Maliarosa” is the name of a motorcycle I will build to celebrate the 102nd Tour of Italy and specifically the 13th stage, scheduled this year on Friday 24th May from Colleretto Castelnuovo through Santa Elisabetta up to Pian del Lupo, arrival site of the mountain trophy.

Maliarosa’s design is based on the idea of creating a synthesis of elements inspired by the first racing motorcycles built in the early decades of the 20th century, when these vehicles looked very much like engine-equipped bicycles.

The aim of this choice is to highlight the similarity between the world of racing bicycles and the one of racing motorcycles as merely clear as it was during that pioneering era.

Races with this type of motorcycles used to take place mostly in oval circuits, very often wooden circuits, with parabolic curves placed under the stands for spectators. These circuits were called board tracks.

One of these tracks still exists in Turin in Corso Casale. Named after Fausto Coppi, it dates back to the beginning of the last century, bearing witness to the pioneering era of this sport in Piedmont as well.

Maliarosa will therefore be the tribute of myself and of an entire territory to the winner of the 102nd Tour of Italy.