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AGV's AMA National Motocross riders

Honda Red Bull Racing and AGV riders Ashley Fiolek (#1) and Davi Millsaps shot here practicing before the Hangtown National. Photos by Guyb atVitalMX

Double wins for Dainese riders last weekend at AMA Road Atlanta

Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Blake Young and M4 Monster Energy Suzuki's Martin Cardenas swept the top of the podiums last weekend in Georgia when they both scored a double-win for Round 5 and 6 of the AMA Pro road racing series.

 

The two Dainese riders battled hard in their respective classes to dominate their competition during the weekend.

In the American Superbike class, Dainese's Blake Young took his first win of the season on  Saturday, repeating his performance the next day after leading the whole race. Blake is now third in series standing, only 15 points from the leader, with 12 more races to go.

It was another positive weekend for AGV Dainese's Chris Ulrich who took his Team Roadracingworld.com Suzuki GSX-R 1000 to two Top 10 finishes. Ulrich is now 6th in the series points standing.

In the Daytona Sportbike class, Dainese's Martin Cardenas dominated Road
Atlanta with 2 race wins for Team Monster Energy M4, making it 3 for the season. Cardenas now stands 3rd overall, 14 points from the leader.

Road Atlanta was a great weekend too for Vesrah Suzuki's Cory West. The AGV Dainese rider scored a very much deserved 2-3 finishes, taking him to 4th in the series points standing.

Joining West in the race for the podium on Sunday was AGV Dainese's Steve Rapp. Both riders were part of a group of 6 very close riders who diced it out until the the checkered flag. Despite leading the pack for a while, Latus Ducati's Rapp finished 6th on Sunday, repeating his Saturday results. 6th is also Steve's point standing position after 5 races.
 
In the Supersport class, Dainese's Tomas Puerta went 5-4, taking him to 4th in the points standing, while AGV Dainese's James Rispoli, after an unlucky Saturday race, finished 7th on Sunday.

We would like to also wish a prompt recovery to Dainese's Aaron Yates, the
Team Jordan Suzuki rider being out for a few rounds after breaking his leg
at the previous round at Fontana.

 

Intro of the AGV's DP19 and GP21 in VitalMX.com

See More Motocross Photos at VitalMX.com

AGV's Pastrana & Millsaps Bring Podium Spots Home

http://blogs.dirtrider.com/6619013/industry-buzz/agvs-pastrana-and-millsaps-bring-podium-spots-home/index.html

 

Photos by Transworld Motocross, VitalMX and Stephane Roncada at Ronronmx

Racer X Illustrated Interview with AGV's Gautier Paulin

As Gautier is heading back to Wurope after racing the first 3 AMA Supercross, Racer X's Eric Johnson caught up with the AGV rider after the AMA SX round 3 at Anaheim 2

Gautier Paulin Interview

AMA 2010 Supercross - Anaheim 2

For the second time of the season, the AMA 2010 Supercross series returned to Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Ca, where despite a very wet week, the race took place on an actually pretty dry track which turned out to be technical and fun for the spectators.

It was the third and last US Supercross in 2010 for Star Yamaha/Yamaha Rinaldi's Gautier Paulin. GP is leaving the US with a very positive experience, having shown his potential and speed, while adapting to the challenging US SX scene.
On Saturday night, Gautier had good starts and was on his way to a direct transfer to the Main until a wild crash in the difficult whoops threw him hard on the ground. The AGV AX-8 did a good job and GP went to the LCQ where he fought back from 6 to qualify in second.
In the Main, GP had a great start and rode in 4th for a good amount of the 15 laps race before being passed by Factory Connection Geico Honda's Trey Canard and then making a small mistake towards the end, that resulted in a 6th place finish. A very positive result for someone who hadn't race Supercross at that level just 3 races ago.
As much as we would have loved to see Gautier race the full West Coast series, he has to return to Europe and get ready for the 2010 FIM MX2 World Championship. Good luck in Europe GP321 and see you next year in the USA!

Our favorite AMA SX/MX Honda rider, Davi Millsaps had an up-and-down night in Anaheim, showing flashes of great speed most of the night but tiring towards the end of the Main as he looked to be struggling with the bike.
In his Heat, Davi was got in a 1st-turn crash, starting last and climbing back up to 6th for a direct shot into the Main.
In the final race of the night, DM18 started around the 8th place, making his way back to 5th, after passing other big names, where he stayed most of the night, before starting to struggle with the bike and dropping down to 7th at the checkered flag.

Overall, it was a positive night for the AGV riders who showed their potential. GP should have a great 2010 season and DM is working things out and should be fighting more consistently with the Top 5, where he belongs.

Photos from Transworld Motocross and VitalMX

AGV riders at Phoenix Supercross - photos by Stephane Roncada

Very cool photos by Stephane Roncada (Ronronmx) from the Phoenix Supercross (for more, go check his gallery here: http://sr21photography.smugmug.com/2010-Supercross-Series

2.5 SX Laps with Davi Millsaps

Another video by Don Maeda (Transworld Motocross) of Davi Millsaps practicing at the Honda SX test track earlier in the week.

AGV introduce new T-2 helmet with Barry Sheene Replica

The new AGV T-2 helmet comes as a replacement to the older generation Ti-Tech, in the "Race" category of the Italian brand's catalog. The super light T-2 shell is a composite Carbon/Kevlar.

Among the various available designs are 3 replicas of racing legends Agostini, Nieto and the Magnificent Seven, Barry Sheene.

Here's a little homage to Barry Sheene!

Riding with Davi Millsaps

Swap and Transworld Motocross shot this very raw video of Davi Millsaps practicing at the Honda track.
Enjoy!

Pre-Anaheim 1 - Video updates

Here are two small video interviews Transworld MX did with Davi Millsaps and Gautier Paulin.

Some AGV Motocross Updates

From the other side of the blog :)

http://shenzimxsafaris.blogspot.com/2010/01/5-days-til-anaheim-1-2010.html

1st magazine cover for new AGV motocross helmet

Awesome cover of French magazine MX Mag with Gautier Paulin practicing in the US, wearing an AGV MT-X helmet.

www.motoverte.com

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Wishing all a very Happy Holiday! AGV Dainese has a lot happening in the racing sector right now, with new riders, new adventures that will see us re-enter one of the motorcycle racing discipline in the FIM and AMA championship. Lots of exciting new stuff in the making.

VR46 Web-interview by FIAT

If you’re a Valentino Rossi fan, you’ve probably seen this video interview of Rossi by Tiziana Di Gioia, Sponsoring Manager of Fiat and Yamaha on the Fiat on the web because it’s in Italian, but twowheelsblog came to the rescue with the translation, so you don’t miss out on anything regarding our AGV Dainese top rider.

TDG: Name?
VR: We’re starting with the basic questions?
TDG: Yes
VR: Valentino
TDG: Surname?
VR: Rossi
TDG: Profession?
VR: Motorcycle racer
TDG: Vale, a quick question now that the season is over …
VR: Do I look at you or at him?
TDG: Look at me … what are you going to do now, relax, rest, what are your hobbies? I know you like snowboarding …
VR: Look, my first hobby are the races, so in November I’m going to do a few races, but not with the Yamaha GP, but with motocross bike and rally cars and have some fun and in December I’m going on vacation and I really like snowboarding and with some friends we’re going skiing this winter.

read the rest here: http://www.twowheelsblog.com/post/3516/video-interview-with-valentino-rossi-by#continua

James Rispoli Breaks Femur

Road Racer X magazine is reporting that AGV Dainese's James Rispoli broke his femur during motocross training over the weekend.

Wishing The Rocket a very prompt and fast recovery.

Rispoli Breaks Femur

November 16, 2009 by admin  
Filed under News

Road racer, dirt tracker and landspeed record holder James Rispoli had another busy weekend. The young gun release his new web site www.jamesrispoli.com on Friday, tested a big non-Harley twin for an Ohio based team on Saturday, practiced some motorcross on Sunday at a local NY track and took his first helicopter ride after a stalled landing pitched him over the bars and he broke his femur. He was flown to the Erie County Trauma Center where they performed a successful surgery on the clean break inserting a rod into the bone attached by screws. He is resting comfortably and will return home on Tuesday where he will be able to start rehab with an expected full recovery. James wanted to thank all the folks at the practice track that made quick decisions on his behalf that allowed for this successful outcome.

What our World Champs do on weekend

They go race MOTOCROSS!! :)

Rossi organized a fundraiser race for kids leukemia at Cavallara, with a few road racing guys, including Dovi, Simoncelli and Mr. Schwantz himself. 10,000 fans turned up.

Honda Repsol's Andrea Dovizioso won the overall.


From Twowheelsblog.com:


Over 10,000 people turned out to see Valentino Rossi’s event Motocross dei Campioni, 30 anni più tardi (Motocross of the Champions, thirty years later). The fund raiser was organized to help kids suffering from leukemia at the Pesaro Hospital and the public was treated to an exciting day, that saw Andrea Dovizioso take the most points and win the race.
The first heat was won by Spanish rider and this year’s 125cc Champion Julian Simon, followed by Andrea Dovizioso and Marco Melandri, while Rossi was sixth after falling in the third lap but was able to finish.
The second heat finished in the same manner with Rossi taking fourth. Julian Simon could not take part in the third as he had a plane to catch, so the podium saw Dovizioso, Rossi and Melandri, with Dovizioso winning the event with the most points.
“It was a great race,” said a satisfied Rossi at the end of the show: “we had over 10,000 paying spectators and this was our goal, to help the AIL ( Italian Leukemia Association) and the children.”.