Aprilia Racing: the new challenge of the "Back to Africa" ​​project working on the Tuareg 660 [VIDEO]

From the track to the desert routes. The film proposed by begins with a quick parallelism Aprilia Official on YouTube referring to the new project “Back to Africa” managed by aprilia-racing. It anticipates the return of the Noale brand to the challenging rally raids expected in 2024. A project where the new Aprilia Tuareg 660.

A new challenge

THEcompetition specimen of Aprilia Tuareg 660 it will be developed by Aprilia Racing with the technical collaboration of GCorse and the expert brothers Gianfranco and Vittoriano Guareschi, who have already worked on the Tuareg during 2022 while participating in the Italian Motorally Championship. The commitment will continue in 2023, along a season focused on the development of a project with notable premises. The young but already experienced rider Jacopo Cerutti will also be active in this journey, who will bring his experience to Aprilia Racing. The Como native is a multiple Italian Motorally champion and, among other goals achieved, he has won Italian titles and a European Enduro as well as having six participations in the Dakar. Cerutti will be joined by Francesco Montanari, a national enduro rider who last year showed great skills on his debut in the Tricolore Motorally. Two Tuareg 660s are planned and lined up in the Italian Motorally Championship, entrusted to Cerutti and Montanari.
In parallel to the project with Tuareg 660 managed by Aprilia Racing, Aprilia will appear with its own structure on the race grounds of the Italian Motorally, providing support to those who will take part in the new "entry level" GPX class riding Tuareg 660, as reported .
The return to off-road competitions with a motorbike whose name is evocative, comes shortly after the Dakar experiences experienced between 2010 and 2012.

Aprilia's debut in competitions took place precisely by participating in comparisons of this type and since the first 70s models such as the Scarabeo a certain off-road aptitude was noticed. In 1974 the brand's first racing bike was a 125 cross. In 1977 the first Italian titles came in the 125 and 250 classes, then in 1978 the first podiums until it became a protagonist in the World Cross Championship.
The Noale brand subsequently moved on to the asphalt challenges, those of the MotoGP, starting another path for Aprilia Racing in 1985, meanwhile the first world title came from the trial in 1992. There will be seven more world triumphs in the off-road panorama, remembering from From 2004 to 2011 the successes with the twin-cylinder SXV 450 and 550, highlighted in the Supermoto Championship with the conquest of three Riders' and four Manufacturers' titles.
The first appearance at the Paris-Dakar with the historic Tuareg, however, dates back to 1989. The Aprilia brand returned to the features of the legendary challenge only in 2010 with the twin-cylinder RXV Rally 450, taking part in three consecutive editions of the Dakar until 2012, as remembered.

Video: Aprilia Official
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