Tartarini Leopoldo, Monetti Giorgio (w3417)
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- Description: Leopoldo Tartarini (Bologna, 1932-2015) was an Italian motorcycle racer and entrepreneur. Giorgio Monetti was his childhood friend and university student. Tartarini had raced for Ducati in long-distance road events such as the Milano-Taranto and the Moto Giro d'Italia, until road racing was banned for safety reasons. With a remaining year on his Ducati contract, he proposed to Ducati managing director Giuseppe Montano a promotional tour - initially to Turkey, then expanded to Africa and finally to a full round-the-world journey. On 30 September 1957, blessed by Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro before 1,000 factory workers at the Ducati plant in Bologna, the two departed on two standard Ducati 175 Tourismo motorcycles modified with crash bars, rear luggage racks and aluminium cases. Over 12 months they covered more than 60,000 km across 42 countries and five continents: Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Burma, Indonesia (by ship to Borneo and New Guinea), Australia (Darwin to Sydney), New Zealand, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and by ship to Dakar, then Morocco, Gibraltar, Spain and back to Bologna, arriving on 5 September 1958. They were arrested as suspected spies in Indonesia and rode through Syria during a period of political tension. The journey, filmed on 16 mm cameras, is described as the world's first corporate motorcycle adventure. Tartarini later founded Italjet in 1959. The two original motorcycles were certified as unique historical examples by the Automotoclub Storico Italiano (ASI) in 2020
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
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- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: http://1mapx2.com/en/the-film/
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Montanari, Roberto. Road Map: Il leggendario giro del mondo di Tartarini & Monetti su Ducati 175. LullaBit, 2018.
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