DUCATI CORSE RIDERS AT 2007 WORLD DUCATI WEEK
Numerous activities in the circuit for the Ducati Corse MotoGP,
Superbike and Superstock factory riders during the 2007 edition
of Ducati's world meeting.
Bologna, June 19, 2007: Preparations are gearing up feverishly
for the fifth edition of the international meeting organized
by the Italian manufacturer which will be held from June 28
to July 1 at the revamped "Misano World Circuit".
As is tradition, all the Ducati Corse factory riders will
be involved in the big red Ducati party on Italy's Adriatic
Riviera.
Friday and Saturday will be dedicated entirely to the riders
of the Ducati Xerox Team that takes part in the World Superbike
Championship. Two-times world champion Troy Bayliss and his
team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi will be present in the circuit for
a series of initiatives that will see them involved both on
the track with their Ducati 999F07 machines and off-track
with the numerous public present in the paddock.
The first opportunity to meet them will be during the popular
"Ducati University", a sort of ‘virtual' lap
of the Misano circuit, illustrated by the two riders, who
raced there a couple of weeks previously in the San Marino
Round of the World Superbike Championship, but it will above
all be a fabulous opportunity for the WDW public to meet and
greet their heroes. Other appointments at the Ducati University
are scheduled with the ‘father' of the Desmosedici MotoGP
and Ducati Corse Director General Filippo Preziosi, Ruben
Xaus, always a Ducati crowd-pleaser, the official test rider
for Ducati Corse Vittoriano Guareschi and the young Ducati
Xerox Junior Team riders in the world Superstock championships,
Niccolò Canepa and Domenico Colucci.
As well as autographs and photo sessions for the riders and
pit-walks to see the various teams and garages, the WDW public
will also have an opportunity to see all the Ducati Superbike
and Superstock riders in track action as they complete a few
laps of honour on Friday and Saturday afternoon.
Another activity involving the Ducati Xerox Team is the 999
Two-Seater ridden by Dario Marchetti. 30 lucky VIPs and guests
will have a chance to live a unique experience, all the excitement
of a lap as pillion passenger aboard a 999 Superbike during
the event.
Saturday's activities will reach a high point during the
evening when all the riders will be called onto the main stage
for the official presentation of the teams competing in the
various championships.
On Saturday afternoon meanwhile, the MotoGP Dutch TT Race
from Assen will also be broadcast live on the two giant screens
set up in the Misano paddock.
This will be an unforgettable opportunity for the WDW fans
to cheer on Ducati: thousands of people united with the same
passion. Forza Ducati!
Then on Sunday the MotoGP riders, Loris Capirossi and world
championship leader Casey Stoner, will arrive at Misano in
the morning directly from Assen.
Autograph sessions, photographs and laps of honour with the
legendary Desmosedici GP7 machines will wrap up the appointments
for the MotoGP team, while during the final day Randy Mamola
will have the task of taking several lucky pillion passengers
around a lap of the Misano track on the awesome Desmosedici
Two-Seater, the proceeds of which will go to the Riders For
Health charity.
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