Agostini to Ride at 2010 TT Assen

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Agostini to ride at 2010 TT Assen

Ago will ride 1975 Yamaha YZR500
By Motorcycle.Com Staff, Jun. 14, 2010
The injured Valentino Rossi wont be racing at te 2010 TT Assen but another racing legend will be.

All-time Grand Prix wins leader Giacomo Agostini will join the Yamaha Classic Racing Team at the Assen circuit for the June 26 MotoGP round for the 80th anniversary of the TT race.

Agostini will ride the Dutch circuit on his original 1975 Yamaha YZR500 OW23 from his final championship-winning season.

Yamaha will also display other classic GP bikes from 1964 to 1985 at Assen, including Agostinis 1974 championship-winning 350cc Twin OW16 and the 125cc RA31A that Bill Ivy and Phil Read rode to a 1-2 finish in the 1965 season.

I am very happy to see that the interest for our classic racing activities is growing and growing, says Ferry Brouwer, Yamaha Classic Racing Team manager. One thing that the public generally appreciates is that the historical machines as well as the racing legends can be approached quite easily, although depending a bit on the venue that were at. Im very proud that Giacomo Agostini is participating on the major events this year and we are very grateful that the Yamaha headquarters in Japan have given Ago the opportunity again to ride on his original and legendary machine that he steered to his final word title in 1975.

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