Yamaha: the Giro d'Italia also starts for the home of the three tuning forks

Yamaha T-MAX 530 e TRACER 700 they are the official bikes of the 101st edition of Giro d'Italia 2018, thanks to the four-year agreement signed by Yamaha MotorEurope with RCS Sport – La Gazzetta dello Sport.

From today until May 27, the king of maxiscooters and the TRACER700 Sport Tourer are ready to escort the quintessential Italian cycling race that starts from Jerusalem and arrives in Rome for 21 stages. For the occasion, the 32 Yamaha vehicles (24 TMAX and 8 Tracer 700) will be dressed in a limited edition livery dedicated to the Corsa Rosa and will put the power of their engines, precision and driving comfort at the service of the race direction, of the traveling commissioners and the support team, as well as the relays dedicated to changing the wheels of the cyclists involved in the race. “We are happy and proud to be once again a partner of the Giro d'Italia, which again this year marks a new chapter in the history of cycling with the departure from Jerusalem. We believe that accompanying this competition is equivalent to supporting the principles of sportsmanship, balance and equality that make sport an example to be inspired by regardless of the nation of origin", he has declared Andrew Colombi, Country Manager of Yamaha in Italy.

This is the complete calendar of the 2018 edition of the Corsa Rosa:

FIRST STAGE (Friday 4 May): Jerusalem – Jerusalem (individual time trial, 9.7 km)
SECOND STAGE (Saturday 5 May): Haifa – Tel Aviv (167 km)
THIRD STAGE (Sunday 6 May): Be'er Sheva – Eilat (229 km)

REST (Monday 7 May)

FOURTH STAGE (Tuesday 8 May): Catania – Caltagirone (191 km)
FIFTH STAGE (Wednesday 9 May): Agrigento – Santa Ninfa (152 km)
SIXTH STAGE (Thursday 10 May): Caltanissetta – Etna (163 km)
STAGE SEVENTH (Friday 11 May): Pizzo Calabro – Praia a Mare (159 km)
EIGHTH STAGE (Saturday 12 May): Praia a Mare – Sanctuary of Montevergine (208 km)
NINTH STAGE (Sunday 13 May): Pescosannita – Campo Imperatore (224 km)

REST (Monday 14 May)

TENTH STAGE (Tuesday 15 May): Penne – Gualdo Tadino (239 km)
ELEVEN STAGE (Wednesday 16 May): Assisi – Osimo (156 km)
STAGE TWELFTH (Thursday 17 May): Osimo – Imola (213 km)
STAGE THIRTEEN (Friday 18 May): Ferrara – Nervesa della Battaglia (180 km)
FOURTEENTH STAGE (Saturday 19 May): SanVito al Tagliamento-Monte Zoncolan (181 km)
FIFTEENTH STAGE (Sunday 20 May). Tolmezzo – Sappada (176 km)

REST (Monday 21 May)

SIXTEENTH STAGE (Tuesday 22 May): Trento-Rovereto (individual time trial, 34.5 km)
STAGE SEVENTEEN (Wednesday 23 May): Riva del Garda – Iseo (155 km)
EIGHTEEN STAGE (Thursday 24 May): Abbiategrasso – Prato Nevoso (196 km)
STAGE NINETEEN (Friday 25 May): Venaria Reale – Bardonecchia (181 km)
STAGE TWENTIETH (Saturday 26 May): Susa – Cervinia (214 km)
TWENTY-FIRST STAGE (Sunday 27 May): Rome – Rome (118 km)