Run4Piro: third edition on Sunday 16 December

Run4Piro – The 16 edition of the race will take place on Sunday 9.30 December, starting at 2019 am Run4Piro, the non-competitive race organized in memory of Fabrizio Pirovano, the winning rider of the Supersport World Championship in 1998 and included in the championship hall of fame who passed away prematurely on 12 June 2016,

Run4Piro: the event

The third Run4Piro will take place within the circuit of Monza and will be divided into three routes: a short one of 2,5 km, a medium one of 5,8 km which includes a full lap of the historic circuit and a long one which will take participants to cover the route twice for a total of 11,6 km. The participation fee is a minimum of 10 euros per person and the entire proceeds will be donated to Niguarda Onlus Oncology Foundation. Registering is very easy: you can do it personally at the “Ul gilet” pastry shop in Biassono, Via Cesana e Villa n.50, on the website www.oncologianiguarda.org or on the day of the race by going to the circuit one hour before. The first 1.000 registrants will also receive a free event t-shirt.

Who was Fabrizio Pirovano

Fabrizio Pirovano made his debut as a cross-country skier, winning the Italian cadet title in the 50 class in 1977 on TGM and the title of Italian vice champion in the 125 junior class in 1980. In 1986 he switched to speed, due to physical problems caused by frequent falls on the cross-country tracks. He therefore began a new phase of his career, taking part in the 1987 European Speed ​​Championship in 250, finishing thirteenth overall with 15 points riding a Yamaha. Also in 1987 he made his international debut in the 250 class of the world championship at the GP of Nations, which he did not complete due to a withdrawal. In the same year he obtained seventh place in the German race of the Formula TT world championship, placing himself twenty-eighth with 4 points in the drivers' standings. He later took part in the 24 hours of the Bol d'Or on a Bimota YB4 and was one of the first Italians to believe in the nascent Superbike world championship, racing from 1988 to 1993 with a Yamaha OW01. He placed second in the world championship twice, in 1988 and 1990, and won five Italian titles in 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993 and 1994 (the first on Bimota, the last with Ducati and all the others on Yamaha). In 1994 he moved to the Ducati 916 of the Tardozzi team, ending the season in ninth position in the final standings. The following year he still races with a Ducati but moves to the Taurus team and places seventh in the rider rankings. In 1996 he moved to Supersport, winning the European category championship with a Ducati 748 of the Alstare team. The following year he made his debut in the newly created world championship, but finished eighth. In 1998 he continued with the Alstare Corona team which however left the Ducati 748 to switch to the Suzuki GSX 600R, Pirovano with the new bike won five races out of the ten on the calendar and won the Supersport world title. In 1999 he ranked seventh and ninth in 2000 again on the Suzuki GSX 600R of the Alstare team, while in 2001 he moved to the DMR Suzuki Italia team and placed tenth at the end of the season, which will also be his last competitive year, after which he will remain tied to the Alstare Suzuki team as technical consultant. Fabrizio Pirovano will leave us on 12 June 2016 at the age of 56, due to liver cancer.