Yamaha TMAX 530, official motorcycle of the Giro d'Italia

Thursday, at the headquarters Yamaha Factory Racing to Gerno di Lesmo (MB), the American rider and great fan of pedal two-wheelers, Ben Spies, and the very young Colnago CSF ​​Inox athlete, Enrico Battaglin they inaugurated a special version of Yamaha T-MAX 530, twin-cylinder from Iwata Undisputed king of the maxi scooter segment since its birth, dedicated to 95th edition of the stage cycling race par excellence, Giro d'Italia 2012.

The special version of the best seller Yamaha , still the absolute leader in the motorcycle and scooter sales rankings, It presents itself in an attractive guise with a special white, pink and black livery created by the designers of Yamaha to celebrate the debut in the "Corsa Rosa" of the Yamaha TMAX 530 and the fourth consecutive year of partnership with RCS Sport – La Gazzetta dello Sport.

As official bike of the Giro d'Italia 2012, Yamaha T-MAX 530 will constantly follow the pink caravan during the 21 stages which will start with the Danish individual time trial in Herning on May 5, 2012, and which after a tight succession of uphill finishes interspersed with finishes dedicated to sprinters, will end with the traditional catwalk of the Milanese individual time trial, scheduled for Sunday May 27, 2012 in Milan.

30 flaming Yamaha TMAX 530s they will put the power of their engines, the precision and driving comfort that characterizes them at the service of the race direction, the traveling marshals and the support team, as well as the relays dedicated to changing the tires of the cyclists involved in the race.

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But the Giro d'Italia 2012 for Yamaha T-MAX 530 will actually start well before 5st May !

Starting from the headquarters Yamaha Factory Racing by Gerno di Lesmo (MB), Thursday 26 April 2012 will in fact start Giro d'Italia TMAX Club ASD, official club of Yamaha Motor Italia, which for years has gathered the most enthusiastic owners of the iconic two-wheeled brand Yamaha .

Born from an idea of ​​the Club itself, the project will see a selected number of members of the official Yamaha club which boasts the largest number of members ever bring the first example of Yamaha T-MAX 530 Giro d'Italia 2012 edition, the table number 530, to complete an entire Giro d'Italia on roads that will ideally follow those that will later be traveled by the pink caravan.

With the first stage the “Gerno di Lesmo – Saint Vincent – ​​Turin”, after an uninterrupted month of touring on the most evocative roads of our country, the Tour of Italy of the TMAX Club ASD will see their wheels meet those of the pink caravan on the occasion of its key stage, the mythological ascent to Pass of the Stelvio, Cima Coppi of the Giro 2012, expected on Saturday 26 May.

Starting from a dedicated area located in the municipality of Bormio (SO), on the same date a procession of Yamaha TMAXs will rise along the numerous hairpin bends interspersed with roadman's houses that characterize the road that leads to the 2.758 meters of the Stelvio Pass ( SO) in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of Yamaha TMAXs ever held in the world.

The appointment for all owners, Italian and foreign, of any model year of Yamaha TMAX is, therefore, set for the morning of Saturday 26 May 2012 in Bormio!