Milano - Taranto Lambrettistico

Circuit racing was thriving during the late '40's and early '50's. Vast in it's array of street circuits, Tuscany saw it's pilots traveling to partake in the many big events happening week after week. Names such as Piaggio's factory team pilots Giuseppe Cau and Dino Mazzoncini picking up victories in the 125cc class, they both finished in a 1st and 2nd position at the Gran Premio di Bologna of 1950.

Piaggio's Racing Department seemed to be turning out real racing machines and in these early days seemed to have a lead on Innocenti and the Lambretta on the racing circuits. Lambretta concentrated on other challenges. On the 11th of February 1949 at 9,32am on the streets of Rome's Lido town Ostia with a slightly prepared Model M125 ridden by Mario Angonoa, a veteran of national regularity running, Oreste Brunori, a rider of Parilla, a young Umberto Masetti, who had already run with Lambretta in circular courses and, finally, a test driver of Innocenti, Riccardo Rizzi took 13 world records that day and on the 23rd and 24th of March, when Lambretta took to the Montlhéry circuit in France for 24 hours it really seemed to be about setting the bench mark and which marque overall was the best?, it wasn't just Innocenti and Piaggio, but all of the top Italian manufacturers were playing the same game but it is the two biggest players of the Italian scooter market that we all seem to know predominantly, and rightfully so with their marketing strategies and product development deployed during these very early days of scootering and pushing the boundaries by introducing new models in to production, Interestingly enough Innocenti took 33 world records during those official tests at Montlhéry.

Like Piaggio, Innocenti, MV, Gillera, BSA, Triumph were all taking part in national and international events such as the International Six Days Trials. Piaggio brought home 9 Gold Medals out of the 20 totaled by the Italians, Innocenti shared the remaining 11 Gold Medals with Guazzoni, Guzzi, Mival, Morini, MV, Parilla, Rossi and Rumi.

Bitter rivalry now well underway, the streets were lined on race days, clubs still traveled to watch their favorite pilots race and clubs and teams still organized international trips. The Piaggio and Lambretta newsletters were filled with reports on national and international levels from '49 onwards setting the bench marks for the future and leaving the breadcrumbs of history in it's wake.

Milano – Taranto, A brief history.

The Milano to Taranto race takes us back to 1919, the days where there were racing of sorts in most towns across Italy and Europe. It would seem that as the motorcycles evolved in to faster, reliableand more durable machines that the challenges got harder and the distances increased.

1919 saw the birth of the “Freccia Del Sud or Arrow Of The South”, a motorcycle raid from Milan to Caserta. The first event was won by Luigi Girardi on a Garelli 350cc. with an average speed of 38.296 km/h. The contest was suspended from 1925.

1932 saw the birth of the “Milano - Napoli or Milan-Naples”, with departure at night from Milan with a distance of 900 km. The race was called “1st Mussolini Cup”. Racing on this route ceased in 1936 and in that year it was won by Omobono Tenni on a Guzzi 500cc with an average speed of 107 Km/h.

1937 saw the birth of "Milan-Rome-Taranto” with a total distance of 1.400 km. Born from the initiative of Mario Deintrona of Taranto. But the event was still known as the “Mussolini Cup” during this period. The pilots had to cover the distance through the night, the departure point was moved to Rogoredo, then in the periphery of Milan.

In 1950 the race was now called simply “Milan-Taranto” and was popular for public participants. It is well to remember that the Milan-Taranto to it's rise contributed a lot but we must not forget the ugliness of the second world war that ended only a few years before. The preparation of the Milan-Taranto in 1957 (as it can be seen from the regulations and the distance) was already ahead of it's time, but the echoes provoked from the tragedy of what happened in the course of the Mille Miglia race in which Guidizzolo of Mantova, and the crew of De Portago-Nelson of Ferrari and ten spectators perished, it was because of this that the abolition of the road racing on these circuits, decreeing also the end of our thrilling adventure which begun in 1937.

There were two routes of the course during the races history, simply the Tyrrhenial circuit takes direction from Bologna over to the west coast and the Adriatic circuit from Bologna takes it's direction over to the east coast.

Distinctive points of the Tyrrhenian circuit: Milano - Bologna - Porretta - Pistoia - Poggibonsi - Radicofani - Roma - Cassino - Capua - Caserta - Napoli - Ariano Irpino - Foggia - Bari - Taranto.

Distinctive points of the Adriatic circuit: Milano - Bologna - Ancona - Foligno - Spoleto - Terni - Roma - Cassino - Capua - Caserta - Napoli - Ariano Irpino - Foggia - Bari - Taranto. The Adriatic circuit was used only on the 1952 e 1955 editions.

Proposal by the Lambretta Club d'Italia.

The Milano - Taranto motorcyclist race would seem, these days, a title from a novel or a beautiful dream from which you would like to take the memories of what was the most beautiful, the most fascinating, most comprehensive, the most exciting motorcycle race of all time, but it is still alive in the minds and hearts of those who had the pleasure to live the great days of motorcycle racing that the whole world envied. But we are not in the dream! We are in reality because today, again we can talk of the Milano-Taranto, competition has returned with merit because of the Lambretta Club of Italy.

The hopes of power, one day, still writing of the motorcycle raid of the north-south that had sunk deep into the depths, and years were growing fainter. The Milano-Taranto could not return, only veiled by the most intimate memories: and nothing more. Each year, the anniversary of the race served only to bring to mind the deeds of the great champions: we kept those Aldrighetti, Pagans and those of many other powerful and fast machines of the Grand Prix in the night , departed like rockets from Viale Flancheggiante Idroscalo. There were nights of intense anxiety in the sport, high excitement when the centaurs, prone on their steel horses, threw themselves at high speeds and were followed with eyes for the first few kilometers because of the powerful beams of light surrounded by reflectors. It looked like a stage set of a great opera, edited by a big shot director. And so it continued for many years. Then the silence: the Milan-Taranto had been set aside.

The growing and uneasing increase in traffic, the streets are no longer sufficient to contain the normal traffic and sports competition at the same time which led the authorities to no longer grant permission to make this motorcycle racing event happen. It was a hard blow for everyone, for those who believed in motorcycling and in its progress, for those who loved the exciting contests of the runners who were the greatest champions of the world. So many years have passed and the Milano-Taranto remained in the archives of the things dear. But suddenly, just as if a magic wand had worked a miracle here is a new and topical Milano-Taranto. At the first signs, the first communications it did not seem true that the motorcycle ride of the country could roll out the carpet. Many were a bit 'skeptical, almost in disbelief. The common voice was: Is it possible?. But it should be possible because the code comes into play when the Lambretta Club of Italy has it realised and all set in concrete. Gigi Villoresi, President of national and international Lambretta Clubs, had this to say: The glorious Milano-Taranto is reborn today with the Lambretta Club of Italy, not as a sprint, but as competition and regularity of traffic regulations.

Thus, the Milano-Taranto is reborn and Gigi Villoresi's words remain in the history of this event. The Lambretta Club of Italy has always presented sports appeal and important meetings, in its list of meetings it is sufficient for us to remember the fantastic Trieste-Istanbul Rally to emphasise it's undoubted ability. That's why we immediately believed in the realisation of the Milano-Taranto and our confidence was confirmed by an impeccable organization, once again, it's made clear, the emphasis on the power of the Lambretta movement. Talking about impeccable organization it is not down in praise of the rhetoric, but the truth below the lines. Everything is continued in the four days of competition, the best way. Everything worked fine, timekeepers, running on the thread of uncommon precision. There is, therefore, allowed to donate due credit to Dr. Candelo, general secretary of the Club, Fappani, Lombardi, in Gallotta, D'Alessandro and capable staff for their hard work which has for some time been under tension in their industry. They worked in silence and quietly have created an unforgettable work of sports.

Milan - Taranto Lambrettistico.

Dear Italian and foreign friends, the Milan-taranto is gloriously reborn today with the Lambretta club of Italy, no longer as great speed trial but rather as a manifestation of regularlity and driver education. It is for you and for me an honor and a great responsibility to commit ourselves to an effort that will test not only the machines but men over a distance of more than 1,300km. This will be your effort, I am sure, a proof of the vitality and energy that members of the Lambretta clubs in Italy have already demonstrated in other memorable events.
Taking up the tradition of the famous Milan - Taranto I am sure that you all renew the cavalcade of participants no longer seen as a manifestation of bravery and courage, but as evidence of hard discipline, safe driving and complete mastery of your trust in Lambretta', and this, along a path all the more difficult to compete with machines and men which together I am sure will be another complete success of the Lambretta clubs in Italy and international Lambretta clubs.
The President (gigi villoresi)

Rules and Regulations.

1 – Organisation.

The Lambretta Club of Italy is organising for the 1st - 4th May 1963 a regularity race called the Milan - Taranto reserved for Lambrettisti. They race and compete for the dispute of the Lambretta Trophy in 1963. The organisation has headquarters in Milan, via Pitteri 81, tel 23.93 / int. 600.

2 - Route.

The race takes place in all weather conditions on the following track, detected from the map of the Italian Touring Club, open to normal traffic and accesible in any weather with all Lambretta motorscooters allowed.
1st stage - Wednesday, May 1st, 1963
Milan - Metanapoli (start) - Codogno (C.T) - Piacenza (C.T) - Cremona (C.T). Mantova (C.T). Ostiglia - poggio rusco (refreshments) - Ferrara (C.T) - Lugo - Faenza (C.T) - Forli - Cesena (finish), A total of km. 368.400.
2nd stage - Thursday, May 2nd, 1963
Cesena (start) - Bagno di Romagna - Città di Castello (C.T) - Perugia (C.T) (refreshments) - Assisi (C.T) - Termi (C.T) - Rieti (C.T) - Avezzano (finish), A total of km. 401.900.
3rd stage - Friday, May 3rd, 1963
Avezzano (start) - Frosinone (C.T) - Cassino (refreshments) - Iserni - Campobasso (C.T) - Lucera - Foggia (finish), A total of km. 366.700.

Stage 4 - Saturday, May 4th, 1963
Foggia (start) - Ortanova (C.T) - Andria (C.T) - Barletta (C.T) - Bari (C.T) - (refreshments) - Gioia del colle - Taranto (finish), A total of km. 243.700.

The race has a complete distance of 1,380.7 kilometers, as the four stage tables display - one table for each stage that show the individual distances to all towns along the route.
The planned routes are the responsibility of the organising committee with directional arrows along the route. Copies of the signs used will be situated in the place where will take place the preparations of each stage.
The signed routes not shown on the T.C.I. Map will be made without a visual continuation.
The organizing committee does not assume any responsibility for any reports made on the route marked on the map.
The route can also be changed during the race upon the decision of the organising committee which may apply in extreme cases. Any participant is possibly prejudiced or favored in this instance.
This event takes place on roads open to normal traffic and the participants must at all times strictly adhere to the norms of the highway code, including any special orders of city police, and all the destinations speed limits in residential areas.

3 - Participants.

All participants must comply with the requirements of the Italian Highway Code, equipped with valid regular license for the current year and for the overseas participants invited by the organizing committee to participate in the race go ahead released by the competent authorities. all admitted participants must be enrolled in one of the Lambretta clubs. It is compulsory to wear a protective helmet during the whole race.

4 – Machines.

Participants of the race are permitted to tender all Lambretta motorscooters of 175cc to the following maximum speed, such as shown on the tables: a) 42km/ h - b) 45km/ h - c) 50km/ h for each stage. The race director has established, in relation to the length and difficulty of the stage routes and weather conditions that provide it safe, it will determine whether or not the adoption of an average speed in emergency.

All machines must meet the requirements prescribed by the R.M.S. of the Federazione Motociclistica. In particular, they must have:
license plate in regular position provided art. 336 of the C.d.S. Regulation (Excluding plates under test);
Its registration certificate or the certificate of approval;
Lighting and signaling device powered by a electrically operated generator;
original factory muffler;
Starting procedure of the motor for the machine from a standstill, forming a permanent part of the structure of the motor.
If during the course of the event they fail the safety and efficiency of the vehicle, it is on the faculty of the stewards to prevent the continuation of the race. No passengers are allowed on the motorscooter.

5 - Supplies.

Before the start of each leg of the race, the organising committee will distribute to each competitor, coupons for free refueling mixture at any Agip distributor located along the race course.

6 - Stay and provisioning. The stay and provisioning of participants of the race, from the evening of Tuesday, April 30th to the morning of Sunday, May 5th, will be provided directly by the organising committee.
For the midday meal of the day 1st to 4th May, the organizing committee will provide staging in locations covered by the route tables, the places where a food basket will be distributed to each participant.

7 - Awards and facilities.

The competition awards for the race and stages and facilities granted to the participants are listed in the Annex to this Regulation.

8 - Subscriptions.

The individual registration fee is Lire 500 and the registration fee for the representative teams (Lambretta club teams) is Lire 1,000.
The entry fees must be paid when submitting the application.
Closure of enrollment at 12pm Friday, April 26th, 1963 at the Secretary General of the Lambretta club d'Italia, via Pitteri 81, milano. The organizing committee reserves the right to limit enrollment and this case will consider inscriptions in order and presented in chronological order.
The names of the components of the individual teams (three items) They must be reported within a period of closing of entries in the competition, even in the case of limiting the number of entries.

9 - Verification operations. The machine verification and control of the participants, is taking place on the day of Tuesday, April 30th, 1963 from 17pm, in via Pitteri 81, Milan.

10 - Marking. The machines are marked by means of seals or paint, on the following parts: frame, front fork and rear suspension, engine (cylinder head, cylinder to the crankcase), wheels, carburettor.
It is admitted the marking of a complete spare wheel with tyre, fitted permanently on the machine.
The marked parts can not be altered or subsituted, penalty by disqualification.
The participants must be personally present at the verification of their machine.
The Lambretta must be presented in perfect running order, cleaned of prior identification markings and ready for the race number to be fitted. The said race number will be afixed on the front face of the legshield and on both rear sides of the machine, so that the position of the participant does not cover the numbers.
The machine checks will be repeated at every stage, before departure.

11 – Starting order.

Extraction starting order, at 15.00 hours on the day of Tuesday, April 30th, 1963 in Via Pitteri 81 Milan.
The starting order will be valid for all the stages of the race.
Departure meeting for the first leg, on the day Wednesday May 1st at 7.30 hours in the locality of Metanapoli (Milan).
Starting point for the subsequent stages is the same locality where it happened the arrival of the previous stage, half an hour before the start of the departure.
The start will be given with the engine of machines switched off, in isolation and with an interval of 30 "(thirty seconds) between participants.
The participant has to start in the normal condition and the drive position. In the minute after the starting signal, the participant must start the motorscooter with the ignition switch and starting with the machines own engine power.

If in that period the departure did not occur with the ignition switch and permissible thrust. In that case, he is penalised one point.

12 - Table of stages and control.

At the start of each stage it will be delivered to the participant, the table of stages and control, by a C.S delegate and race director. In it indicates the name of the participant, the race number, time of departure, the route, the location of entry and exit paths not marked on the TCI map, the partial and total distances of the aforementioned locations, the location of the progressive check points with their space for stamps, the actual use of time between the start and the finish (there will be no obvious-time checks along the way)
The data marked on the road map and the time card, and the text of this Regulation are to all intents and purposes, is the identification of the path and on the schedule, so they should be accepted with the race registration, Against them will be not raised any complaint.
Each participant is required to be reviewed on the time card for the entire duration of the stage.
That time card must be presented personally by the participant at check points for affixing a stamp and to the sports commissioner at the arrival at the end of the stage.
The participant must strictly adhere to the path indicated by the Roadmap, go to the places marked in it. Any failure to pass any of those locations indicated or failure to affix a stamp, will result in exclusion from the rankings. Any deviation outside of the marked route determined by the race officials, will result in exclusion from the rankings.
The exclusion from the ranking is also established for the participant, with the intention of deceiving the organisation, by altering or falsifying the time card.
The participant who inadvertently lose thheir time card, must request a new one at the immediate following control point, and will be classified that it is now possible to reconstruct the time card by the C.S.d.
Any participant who incurs such a situation will be penalized with three points.

13 - Controls - Time - Penalties.

Along the route of the race there will be no obvious time controls, but only secret time controls and check points.
The check points for issuing stamps will only be in the locations marked on the roadmap.
All check points will be marked with a green flag placed to the right on the path in the sense of the direction of travel, a hundred meters from the check point. At check points, the participant must stop, handing the documents to the audit table for affixing a stamp, and then start again.
The participant is solely responsible for his conduct of the race and the presentation of the time card to the relevant check points.
The secret time control established along the route of each stage, will detect the passing time of each participant.
The place of the secret time-checks is determined by C.S.d. the F.M.I. in union with the referee.
The results of the secret time control will be carried out by one official timekeeper assisted by one or two persons in charge of C.S.d.
The time both by secret time control and that at arrival will be recorded by a whole minute.

For each full minute after the scheduled delay expected by the average time and the secret control time at arrival you will be assigned a hundredth of a point penalty.
For every full minute in advance expected by the average time and the secret control time at arrival will be assigned on arrival two-hundredths of a point penalty.
Furthermore, in order to control which residential areas are not passed at excessive speed, they may be willing along the passing of one of these two additional secret control centers, calculating the time necessary to make the journey between the two controls at the speed permitted by local regulations. Participants who use a lower time will be penalised with three-hundredth of a point.

14 - Arrival.

For each stage, the arrival is located on the road map and is signed by a yellow flag and a ground strip one hundred meters before the finish line. In the last one hundred meters the participant can not stop, put feet on the ground or reverse the direction of travel. Offenders will be penalised by three-hundredth of a point.

Just after arrival, where the machines will be delivered to the car park set up for each stage and will remain there until one hour before departure for the next stage, at the disposal of C.S.c. Specific organisation's staff will arrange for their custody.

15 - Maximum time.

The maximum time of arrival for each stage, expires one hour after the perfect time outlined on the route table.

16 - Standings.

The individual classification is made by adding the penalties given during the course of the stage. The ranking for each team is done by adding the penalties given by the members of each team, in the individual classification in case of withdrawal of a member of a team, all the same two penalty points will be awarded. If two participants are withdrawn then the team will not be classified, but the third participant is regularly ranked in the individual ranking. The ranking is extended to teams with previously undamaged and in ranking penalties.The general classifications of individual competition and teams are made by adding the penalties set out in the various milestone stage tables.

17 - Complaints.

Any complaint must be accompanied by the sum of L. 2,000 (two thousand lira) and is presented in the hands of the referee or the C.S.d., by just having the right to claim under the rules of R.M.S.

18 - Knowledge and acceptance of the regulations.

The competition, governed by these regulations, the rules of R.M.S. the F.M.I., as well as the International Sporting Code. All participants and competitors, by the very fact will be recognised, implicitly they declare to be aware of R.M.S. the F.M.I. of these particular regulations and any supplementary rules enacted from F.M.I., also they undertake to comply with any arrangements of the C.S.d. and of the F.M.i. In case of dispute on the interpretation of regulations, that is the final judgment of C.T.S.N. the F.M.I.

19 - Disclaimers.

The competitors and participants with the very fact of their membership and participation in the race, raise the organising society, the C.S.d., the F.M.I. The entity owner of the roads travelled and all without exception the commissioners to the event, from any and all liability for any incident or damage that they were derived, or caused to third parties or of third parties, the effect of the event or of their participation in it. State as of now to waive any appeal to authorities, not considered in sports regulations.

20 - Sports doctor.

At the race there is a sports doctor, who may propose to C.S.d. the exclusion of participants who were judged by him in physical conditions that can not take part in the event without endangering themselves or third parties.

21 - Insurance.

All participants in the race and the Italian conductors and foreign conductors invited by the organising committee are intended to have insurance cover according to relevant regulations of F.M.I. and the rules relating to sports activities in 1963 p. 65. Insurance R.C. Committees. Milan,

The 23rd march 1963

competition secretary (D. Fappani) The race director (G. d'Alessandro) The President of the Lambretta Club of Italy (Gigi Villoresi)

Annex A.

Awards of stage.

1 - Ranking individual.
First place: Gold medal and lt. 50 Agip-Mas mixture.
The second prize: Medal vermille gr. and 30 liters Agip-Mas mixture.
Third prize: Medal vermille pc. and lt. 30 Agip-Mas mixture.
Fourth place: Silver medal gr. and lt. 20 Agip-Mas mixture.
In fifth place: Silver medal gr. and lt. 20 Agip-Mas mixture.
From sixth to tenth place: Bronze medal gr. and lt. 10 Agip-Mas mixture.
2 - Ranking for teams.
The first place team: Silver Cup.
The second place team: plaque.
The third place team: Silver Medallion.

Awards of race.

1 - Ranking individual.
First prize: Trophy Lambretta and lt. 100 Agip-Mas mixture.
The second prize: Silver Cup gr. and Lt.80 Agip-Mas mixture.
Third place: pc Silver Cup. and lt. 70 Agip-Mas mixture.
Fourth place: Silver Cup gr. and lt. 60 Agip-Mas mixture.
In fifth place: Silver Cup gr. and lt. 50 Agip-Mas mixture.
2 - Ranking for Teams.
The first place team: Trophy Lambretta
The second place team: Silver Cup.
The third place team: Silver Cup.
Other prizes will be added and a full list of awards will be aviliable before departure.

Facilities.
All participants in the race, the Lambretta Club of Italy will offer:

The Living room (room and board) from the evening of Tuesday, April 30 in the morning of Sunday, May 5, 1963.
The fuel mixture required for transfer to Lambretta from the locality of residence in Milan and Taranto to the residence, at the rate of one liter per travel 20km:
A medal.

Stages.

1st Stage – 1st May 1963.

Milano – Piacenza – Cremona – Mantova – Ferrara – Faenza – Cesena.

km. 368,400.

Alt.	Partial stage.	Stage progress.	Race progress.	Location.
121	-	-	-	Milano – Metanopoli (Departure)
98	3,5	3,5	3,5	S.Giuliano Milanese
				Carpiano (d)
88	5,-	8,5	8,5	Melegnano
				Mulazzano (d)
				Lodi vecchio (d)
				Lodi vecchio (d)
				Cervignano d'Adda (s)
80	15,1	23,6	23,6	Lodi
				Crema (s)
				Lodi vecchio (d)
				S. Angelo Lod. (d)
				Crema (s)
				Livraga (d)
				Caviaga (s)
				Caviaga (s)
68	11,5	35,1	35,1	Secugnago
				Melegnanello (s)
				Ospedaletto Lod. (d)
				Vittadone (s)
				Castiglione d'Adda (s)
60	8,7	43,8	43,8	Casalpusterlengo
				Ospedaletto Lod. (d)
				Piacenza (d)
				Castiglione d'Adda (s)
				Maleo – Cremona (s)
60	4,5	48,3	48,3	Codogno (C.T.)
				S. Stefano lod. (s)
				Casalpusterlengo
56	3,-	51,3	51,3	Fombio
				S. Stefano lod. (s)
47	7,-	58,3	58,3	San Rocco al Porto
61	4,=	62,3	62,3	Piacenza (C.T.)
				Stradella (d)
				Fidenza (d)
				Mortizza (s)
				Cortemaggiore (d)
46	15,5	77,8	77,8	Caorso
				Zerbio (s)
				S. Pietro in C. (d)
				Castelnuovo Rocca d'A. (s)
40	7,5	85,3	85,3	Monticelli D'ongina
				Olza (s)
				S. Pietro in Corte (d)
				Castelvetro Piac. (d)
41	9,8	95,1	95,1	Cremona
				Pizzighettone (s)
				Casalbuttano (s)
				Sospiro (d)
				Vescovate (s)
				Pescarolo (s)
				Gazzo (d)
				Isola Dovaresse (s)
				S. Lorenzo de' Pic. (d)
				Canneto s/Oglio (s)
33	30,-	125,1	125,1	Piadena
				S. Giovanni in Croce (d)
30	10,5	135,6	135,6	Bozzolo
				Rivarolo Mantovano (d)
24	2,-	137,6	137,6	S. Martino Dall'Argine
				Acquanegra (s)
24	3,-	140,6	140,6	Marcaria
26	10,5	151,1	151,1	Castellucchio
				Rivalta S. Min (s)
				S. Silvestro (d)
				Guastalla (s)
20	12,-	163,1	163,1	Mantova (c.T.)
				Castel d'Ario (s)
				Frassino (s)
				Formigosa (d)
				Roncoferraro (s)
				governolo (d)
				Nogara (s)
13	32,5	195,6	195,6	Ostiglia
				Corneggioli (s)
15	1,5	197,1	197,1	Revere
				Sermide (s)
				Pieve di Coriano (d)
				Magnacavallo (s)
13	7,-	204,1	204,1	Villa Poma
16	3,-	207,1	207,1	Poggio Russo (Rifornimento Viveri)
				S. Giacomo d. Segnate (d)
				Mirandola (d)
				Sermide (s)
				Quadr. Portovecchio (d) Sermide (s)
13	29,4	236,5	236,5	Bondeno
				Finale Emilia (d)
				Vigarano Mainarda (d)
				Casaglia (s)
				Pontelagoscuro (s)
9	19,6	256,1	256,1	Ferrara (C.T.)
				Bologna (d)
				Portomaggiore (s)
				S. Bartolomeo in Bosco (d)
				Molinella (d)
				Portomaggiore (s)
				Portomaggiore (s)
				Molinella (d)
4	34,-	290,1	290,1	Argenta
				Bando (s)
				Menata (s)
				Ravenna (s)
				Conselice 9d)
				Belricetto (s)
				S. Agata s. Santerno (d)
				Massa Lombarda (d)
				Maiano Monti (s)
13	27,5	317,6	317,6	Lugo
				Villa S. Martino (d)
				Molinello Piani (d)
				Solarolo (d)
				Castel Bolognese (d)
				Bagnacavallo (s)
				Russi (s)
50	17,-	334,6	334,6	Faenza (C.T.)
				S. Lucia d. Spian. (d)
				Birandola (s)
				Corleto (s)
				Villafranca di Forli (s)
				Villagrappa (d)
				Castrocaro 9d)
34	14,5	349,1	349,1	Forli'
				ravenna (s)
				Predappio (d)
				Meldola (d)
30	8,-	357,1	357,1	Forlimpopoli
				Meldola (d)
				Bertinoro (d)
				S. Maria Nova (s)
				Ravenna (s)
				Mercato Saraceno (d)
35	11,3	368,4	368,4	Cesena (arrivo)

Check Point.

60	-	48,3	48,3	Codogno
61	14,-	62,3	62,3	Piacenza
41	32,8	95,1	95,1	Cremona
20	68,-	163,1	163,1	Mantova
9	93,-	256,1	256,1	Ferrara
50	78,5	334,6	334,6	Faenza

Lunch Break.

207,1

Poggio Rusco

Route and Time.

Km 368,400 in	h. 8.46'17”	Average speed of 42 km/h
	h. 8.11'12”	Average speed of 45 km/h
	h. 7.22'04”	Average speed of 50 km/h

2nd Stage – 2nd May 1963.

Cesena – Sansepolcro – Citta Di Castello – Perugia – Assisi – Terni – Rieti – Avezzano

km 401,900

Alt.	Partial stage.	Stage progress.	Race progress.	Location.
35	-	-	368,4	Cesena (Departure)
				Bertinoro (d)
				Linaro (d)
135	26,3	26,3	394,7	Mercato Saraceno
				Novafeltria (s)
				S. Agata Feltria (s)
243	7,5	33,8	402,2	Sarsina
				S. sofia (d)
				Alfero (S)
491	23,2	57,-	425,4	Bagno Di Romagna
				Bibbiena (d)
812	9,2	66,2	434,6	Verghereto
853	3,7	69,9	438,3	Valico Di Montecoronaro
				Chiusi d. Verna (d)
431	18,3	88,2	456,6	Pieve S. Stefano
				Badia Tedalda (s)
				Castelnuovo (s)
				Anghiari (d)
330	15,8	104,-	472,4	Sansepolcro
				Urbino (s)
336	4,6	108,6	477,-	S. Giustino
288	11,4	120,-	488,4	Citta' Di Castello
				Monterchi (d)
				Montone (S)
				Cortona (d)
				Lisciano Niccone (d)
247	21,-	141,-	509,4	Umbertide
				Badia (d)
				Gubbio (s)
				Gubbio (s)
				Ponte S. giovanni (s)
493	34,-	175,-	543,4	Perugia (C.T.) (Posto Ristoro)
				Deruta (d)
189	7,3	182,3	550,7	Ponte San Giovanni
				Umbertide (s)
				Petrignano (s)
				Bastia (d)
255	18,5	200,8	569,2	Assisi (C.T.)
				Perugia (d)
214	13,-	213,8	582,2	Spello
				Bevagna (d)
				Fabriano (s)
234	4,4	218,2	586,6	Foligno
				Trevi (s)
				S. Nicolo (d)
435	27,7	245,9	614,3	Spoleto
				Monteluco (s)
646	10,3	256,2	624,6	Valico Di Somma
				Montefranco (s)
				Rocca S. Zenone (d)
				Arrone (s)
130	17,7	273,9	642,3	Terni (C.T.)
				Sangemini (d)
				Narni (d)
				Marmore
				Pie Di Moggio (d)
				Colli Di Labro (d)
				Arrone (s)
				Labro (s)
				Colli Di Labro (d)
				Morro Reatino (s)
				Poggio Bustone (s)
				Cantalice (s)
				Terria (d)
402	38,-	311,9	680,3	Rieti (C.T.)
579	15,7	327,6	696,-	Concerviano
				Fiamignano (s)
735	46,6	374,2	742,6	Borgorose
728	19,-	393,2	761,6	Magliano De' Marsi
				Scurcola Marsicana (d)
695	8,7	401,9	770,3	Avezzano (Arrival)

Check Point.

35	-	-	368,4	Cesena (Departure)
288	120,-	120,-	488,4	Citta di Castello
493	55,-	175,-	543,4	Perugia
255	25,8	200,8	569,2	Assisi
130	73,1	273,9	642,3	Terni
402	38,-	311,9	680,3	Rieti
695	90,-	401,9	770,3	Avezzano (Arrival)

Lunch Break.

493

175,-

543,4

Perugia

Route and Time.

Km 401,900 in	h. 9,34'8”	Average speed of 42 km/h
	h. 8.55'52”	Average speed of 45 km/h
	h. 7.2'16”	Average speed of 50 km/h

3rd Stage – 3rd May 1963.

Avezzano – Frosinone – Cassino – Isernia – Campobasso – Foggia.

km 366,700

Alt.	Partial stage.	Stage progress.	Race progress.	Location.
695	-	-	770,3	Avezzano (Departure)
				Pietro (d)
739	13,5	13,5	783,8	Capistrello
640	4,-	17,5	787,8	Canistro
				Civita d'Antino (s)
				Morino (s)
440	14,5	36,-	806,3	S. Vincenzo Valle Roveto
				Roccavivi
344	5,2	41,2	811,5	Balsorano Nuovo
				Pescosolido (s)
				Campoli Appenn (s)
281	13,7	54,9	825,2	Sora
				Alvito (s)
				Mad. d. Angeli (d)
				Carnello (s)
				Carnello (s)
				Arpino (s)
217	6,6	61,5	831,8	Isola Del Liri
				Arce (s)
				S. Giovanni Camp. (s)
				Colleberardi (d)
				Boville Ernica (s)
				Strangolagalli (s)
				Veroli (d)
				Ripi (S)
				Verolia (d)
291	23,5	85,-	855,3	Frosinone
				Ceccano (d)
				Ceccano (d)
				Quadr. Arnara (d) Torrice (s)
				Ripi (s)
				Pofi (d)
100	22,5	107,5	877,8	Ceprano
				Isoletta (d)
				Colle Alto (d)
				Isola Del Liri (s)
250	6,5	114,-	884,3	Arce
				Roccasecca (s)
				Castrocielo (s)
				Pontecorvo (d)
				Aquino (d)
				Piedimonte s. Germ (s)
				Villa S. Lucia (s)
41	27,-	141,-	911,3	Cassino (Posto ristoro)
				Cervaro (s)
				Quadr. S. Ambrogio (d) S. Vittore (s)
				S. Pietro Infine
218	27,5	168,5	938,8	Venafro
				Vairano (d)
				Conca Casala (s)
				Pozilli (s)
				Montaquila (s)
				Capriati Al Volturno (d)
				Monteroduni (d)
				Macchia d'Isernia (s)
				S. Agapito (d)
				Longaano (d)
				Fornelli (S)
444	24,2	192,7	963,-	Isernia
				Castel Di Sangro (s)
				Pesche (s)
				Carpinone (s)
				Pettoranello (d)
				Caselpetroso (s)
				Quadr, Cantalupo (d) Macchiagodena (s)
				S. Massimo (d)
549	29,5	222,2	992,5	Boiano
				Colle d'Anchise (s)
				S/ Polomatese (d)
				Campochiaro (d)
				Guardiaregia (d)
				Sassinoro (d)
628	13,5	235,7	1006,-	Vinchiaturo
				Gildone (d)
				S. Giuliano del S. (d)
				Baranello (s)
				Busso (s)



720	16,-	251,7	1022,-	Campobasso (C.T.)
				termoli (s)
				Giovanni In Galdo (s)
				Mirabello (d)
				Vinchiatturo (d)
608	14,8	266,5	1036,8	Gildone
581	8,2	274,7	1045,-	Ielsi
				Riccia (d)
				Pietracatella (d)
474	20,2	294,9	1065,2	Gambatesa
				Tufaraa (d)
204	6,7	301,6	1071,9	Ponte Tredici Archi
				Calenza Valfortore (s)
				S. Marco La Catola (s)
				S. Bartolomeo In Glado (d)
526	14,-	315,6	1085,9	Volurara Appula
				Volturino (d)
				Calenza Valfortore (s)
662	10,5	326,1	1096,4	Motta Montecorvino
				Volturino (d)
				Pietra Montecorvino (s)
				Biccari (d)
185	22,2	348,3	1118,6	Lucera
				Troia (d)
				S. Severo (s)
76	18,4	366,7	1137,-	Foggia (Arrival)

Check Point.

695	-	-	770,3	Avezzano (Departure)
291	85,-	85,-	855,3	Frosinone
720	166,7	251,7	1022,-	Campobasso
76	115,-	366,7	1137,-	Foggia (Arrival)

Lunch Break.

141,-

911,3

Cassino

Route and Time.

Km 366,700 in	h. 8.43'512	Average speed of 42 km/h
	h. 8.8'56”	Average speed of 45 km/h
	h. 7.20'12”	Average speed of 50 km/h

4th Stage – 4th May 1963.

Foggia – Ortanova – Andria – Barletta – Bari – Taranto.

km 231,700

Alt.	Partial stage.	Stage progress.	Race progress.	Location.
76	-	-	1137,-	Foggia (Departure)
				Sanuario Incoronata (d)
				Cerignola
62	16,6	16,6	1153,6	Carapelle
69	5,7	22,3	1159,3	Ortanova (C.T.)
				Ordona (d)
				Stornarella (d)
				Stornara (d)
				Foggia (s)
122	17,9	40,2	1177,2	Cerignola
				Ferdinando Di Puglia (s)
				Ferdinando di Puglia (s)
				Melfi 9d)
140	15,6	55,8	1192,8	Canosa Di Puglia
				Minervino Murge (d)
				Castel Del Monte (d)
				Corato (d)
				Trani (d)
156	2,-	77,8	1214,8	Andria (C.T.)
				Foggia (s)
15	11,3	89,1	1226,1	Barletta (C.T.)
				Andria (d)
7	13,-	102,1	1239,1	Trani
				Corato (d)
22	7,8	109,9	1246,9	Bisceglie
				Terlizzi (d)
28	9,3	119,2	1256,2	Molfetta
7	6,6	125,8	1262,8	Giovinazzo
				Bitonto (d)
				Modugno (d)
5	18,-	143,8	1280,8	Bari (C.T.) (Posto Ristoro)
				Triggiano (s)
74	10,3	154,1	1291,1	Capurso
				Valenzano (d)
				Quadr. Adelfia (d) Rutigliano (s)
223	10,5	164,6	1301,6	Casamassima
281	8,-	172,6	1309,6	Sammichele di Bari
				Quadr. Acquaviva d. Fonti (d) Putignano (s)
358	10,5	183,1	1320,1	Gioia Del Colle
				Castellaneta (d)
				Quadr. Mottola (d) Noci (d)
				Matera (d)
72	30,8	213,9	1350,9	Massafra
15	17,8	231,7	1368,7	Taranto (Arrival)

Check Point.

76	-	-	1137,-	Foggia (Departure)
69	22,3	22,3	1159,3	Ortanova
156	55,5	77,8	1214,8	Andria
15	11,3	89,1	1226,1	Barletta
5	54,7	143,8	1280,8	Bari
15	99,0	243,7	1368,7	Taranto (Arrival)

Lunch Break.

143,8

1280,8

Bari

Route and Time.

Km 343,700 in	h. 5.48'8”	Average speed of 42 km/h
	h. 5.24'56”	Average speed of 45 km/h
	h. 4.52'26”	Average speed of 50 km/h

1st Lambrettistico 1963.

The Lambretta 175 TV have taken the field with honor when one considers, in a purely technical assessment, that maintaining an average of 42 km / h in the second and third stage was not a matter of routine. Recalling mixed traits - as they say in the motorcycle jargon - Cesena-Avezzano and Avezzano-Foggia, where the streets are winding and reverse, with ascents and descents in some places reached sixteen per cent gradient, it is natural to claim that the 175cc Lambretta has successfully passed another tough test: convincing evidence in every respect because the smallest organ of these wonderful scooters responded flawlessly, without betraying the slightest inconvenience.

Among the many events organized by the Lambretta Club of Italy, from the day of its foundation, the Milano-Taranto is undoubtedly considered as the most challenging competition, more severe, but men and machines have passed with flying colors. It is just the case to say anything is possible with the Lambretta.

The entire 1368 km path has been divided into four fractions. Two flat stages: the Milan-Cesena and Foggia-Taranto, and two stages of commitment: Cesena-Avezzano and Avezzano-Foggia. All order and continued with the complex logistical and organisational services which have traveled along the edge of facilitating accuracy, for the complete running of the event. All good for the hundred Lambretta riders who completed the exciting motorcycle ride: all worthy of mention in the classic order of the day.

One hundred excited people wrapped in their colorful clothing marking the national or international club of their belonging, have loyally fought for four days, knowing they can rely on the proper functioning of their faithful Lambretta.

A lively fight for the win. Italian, Spanish, English and Swiss have made reference to all their skills to achieve a victory which is of special moral significance: the first victory in the Milan-Taranto regularity. Since the first step in the battle for the ultimate success has been narrowed between the Italian riders and Spanish rider Juan Gonzalez who won the Milan-Cesena stage and has shown his aim at the goal of the Taranto stage. Attack ahead for the Italians, Cesena-Avezzano with it's winding roads, Abruzzo, Paglianti, Federzoni have imposed their determination. Federzoni takes the stage victory and Paglianti first place in the ranking. It seemed that now it's play for the Italians, but Juan Gonzalez is taking a clear vindication of the Avezzano-Foggia stage and while leaving out Pierra partial success of the stage, returning to the top of the list. At Foggia we had the pleasant surprise of seeing the only women in the race, made by the team of Bosoni-Sportelli-Lombardi, put firmly in command of the team classification.

The short stage that was to bring the hundred competitors from Foggia to Taranto reiterated the superiority of the Iberian Lambretta rider Juan Gonzalez, with due credit, reached the final victory while his compatriot Ribas successfully completed the fourth and final stage.

The female Lombard trio were passed by the team of Bologna (Bartolinin-Guidi-Di Piazza), but the second place overall for Bosoni-Sportelli-Lombardi is a statement that should be placed on the pedestal of honour. With the love for Lambretta we can also get to know their brightest achievements.

It went welll, the archives of the first Milan-Taranto Lambrettisitico of the Lambretta Club of Italy skip to the files with the signs of the great work that was accomplished. Remains it's fond memory: permanent, loving and passionate. It remains, finally, the certainty that the great Milano-Taranto motorcyclist race in it's lifetime will continue for the will of the Lambretta Club of Italy as is a certainty that is equivalent in happiness.

Results:

Position	Race No	Name	Team	Penalties
1	74	Gonzales Girbau Juan	Spagna	1,73
2	88	Capone Oronzo	Innocenti Mi	2,92
3	78	Paglianti Giampiero	Cecina	3,27
4	150	Cereda Franco	Innocenti Mi	3,54
5	136	Guidi Guglielmo	Bologna	3,96
6	148	Sportelli Lina	CO.RE. Milano	4,20
7	66	Mariani Alessandro	Foligno	4,53
8	128	Federzoni Sergio	Modena (A)	4,75
9	68	Cassano Italo	Bari	4,91
10	126	Patriarca Gino	Roma (A)	5,03
11	76	Fadanello Angelo	Castellammare	5,50
12	102	Hutter Edgardo	Castellammare	5,56
13	64	Tabacco Gino	Pavia	5,57
14	156	Goldoni Vasco	Carpi	5,62
15	146	Mesturini Sergio	Torino	6,05
16	140	Bosoni Maria Luisa	CO.RE. Milano	6,18
17	130	Di Piazza Ignazio	Bologna	6,28
18	132	Ascani Aristodemo	Foligno	6,53
19	134	Binaghi Giancarlo	Erba	6,69
20	116	Basili Luciano	Roma (B)	6,79

Team Results:

Possition	Name and Team		Penalties
1	L.C. Bologna		17,33
	5	Guidi
	17	Di Piazza
	23	Bartollini
2	Femminile CO.RE. Milano		18,78
	6	Sportelli
	16	Bosoni
	29	Lombardi
3	L.C. Modena (Squadra A)		20,86
	8	Federzoni
	25	Galli
	27	Foroni
4	L.C. Innocenti Milano		21,90
	2	Capone
	4	Cereda
	61	Beccari

2nd Lambrettistico 1964.

The Milan - Taranto has a unique charm and a special place in the hearts of its riders: the generations of those before scooters remains in the nostalgia of the first North - South raids of the Milano - Napoli, and the speeds of the Milano - Taranto that was and remains the longest road race and the most difficult in the world.

It would be dangerous and absurd however much the feelings about the races drive us crazy to revive the old sprint. So does this mean that we are in the absence of the true Milano - Taranto, we are content with the substitute offered to us by the Lambretta Club of Italy?, after following the Milano - Taranto Lambrettistico I think I can say that this is not a surrogate and that this is a real Milano - Taranto with it's fascination with the magical charm of the other and the same extraordinary importance, both under different conditions of environment and time.

Just the same as many Italian road races of the previous decades, the routes changed for various reasons. It is hard to understand why Innocenti changed the route of the Milano - Taranto trials but as we can see the 2nd trial covers a greater distance of 1551 km through central Italy with a route that seems to follow the routes that the original Milano - Taranto races once frequented, yet for the 3rd trial, we see a northern exit of Milan and down the Tyrrhenian coastline of Versilia which saw an extra 200+ Km added to the total distance covered. This distance was by no means of an easy feat, and I am sure that Innocenti would have had proud bragging rights over the accomplishments achieved from these trials with the only such comparison of distance road trials having being set by Piaggio were the Giro Vespistica dei tre Mare or the Tour of the 3 seas which was born in 1953 and only covering a distance of 1000+ km and yet to think that those events were now over a decade ago at the time of the Milano - Taranto Lambrettistico.

During the '50's and '60's it seems to be specific marque only racing and both national clubs of Italy trying to out do one another, Lambretta from their early days already boasted well with records in major trials, Piaggio somewhat kept themselves away from such events and boasted their own triumphs of their own raids, rallies and trials... after all just to pick out a random date from the hat, we can look at sales for the 1st quarter of 1959 Vespa selling 40,000+ units out selling Lambretta's 21,000+ units. Vespa boasted already the biggest bragging rights and that was in sales and units produced.

Really in all honesty with all of the route changes in all of the history of the Italian road races, trials, and such like, Innocenti could have possibly wanted nothing other than to take their little 2 wheel scooter to the public, showing it's reliability, ingenuity, handling abilities, practicability, technology and appeal to people the world over. It would not be linked to any circuit, would be easy to service and supply and would cover a large part of Italy, virtually taking the Lambretta to the front doors of potential buyers. This was the equivalent of a advertising genius. It must also have been popular with the Government. It would present the modern face of Italy to the world as well as stimulating the popularity of scooters as transport and thereby benefitting the industry, providing jobs and increasing revenue from taxes.

The Italian people would also derive a marginal benefit from improvements to the roads used in the race - a lingering problem more so after the war years.

The 2nd Milano-Taranto of Lambretta to the Arezzo finish line.

The aspiring first stage won by Juan Girbau Ferrer before the Italians Paglianti and Trisi.

The Spanish teams in first and second place in the Trofeo Lambretta d'oro.

The opening stage of the Milan-Taranto, the stage of km.474 into two fractions (including the Milan-Modena night stage of km.203, and is resolved in a brilliant success of the Spanish pilot Juan Girbau Gonzales of Lambretta Club Barcelona "A" that has passed the youthful vigor that was already in evidence last year, gains victory of the first edition of the long regularity test, the harsh difficulties of the road and tested the acceleration and braking according to the rules of the Regulation.

The penalty given to the Spanish are insignificant if it takes account of the final fraction of the night stage on 30 April in Modena, on bad roads, just 0.52 points.
they have figured in his sight Italians Paglianti and Trisi while in fourth place overall in the standings and was another Spaniard, namely Forrer C.Jorg to whose shoulders are up, after praiseworthy evidence, Estiville Jardi, the heavy weight Bolognese De Piazzi, the Neapolitan Hutter and all the others that you will find in the general classification.
Spain scored another point in the team championship to win the Trofeo Lambretta d'oro, and were in fact the two teams of the Lambretta club Barcelona which came first. But we are at the first battle of the Milano-Taranto and there is glory for all (for all those who demonstrate merit) and just look at the ranking of teams and individuals to realise that the ultimate success of watching not only the Spaniards, (few but top of their game in raids like that) but also the Italian (more numerous and qualitatively are not inferior).
Please refer to the classification of the first stage of today's stage (after final amazing nocturnal leg of Modena, and its neutralisation) which also marked the triumph of the organisation of the Lambretta Club of Italy and International, chaired by Gigi Villoresi; organisation that has mostly been in Dr. guido Candelo and timekeepers Francesco Fantello, Dante Poma, Mario Uggeri, Franco Turra and Ugo Rossetti's authentic line for the rapidity, the zeal, the skills which have been able to prepare the charts: appreciation and, therefore, sent to the press to give ample accounts of fifty newspapers and magazines (national and foreign) on the conclusion of the first stage of the brilliant Milano-Taranto.

The winner of the first stage.

Juan Girbau Gonzales and the standard bearer of the team "A" of the Lambretta Club of Barcelona; already winner of the first Milano-Taranto Lambrettistica International, regularity, and today the winner of the first stage of the second Milano-Taranto, with only 0.52 penalty - Gonzarle Alto Bruno, 37 years; married, with three children - commissioner agent for Lambretta in Barcelona.

“Asterisks on the second Milano-Taranto”

Female participation according to the Milano-Taranto International regularity lambrettistica Reduced in quality, indeed .... all united but not in quality: the contestant No.2 and the well-known professor Maria Luisa Busoni, mathematics teacher in a Milanese institute, raid-woman of the long distance course that with the inseparable Lambretta resolutely flanked the big foreign twin-cylinder motorcycles of 500 and 600cc becoming celebrated in Berlin-Warsaw-Krakow-Palma de Mallorca! The races; (Audax, regularity or simple gatherings) of Maria Luisa bosons, there are now in tens.
In the first half-stage of the night, bosoni ,has unfortunately established a full tour of the ring road for her own fault, and a township at the glitzy illuminated arrival by day at Modena - we saw it launch lightning, even the innocent traffic police!In today's second half-stage, which led us to the medieval Arezzo, the saucy teacher, was more regularly in the average, and who knows knows!

The same consideration (quality versus quantity!) can be applied to foreign participation: strong Six Musketeers of the Lambretta clubs of barcelona, pattuglia who has his ... gold hands of the stopwatch, and competitor N'118: Juan Girbau Gonzales (the speedy Gonzales, first overall in the 1963 edition of the Milano-Taranto); if you take the distance, are certainly not neglect the elderly motor say two well equipped competitors Zurich Yaremias Anghileri N'180 and Emil Stochenegger N'196.

The Italians we have noticed, not without Team Leader of Rome, the steering wheel of the National Council of Lombardy Gino Tobacco, that dragged along "Via del tobacco", and until the Passo dell'Oppio (at abetone) The youngest colt of his team.

It deserves an asterisk, the first of the Italians last year, the brilliant Oronzo Capone, (N'94) that this year has brought with him the young fellow worker.

Long live the Lambretta Jazz Band: this lively five-piece orchestra cheers the departures and the arrivals of the stages with tunes and upbeat marches, perhaps too lively the original divided which is a bit '... port empedocle!
Lively is the clothing of the of the Genoa Lambretta team, dubbed "bad" and literally covered over the entire body with labels and colored badges.

Lambretta Club d'Italia
2nd Milano-Taranto 1964
Individual Classification of the first stage (Milano-Arezzo)

Classification	No	Name and Surname	City	Penalties
1	118	Juan Girbau Gonzales	Barcellona “A”	0,52
2	140	G.Piero Paglianti	Cecina	0,71
3	116	Marco Trisi	Bolzano “A”	0,74
4	212	Jorg Compte Ferrer	Barcellona “B”	0,78
5	68	Antonio Jardi Estivill	Barcellona “B”	0,85
6	218	Ignazio Di Piazza	Bologna	0,88
7	142	Mario Hutter	Castellamare “A”	0,99
8	24	Luciano Vignali	Genova	1,02
9	120	Luciano Bellu	Bolzano “B”	1,10
10	26	Giovanni Vimassa	Genova	1,16
11	168	Ennio Serra	Cagliari	1,28
12	182	Giorgio Sicbaldi	Cagliari	1,29
13	62	Eligio Baruffaldi	Bolzano “A”	1,31
14	92	Sristodemo Ascani	Terni	1,32
15	186	Francesco Durazzo	Cava Tirreni	1,35
16	70	Antonio Pepe	Napoli “A”	1,39
17	214	Mauro Losi	Carpi	1,43
18	172	Claudio Rossi	Innocenti Milano	1,43
19	132	Jose Pich Ribas	Barcellona	1,58/D
20	52	Franco Cereda	Innocenti Milano	1,58/D
21	58	Vasco Goldoni	Carpi	1,65
22	138	J. Ballestrero Guerrero	Barcellona “A”	1,67
23	54	Salvadore Ferragina	Catanzaro	1,68
24	222	Gugliermo Guidi	Bologna	1,72
25	36	Carlo Florian	Bolzano “B”	1,75
26	82	E.le Giovanni Mauro	Bari	1,82
27	128	Alfr Gienzendanner	Zurich	1,91
28	84	Gino Tabacco	Pavia	2,04
29	124	Luciano Basili	Roma	2,05
30	228	Luigi Guasco	Genova	2,15/D
31	102	Sergio Federsoni	Modena “A”	2,15/D
32	220	Cesarino Bartolini	Bologna	2,19
33	204	Rosario Romano	Napoli “B”	2,20
34	156	Pasquale Somma	Castellamare “A”	2,24
35	122	Feliciano Carini	Foligno	2,29
36	106	Raffaele Errico	Cagliari	2,30
37	178	Antonio Franchi	Mentana Roma	2,34
38	216	Gregorio Anton Anton	Barcellona “B”	2,42
39	192	Giuseppe Fabbri	Ferrara	2,45
40	170	Roberto Riva	Pavia	2,48
41	88	Mauro Piazzardi	Busto Arsizio	2,49/D
42	104	Lorenzo Zagato	Bolzano “B”	2,49/D
43	150	Alberto Bertini	Castellamare “B”	2,63
44	80	Gino Pratriarca	Roma	2,65
45	60	Agostino Pacione	Rieti	2,66
46	94	Oronso Capone	Innocenti Milano	2,81
47	56	Pietro Tagliente	Taranto	2,90
48	110	Nicola Peano	Torino	2,95
49	48	Antonio Tafuri	Castellamare	2,96
50	184	Ciro Laise	Napoli “A”	3,07
51	98	Francesco Prezioso	Cava Tirreni	3,13
52	50	Alfredo Mugione	Napoli “B”	3,52
53	28	Aldo Paggi	Perugia	3,53
54	174	Gianni Canesi	Cremona	3,54
55	112	Gino Galla	Modena “A”	3,58
56	66	Giovanni Milan	Berletta	3,60
57	76	Luigi Cariffa	Cremona	3.62
58	96	Giuseppe Naiorano	Barletta	3,64
59	208	Lucio Prandoni	BustoArsizio	3,66
60	86	Artonio Pisacane	Cava Tirreni	3,75
61	108	Agostino Angeletti	Rieti	3,78
62	12	Italo Cassani	Bari	3,79
63	146	Domenico Pugliese	Catanzaro	3,88
64	144	Giuseppe Saponaro	Taranto	4,05/D
65	180	Jaremias Anghieri	Zurich	4,05/D
66	160	Mario Porcu	Firenze	4,09
67	14	G. Di Gregorio	Rossina	4,11
68	144	Fausto Berretta	Modena “A”	4,27
69	202	Giuseppe Ingenito	Castellamare “B”	4,50
70	158	Dino Piccinini	Pordenone	4,75
71	230	Giorgio Tanini	La Maddalena	4,75
72	164	Massimo Bertalini	Foligno	6,13
73	232	Severino Cassone	La Maddalena	6,30
74	18	Italo Musolino	Firenze	6,31
75	176	Iro Bisio	Appenino Piemontese	6,39
76	46	Giovanni Untano	Taranto	6,43
77	78	Narzio Sgarbi	Carpi	6,63
78	20	Ricardo Hutter	Castellamare “A”	6,65
79	206	Antonio Rolla	Messina	6,91
80	2	Luisa Maria Bosoni	Innocenti Milano	7,14
81	148	Giancarlo De Dominicis	Roma	7,17
82	198	Fernando Pasqualotto	Bolzano “A”	7,83
83	152	Pasquale Milanese	Appenino Piemontese	8,75
84	100	Luigi Guida	Napoli “B”	9,46
85	34	Federico Graziani	La Maddalena	9,51
86	8	Felice D'Andrea	Messina	9,69
87	194	Muro Rossi	Roma	9,82
88	210	Alesandro Marinni	Foligno	9,95
89	10	Sergio Carducci	Napoli “A”	10,27
90	196	Emil Stochenegger	Zurich	10,46
91	154	Giogio Puccinelli	Cremona	10,53
92	74	Giorgio Chiesa	Torino	11,13
93	190	Giancarlo Cadossi	Carpi	11,52
94	34	Carrado Giordani	Ferrara	11,91
95	16	Bonito Orlando	Catanzaro	11,97
96	30	Antonio Lippolis	Mentana Roma	12,49
97	126	Aurelio Raciti	Genova	13,92
98	72	Giuseppe Avon	Pordenone	13,42/D
99	224	Giuseppe Pisani	Genova	13,42/D
100	136	Nicola Parente	Barletta	13,96
101	126	Renato Martinelli	Bari	14,89
102	64	Walter Corbi	Mentana Roma	16,25
103	22	Giuseppe Curti	Ferrara	17,39
104	58	Vincenzo Buttari	Torino	17,92
105	188	Giovanni Talmasson	Pordenone	19,26
106	32	Giuseppe Soldati	Pavia	25,40
107	44	Pietro Pederiali	Modena “B”	26,64
108	154	Vittorio Santonione	Modena “B”	26,83
109	42	F. Luigi Porazzi	Appenino Piemontese	33,50
110	40	Francesco Fusto	Genova	36,61
111	150	Bruno Appolloni	Rieti	40,93
	162	Salvadore Catena	Busto Arsizio	Retired.

Lambretta Club d'Italia
2nd Milano-Taranto 1964
Team Classification of the first stage (Milano-Arezzo)

1	Barcelona “A”	N.	II8	P	0,52	-	I32	P	I,58	-	I38	P	I,67
2	Barcelona “B”	N.	68	P	0,85	-	2I2	P	0,78	-	2I6	P	2,42
3	Bologna	N.	2I8	P	0,88	-	220	P	219	-	222	P	I,72
4	Cagliari	N.	I06	P	2,30	-	168	P	I,28	-	I82	P	I,29
5	Bolzano “B”	N.	36	P	I,75	-	I04	P	2,49	-	I20	P	I,10
6	Innocenti Milano	N.	52	P	I,58	-	94	P	2,8I	-	I72	P	I,45
7	Cava Dei Tirreni	N.	86	P	3,75	-	98	P	3,I3	-	I86	P	I,35
8	Rieti	N.	60	P	2,66	-	I08	P	3,78	-	I28	P	I,91
9	Bolzano “A”	N.	62	P	I,3I	-	II6	P	0,74	-	I98	P	7,83
10	Modena “A”	N.	I02	P	2,I5	-	II2	P	3,58	-	I44	P	4,27
11	Castellamare “A”	N.	20	P	6,85	-	I42	P	0,99	-	I56	P	2,24
12	Castellamare “B”	N.	48	P	2,96	-	I50	P	2,63	-	202	P	4,50
13	Ceccina	N.	I8	P	6,3I	-	I40	P	0,7I	-	I60	P	4,09
14	Taranto	N.	46	P	6,43	-	56	P	2,90	-	II4	P	4,95
15	Napoli “A”	N.	I0	P	I0,27	-	70	P	I,39	-	I84	P	3,07
16	Napoli “B”	N.	50	P	3,52	-	I00	P	9,48	-	204	P	2,20
17	Catanzaro	N.	I6	P	II,97	-	54	P	I,63	-	I46	P	3,88
18	Cremona	N.	76	P	3,62	-	I54	P	I0,53	-	I74	P	3,54
19	Foligno	N.	I2	P	2,29	-	I64	P	6,I5	-	2I0	P	9,95
20	Roma	N.	80	P	2,65	-	I48	P	7,17	-	I94	P	9,82
21	Carpi	N.	58	P	I,65	-	78	P	6,63	-	I90	P	II,52
22	Bari	N.	I2	P	3,79	-	82	P	I,82	-	I26	P	I4,89
23	La Maddalena	N.	230	P	4,75	-	232	P	6,30	-	234	P	9,5I
24	Messina	N.	8	P	9,69	-	I4	P	4,II	-	206	P	6,9I
25	Barletta	N.	66	P	3,60	-	96	P	3,64	-	I36	P	I3,96
26	Pavia	N.	32	P	23,40	-	84	P	2,04	-	I70	P	2,48
27	Genova “B”	N.	224	P	I3,42	-	226	P	I3,32	-	228	P	2,I5
28	Mentana Roma	N.	30	P	I2,49	-	64	P	I6,25	-	I78	P	2,34
29	Ferrara	N.	22	P	I7,39	-	34	P	II,9I	-	I92	P	2,45
30	Torino	N.	38	P	I7,92	-	74	P	II,I3	-	II0	P	2,95
31	Pordenone	N.	72	P	I3,42	-	I58	P	4,73	-	I88	P	I9,26
32	Genova	N.	24	P	I,02	-	26	P	I,I6	-	40	P	36,6I
33	Appenino Piemontese	N.	42	P	33,50	-	I52	P	8,75	-	I76	P	6,39
34	Zurich	N.	I30	P	40,93	-	I80	P	4,05	-	I96	P	I0,46
35	Busto Arsizio	N.	88	P	2,49	-	I62	P	RETIR	-	208	P	3,66

The Lambretta Club Notiziario Milan – Taranto Report.

From Pescara to Salerno, 340 km. A continuous and unoticed gasp on a route cut off by loops, zigzags ahead and in constant ups and downs. A third stage, which will undoubtedly be decisive without question and was designed by the organisers and that of pure intention, with the aim to give rhythm to this brilliant edition of the Milano-Taranto. But from an alleged cha-cha-cha to a grueling jump, the pace was quick. Seven and a half hours to hesitate. Lambrettisti fretting, where it was possible to recover the inevitable on shaky ground. For a few moments, to see them, ruthless, fighting against the clock the illusion of returning to the glorious Milano-Taranto of the past, and was stronger than the reality. But in the end it was not an illusion.
The haste and speed of Lambrettisti no longer the production of great wonder. And the same haste that characterised all the upheavals of our existence and of our society and to which they have become accustomed, and that resulted in a sunset shot of the bike and the growing authoritarian scooter. Even in motorcycle racing, he has asked to survive, new formula and new machine.
The regularity, especially well designed with complexity of formula coined for this Milano-Taranto holds, the head of the flame of competitive spirit, which is, irrefutably, an egregious springboard towards all those who in the future want to dedicate to the most challenging racing an activity in the field of speed, both on two and four- wheels.
And the facts are damned right. Today there were crowds on the course, the enthusiastic crowd that cheered men and Lambretta' because competitors are talented.

To the finish line! - Tarranto

Stage Results:

Stage	Route	Name	Club
1	Milan-Modena-Arezzo	Gonzales Girbau Juan	Barcelona (A)
2	Arezzo-Pescara	Ennio Serra	Cagliari
3	Pescare-Salerno	Antonio Estiville	Barcelona (B)
4	Salerno-Tarranto	Guglielmo Guidi	Bologna

Overall:

Place	Name	Club
1	Antonio Estiville	Barcelona (B)
2	Luciano Vignali	Genova
3	Marco Trisi	Bolzano “A”
4	Ennio Serra	Cagliari

3rd Lambrettistico 1965

The trials held in stages over 5 days, covering 1500km of the Italian roads, with scoring based on the accuracy of the pilots time keeping with penalties occurring for arriving too early or too late. Many of the Italian pilots would ride as fast as they could and then hide just out of sight of the checkpoint and arrive in time to give them a leading advantage, giving also the time to fix or make slight adjustments to their Lambretta.

Just showing how critical the road conditions were, passing through Versilia in 1965 during the 3rd Milano-Taranto Lambrettistico trials by Innocenti, Lambretta Club of Great Britain team pilot Tony Tessier took near miss crashing on a bend en route to Pisa from Lucca on one of the many hairpins, as with the twisty mountain roads from Viareggio to Lucca they are just the same from Lucca to Pisa but the rain did not help. Tony limped on to finish the stage stuck in 3rd gear due to breaking the gear shift off of his headset, having it crushed by an oncoming lorry. Tony unscaved other than for a hole in his overalls arrived with cheers of applause in Pisa, where his Lambretta TV was fixed by the race mechanics overnight... Tony finished the rest of the competition finishing in 13th place individually, with his GB team finishing 2nd place overall picking up a trophy, other members of the 3 GB teams were Roger Crook, Harvey Watt, Peter Coop, John Ronald, Bob Wilkinson (the then LCGB General Secretary) and Norman Ronald and 3 others.

Pilots of these Lambretta trials were given road maps prior to the events, though actually getting lost was difficult as support vehicles ahead of the riders were throwing out Lambretta brochures to the public lining the streets of the course so you could follow the litter, that and the Italians standing on the junctions pointing out the direction, though there were arrows pointing out the course, so it would have been very difficult to get lost on any stage of the race.

It is a passage full of sporting glory, cloaked by the halo of the most splendid success. They are not words and adjectives that want to give a tone of praise to those who meticulously prepared the competition and its protagonists, but what we have said corresponds to the purest and most limpid reality.
The numerous crowds that along the 1700 kilometers of the route has, in constant form, followed the vicissitudes of the hundred lambrettisti and of the one hundred lambrettisti; the applause of this crowd, the consents of the sportsmen and the authorities of the head of the stage were the most valid and most reliable testimonies. And so right and I would like to say human let the 3rd milan - taranto enter the treasure chests of precious things.
The Milan - taranto regularity trial has today, more than ever, its precious purpose, an indisputable reason for being.
For five days, European motorcycling, through the Lambretta scooters, has kept alive the passion of those who love and follows the most passionate test of this sport. For every edition of this long north - south ride brings back to memory, the memories are dearer, more vivid than that of speed from the Milan - Taranto, that for years marvels the whole world.

Since this inimitable competition in the speed form could no longer be carried out, due to the well-known reason of viability, it was forced to move on to the regularistic formula, but its difficulties remained, its charm and the interest that it aroused and which always aroused in thousands and thousands of people.
The third Milan taranto fully responded to the expectations of the viglia. It can be said that in organisational fact it was better than the first two years.
From a technical and sporting point of view, without a theme of denial, it passed the exams on the most significant marks. Purposely, we purposely work in depth to observe, in the most convincing way, the technical possibilities of the machines and the sporting abilities of the pilots.

Working in depth we have seen on the surface, in light of the facts, that both the 125cc, 150cc, 150 special, 175cc and 200cc lambrettas are the best of what we can now conceive in the field of small engines and that the riders presented themselves all starters prepared and perfectly suited to tackle those endless and sometimes bad track difficulties that the diabolical director of the race D'Alessandro had daily included in the development of each step of the stage. It is sufficient to take examples of the off-road winds that the competitors encountered before entering the town of Chiavari, the numerous long stretches of white land, the curves without continuity solutio to cross, every day, Apennine passes with pendezes that sometimes reached 13 percent. And it is precisely on these sections of the route that we stopped to look at the efficiency of small scooters that left large-displacement machines at a distance. We remember, among the many episodes of the five-day lambrettistica, the fast darting of the lambretta on the 5-mile plateau, after starting from a few meters above sea level and arriving at an altitude of 1300 meters through ascents and against climbs of maximum commitment. On the mountain belt they passed at sustained speed, with the roar of the engine in full efficiency and powerful. It was a serious business to be able to keep their pace. They are compelling and irrefutable demonstrations and in front of which one can not but remain enraptured.

Lambrettisti, on the other hand, have clearly placed their sporting attitudes. Perfect connoisseurs of their mechanical means, of the art of using the stopwatch, of the necessary tricks to avoid heavy penalties, they competed with intelligence, but above all they documented their ability to drive, not making a mistake and marching confident on unknown roads for more than four hundred kilometers. A final account, therefore, that honors the lambretta club of Italy and all those who have, in one way or another, given their ontribution for the development of this Milan - Taranto that will not die and will have to, as they firmly want Lambrettisti, protract themselves in infinite times.
The absolute victory was the prerogative of Bruno Apolloni of Riete and the lambretta D'oro trophy, the maximum prize for the lambretta clubs and went to the lambretta club of Cagliari for the merits of Serra, Sicbaldi and Gianfi. These were the winners but let us put on an identical pedestal of honor all the riders who have reached the finish line in Taranto.
All good: worthy of the most spontaneous and sincere praise without the slightest discrimination. Lambretta and Lambrettisti, a union of mechanical and human forces that have been happily and enthusiasticly integrated.

Results:

Position	Number	Name	Club	Penalties
1	88	Bruno Apolloni	Rieti	0,34
2	78	Giorio Sicbaldi	Cagliari	0,46
3	94	Aldo Paggi	Perugia	0,53
4	74	Massimo Natalini	Foligno	1,25
5		Antonio Estiville	Spagna	1,66
6		Ennio Serra	Cagliari	1,76
7		Cesare Negro	Imperia	1,95
8		Gianfi	Cagliari	2,08
9		Cesarino Bartolini	Bologna	2,15
10		Gregorio Anton	Spagna	2,17
11		Domenico Cesarini	Perugia	2,38
12		Sergio Federzoni	Modena	2,84
13		Anthony Tessier	G. Bretagna (B)	3,39
14		Roberto Capolino	Firenze	3,96
15		Mario Hutter	Castellammare	4,22
16		Ignazio Di Piazza	Bologna	4,49
17		Peter Clements	G. Bretagna (B)	4,81
18		Vasco Gori	Firenze (B)	4,90
19		Nicolo Zunino	Genova	4,95
20		Amedeo Ortolani	Innocenti (A)	5,14
21		Stefano Broccati	La Maddalena	5,16
22		Luigi Guasco	Genova	5,93
23		Albert Hartman	Belgio	5,93
24		Edgardo Hutter	Castellammare	6,35
25		Ernesto Cavosi	Bolzano	6,61

Team Results:

Position	Team	Penalties
1	Cagliari	4,30
2	Gran Bretagna (B)	15,05
3	Castellammare	17,22
4	Perugia	18,24
5	Modena	19,07

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Milano - Taranto Lambrettistico