All ready for the big event at the Valentino Rossi Ranch. Many well-known names from MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 will arrive in Tavullia.
Just a few more days and the traditional pre-Christmas event on two wheels will be staged in Tavullia. The stage of the event will be Valentino Rossi’s Motor Ranch, where the “100 Km of Champions“, a challenge divided into two days (Friday 25 and Saturday 26 November) with an American challenge and then in pairs, where many well-known faces from the three MotoGP classes will be present.
The Tavullia oval is ridden on flat tracks, but the list of participants is not yet known. The presence of his students is certain, from the world champion Pecco Bagnaia to Franco Morbidelli, from Marco Bezzecchi to Luca Marini, from Celestino Vietti to Niccolò Antonelli, from Andrea Migno to Stefano Manzi and Mattia Pasini. The only known “external” presence is that of Daniel Petrucciback from an excellent season in MotoAmerica riding the Ducati Panigale and from the Dakar, in which he conquered a historic stage victory.
The pre-Christmas challenge at the Valentino Rossi Ranch
For the former MotoGP rider from Terni it is a return to the Ranch five years after his last appearance. “Until 2017 I competed three times and each time I got on the podium“, Petrux told Speedweek.com a few days ago. Meanwhile he has gathered a lot of experience on dirt roads and in enduro races, thus allowing him to arrive at this 100 km of Champions with an even higher potential to aspire to another excellent result.
It will be an “armoured” event with entry forbidden to the media and the participation of only cameras Sky Sports MotoGP which will broadcast the event in part, and then broadcast the entire challenge during the Christmas holidays, a gift for all fans of Valentino Rossi, the VR46 and subscribers to the satellite channel. The presence of Fabio Di Giannantonio, Jake Dixon and Stefano Nepa is also likely.
In the latest edition of 2021, Luca Marini he won the first day’s challenge, the so-called “American” race of the masters, an elimination race based on the US model, in which the driver with the highest time is thrown out, up to the winner. Last year his brother Valentino Rossi he finished in second place, followed by the students Celestino Vietti and Stefano Manzi, who can rely on the knowledge of the pitch. In fact, the “100 km of Champions” is run on the two oval tracks, where the training of the students of the VR46 Academy takes place every Saturday
