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The Aprilia MXV 450 entered into the motocross history books thanks to Chicco Chiodi's success in the final round of the Italian Motocross Championships, disputed on Sunday, October 14th at Gazzane di Preseglie (Brescia, Italy). In fact, it was the first time that a twin 4-time motorcycle won an official national motocross championships race. Riding the MXV 450 to success was Chicco Chiodi, the three-time international 125 champion and official rider of the Noale Production House. He did everything right, starting from Saturday's MX1 qualifying sessions (the class for 450cc 4-time motorcycles) where he registered the best time, ahead of David Philippaerts. The Italian pair also confirmed themselves to be the best during Sunday's warm-ups as they earned the pole. At the start of Race 1, Chiodi didn't have a great start, taking the first curve in the middle group. In a couple of laps, he was able to rid himself of the adversaries he had been following and made his way up to 2nd place, aiming for Philippaerts in the lead. This last adversary, however, was able to successfully administer the lead he had accumulated during the initial phases of the race and went on to win the heat. For Chiodi, also the winner of the fastest lap during the race, it was a well-deserved 2nd place, especially knowing that victory was within reach. This undertaking was simply pushed back to the second heat when Chiodi, second at the start behind Philippaerts, passed his rival during the first lap and gained the lead. Both riders immediately stepped up the rythm of the race (Salvini, who finished 3rd, was about 30 seconds behind the top two finishers) but Chiodi was able to contain Philippaerts' attacks, ultimately forcing his rival to settle for 2nd. The checkered flag thus awarded the heat victory (and that of the day) to Chicco Chiodi's Aprilia twin. Thus the year of Aprilia's official reentry into the motocross closes out with a brilliant, national affirmation of the evident progress made by the MXV 450, starting from the second half of the championship.

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TWIN-CYLINDER 15th OCTOBER 2007

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15th OCTOBER 2007

SUPERMOTO ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP: A TOUGH RACE AT CASTELLETTO FOR VAN DEN BOSCH The last act of the Supermoto Italian Championships at Castelletto di Branduzzo (PV) marked the

awarding of the national Italian titles. Thierry Van Den Bosch (Aprilia SXV 450) presented himself in less than ideal shape due to the double fracture of his left hand, injured during the “Supermoto of the Nations”. Ten points behind Bernd Hiemer in the international ranking, he gave it his all in both heats, unsuccessfully attempting to gain points on his rival. Race 1 saw Hiemer take off in command, followed by Van Den Bosch's official Aprilia twin. The Frenchman controlled the leader for half of the race, before losing ground due to an exhaust problem (the posterior meter broke). He was forced to settle for 2nd place. To make matters worse, he was stopped during the phonometric trial by the race commissioners and pushed back to 7th place. At the start of

the final heat, VDB again found himself in Hiemer's wake. The two riders duelled it out at long before, with three laps to go till the end of the race, Van Den Bosch attacked his rival in an attempt to bring home the heat victory. The German closed the door on Van Den Bosch's efforts and, in order to avoid a fall, VDB went off the track and watched Fabio Balducci and Ivan Lazzarini pass him. He finished the race in 4th place, 3rd overall in the championship. Team Aprilia Off Road competed in Italy with Christian Iddon in the S2 class (Aprilia SXV 550) to conduct a series of tests. It was a Race 1 to forget for the Britain, who was involved in a frightening pileup at the first curve. Chris climbed back atop the saddle and made his way from the back of the pack to 13th place. In the final heat, he placed 6th following a normal race. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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CLAUDIO MANA WON THE APRILIA MOTORALLY 2007 TROPHY On Sunday 14 october at Coccolato d’Asti has finished the Aprilia Motorally 2007 Trophy, challenge

organizad inside the Italian Motorally Championship for those riders with the Aprilia RXV Motorally bike. Claudio Mana managed in the best way his 13 points of advantage in the Classification he had before the start of the race: he just closed the round in the third position and gained the final success taking off to Enrico Pella, any chance to the trophy. Thanks to this success Claudio Mana

reaches a new Aprilia RXV 450 Rally bike and - moreover - the free registration to the next Pharaons Rally 2008. Coming back to the race, Ugo Filosa was the winner: this result gave him the points to skip from the third to the second place in the final Classification, leaving in the last step of the podium to Pella. Filosa win an Aprilia Pegaso Strada and Pella an Aprilia SR 50. Now all the pilots are looking for the Aprilia Enduro EICMA 2007 Trophy, that will take place during the days of the Milan’s Fair in november: in that occasion all the Motorally Trophy’s riders will challenge with the pilots of the Aprilia Enduro Champions.

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10th OCTOBER 2007

LAZIO SUPERMOTO CHAMPIONSHIP SXV TEAM LIBIANCHI WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP HANDS DOWN! PAOLO CIANFROCCA (SXV 550 VDB) LAZIO INTERREGIONAL CHAMPION TOP CLASS MICHELE VARI (SXV 550) LAZIO INTERREGIONAL CHAMPION PRESTIGE CLASS ANDREA VENTICINI (SXV 550) LAZIO REGIONAL CHAMPION PRESTIGE CLASS SXV Libianchi Team (Rome) triumph in the Latina Circuit taking three final leaderships in the Lazio

Supermoto Championship. Paolo Cianfrocca, after the second place in the European Final of the Aprilia Supermoto Cup, started the last round of the Championship at the head of the classification. But he wouldn’t race in defense and attacked all the race long: he was third in the first heat and first in the second heat, with the victory as final result. All the points conquered helped him to make a bigger gap between him and all the followers and Paolo could definitely be the winner of the Lazio Interregionale Supermoto Championship – Top Class.

In the same race the SXV Libianchi Team’s pilots also gained two more prizes. Michele Vari won the Lazio Interregional Championship - Prestige Class and Andrea Ventricini won the Lazio Regional Championship – Prestige Class. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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DANISH SUPERMOTO CHAMPIONSHIP MIKKEL CAPRANI (APRILIA SXV) IS THE CHAMP! Those good news we were waiting from Denmark are here: Mikkel Caprani – a week after his participation to the FIM GP of the Nations as member of the Danish Team – won the Danish Supermoto Championship. He started the last round of the Championship at the head of the Classification, but he was not satisfied and raced winning both the heats of the day and in this way he signed a gap between him and his follower of 45 points. 244 are the final points of the new Champion in the Overall Classification: congratulations Mikkel!

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HUNGARIAN SUPERMOTO CHAMPIONSHIP GYÖRGY “KISKÖKÉNY” KÖKÉNYESI (APRILIA SXV) IS THE CHAMP! Last week end at the Szeged circuit it took place the last round of the Hungarian Supermoto Championship. György “Kiskökény” Kökényesi didn’t fail on his goal: he won the race and he could conquer definitely the National Hungarian Supermoto Championship! In the same days Bob “Murki” Pudor was on race at the Tata round of the National EnduroCross Championship. Once again Bob brought his RXV to the podium, finishing at the second place. On the general classification he is second.

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TEAM SXV APRILIA RACING ENJOY SUCCESS IN NEWCASTLE Team SXV Aprilia Racing headed up to Cameron Park, Newcastle, NSW for a double-header weekend of

Supermoto racing with a clear plan for maximizing points on this tight and twisty track. Round 2 of the Australian Supermotard Championship took place on Saturday with back-to-back Round 3 on Sunday. “This track is definitely too tight to use all 80 horsepower at our disposal, so we’re not getting that advantage here,” said S1 class superstar Josh McFarlane. “But we’ve managed to improve the bike so that it’s now up there with the singles on the dirt and is quicker on the tar so I’m really happy with the progress the team has made in practice and testing. “Saturday was a great day for me with some competitive battles

and a 2nd overall, whereas we had a couple of problems on Sunday and I only managed 3rd on the day. But generally, I’m really happy and we’re getting quicker and quicker as the season progresses so I’m really looking forward to my home round at Ipswich in early November”, Added McFarlane. The team’s S2 class rider Alex Gobert also had an enjoyable and successful weekend with time on the bike and forward progress being the young rider’s main aim. “I really felt practice went well, I set out to maximize the tar and dirt handling of my SXV450 and the bike is definitely the quickest out there on the tar section.” Said Gobert. “I missed out on Superpole on Saturday having qualified in 7th, but thought about things overnight and after assessing my 4th spot on the Saturday I knew I could get more speed out of myself and the bike and I set out to qualify and get the team my first ever Superpole. “I knew my last lap in Sunday’s regular qualifying was fast, but I was stoked to see the time – 2nd with a low 1 minute 10 second laptime. So we were in Superpole and I was determined to do well as this track is tight and very hard to pass on, making both qualifying and the start really important. “In the event, I made a small mistake on my hot lap, and qualified 5th, but even so I knew I could ride faster still in the races. In the end I came 6th and 5th in the races with a 5th overall, with my fastest race lap only 0.4 second slower than my fast qualifying lap. To finish in the top 5 in the premier S2 class is great – now I going to aim for the podium.” Said a delighted Gobert. Team technician Ben Tompsett summed up the team’s weekend saying, “We made a lot of progress with the bikes this weekend. They’re handling and driving off the bends better than ever and both riders put in a big effort on a very tight and technical go kart track. It was especially pleasing to see Josh get a 2nd overall – but we’re aiming for the top spot next time out!” Team SXV Aprilia Racing will next be in action for rounds 4 and 5 at Ipswich Raceway Queensland on 10th and 11th November. In addition to the Team SXV Aprilia Racing riders, several privateers had a successful and enjoyable weekend with Shane Stratton finishing 9th overall on Saturday and 8th overall on Sunday in the S1 class; Gordon Milne finishing 10th in the veterans’ class on Saturday and 8th on Sunday; Greg Hopkins finishing 8th overall in the Novices Class on Saturday and Erin Stevens 7th overall in the Novices class on Sunday. Condolences to Paul Grant-Mitchell who started the weekend well on the Saturday on his SXV550 in the Veterans class only to crash hard in the third race and put himself out of action for round 3. Get well soon Wetty. Congratulations to all Aprilia privateers – we’ll see you in Queensland! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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TWO SECONDS FOR THE SXV IN THE GREEK SUPERMOTO Nik Diakakis on his Aprilia SXV 45O performed an excellent race gaining two second podiums during the race weekend on 6-7 October. At the firtst leg Nik Diakakis, even though he had the pole position, was chasing the first position from the first lap but he didn’t manage to pass Tsalikis on his Honda CRF450. At the second leg Nik Diakakis, starting again ftom the pole, was first till 8 rounds before flag, but due to a mistake – he looked back and he missed time at the back straight of the track- he managed to finish 2nd again behind Tsalikis and his CRF450. Honda rider is first at the championship classification and Nik Diakakis second performing the best race season for Aprilia SXV 450. Next race at October 27th at Patras kart circuit.