President and CEO of Ducati, Gabriele Del Torchio, has announced on Desmoblog that the company has been recognized in Milan in In Moto’s bike-of-the-year competition.
Ducati was the main focus winnning in the sports category with the 1098 S and followed by the Desmosedici RR, first in the Supermotard category with the Hypermotard and first also with the Multistrada 1100 S in the road category.
In 2007 the 1098 was also awarded the “Best Bike of the Year” award by SWA – Supertest World Association.
In the naked category the MV Augusta Brutale 910 won, best in the Chopper/cruiser category was the Harley Davidson V-Rod while the Kawasaki 1400 GTR won the tourer and sport-tourer category.
Following is the complete ranking of the prizes.
Quella di IN MOTO, scrive ancora Del Torchio, è soltanto la prima di una serie di premiazioni che coinvolgono un pool di 12 riviste internazionali: Motorrad-Germania, Motociclismo-Spagna/Portogallo, Moto Journal-Francia, TOFF-Svizzera, MotoPlus-Olanda, Motocykl-Polonia/Rep.
Ceca, Univers Moto-Romania, MotoRevija-Croazia, Moto revu-Ungheria.
CLASSIFICHE FINALI “Moto dell’anno 2008″:categoria Sportive1° posto: DUCATI 1098 S (27,1%)2° posto: Ducati Desmosedici RR (19,9 %)3° posto: MV Agusta F4 1000 (9,2%)categoria Stradali1° posto: Ducati Multistrada 1100 S (14,7 %)2° posto: Honda VFR (12%)3° posto: Yamaha FZ1 Fazer (10,1%)categoria Enduro/supermotard1° posto: Ducati Hypermotard 1100 S (37,8 %)2° posto: Aprilia Dorsoduro (7,9 %)3° posto: BMW GS R 1200 (6,8 %)categoria Naked1° posto: Mv Agusta Brutale 910 (18,2%)2° posto: Ducati GT 1000 (11,2 %)3° posto: Honda CB 1000 R (9,5%)categoria Chopper/cruiser1° posto: Harley V-Rod2° posto: Moto Guzzi Bellagio3° posto: Harley Dyna Fat Bobcategoria Tourer/sporttourer1° posto: Kawasaki 1400 GTR2° posto: Motoguzzi Norge 12003° posto: BMW R 1200 RTScooter1° posto: Yamaha Tmax 5001251° posto: Aprilia 125 RSSono stati premiati anche:- lo scooter più venduto in Italia: Honda SH 150- la moto più venduta in Italia: Honda Hornet
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