Motocross is in mourning: goodbye to Vincenzo Lombardo, Tony Cairoli's teacher

Fatal to the 52-year-old former driver an accident in training. He has won in Italy and abroad, contributed to the victories of the 9-time world champion and was a test driver for Pirelli

The world of motocross is in mourning: Vincenzo Lombardo died at the age of 52 due to the consequences of a fall in training. Rider, test driver, technician and discoverer of talents, in his fall he found himself on his bike which caused an internal bleeding from which he never recovered.

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Lombardo was very famous in the world as the teacher of Tony Cairoli, also a Sicilian from Patti, 9 times world champion. A great fan of engines, he went from off-road to enduro to cross, where he achieved success in Italy and abroad. He won Supermarecross in the 90s and in 2020 the Motocross Epoca championship in the 250 D2 class. In Pirelli, as a test driver, he contributed to the development of tires also used in the Dakar.