his YouTube channel on Christmas Day.
