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Bikes FIM Gala In Monaco Lorenzo Receives Special Award

The MotoGP World Champion was given as part of the FIM Gala in Monte Carlo and the award for FIM Personality of the Year.

Make way for the best motorcycle riders in the world, it was called at the weekend for the third FIM Gala in Monte Carlo. More than 500 guests came to Monaco - including legends like Mary McGee Jim Redman, Torsten Hallman, Dougie Lampkin, Kari Tiainen, Hubert Auriol and Hans Nielsen. Ofcourse I did not miss the current stars of the two-wheeled scene. Jorge Lorenzo, Max Biaggi, Marc Marquez, Sandro Cortese, Antonio Cairoli, Ryan Villopoto, Toni Bou, Antoine Meo, Pierre-Alexandre Renet, Chris Holder, Nikolai Krasnikov and many other talents presented in Monaco.

With Laia Sanz, the enduro and trial-title-holder, and Chiara Fontanesi, Camelia Liparoti Emmanuelle Clair and the female motorcycle scene was represented. In addition to the current title-holders were awarded with Tim Gasjer as FIM Rookie of the Year, Laia Sanz FIM Woman of the Year and Jorge Lorenzo as FIM Personality of the Year three other awards. The FIM Environmental Award this year went to the Spanish Circuit de Catalunya. The "Ambulance Motorcycle Club" received for his helmet campaign the FIM Safety Award.