- Luca Cadalora
Infobox Former Grand Prix motorcycle rider
Name = Luca Cadalora
Caption =
Nationality = flagicon|Italy Italian
Years = 1984 - 2000
Teams =MBA , Garelli, Yamaha,Honda , MuZ,Modenas
Races = 195
Championships = 125cc – 1986
250cc – 1991, 1992
Wins = 34
Podiums = 72
Points =
Poles = 29
Fastest laps = 30
First race = 1984 125cc San Marino GP
First win = 1986 125cc West German GP
Last win = 1996 500cc German GP
Last race = 2000 500cc Czech Grand PrixLuca Cadalora (born
May 17 ,1963 inModena, Italy ) is an Italian former Grand Prixmotorcycle road racing World Champion.Early career
He won the 1986 125cc World Championship on a Garelli and then the 1991 and 1992 250cc World Championship aboard an
Erv Kanemoto tunedHonda .500cc
In 1993 he rose to the blue riband 500cc division as Wayne Rainey's team mate in the
Kenny Roberts Yamaha team. In three seasons on the Roberts Yamaha, he displayed flashes of brilliance, finishing as high as 2nd toMick Doohan in 1994. Cadalora rejoined Kanemoto for the 1996 season, racing a HondaNSR500 . Despite lacking any major sponsors, he still managed to finish the season in third place aboard the Kanemoto Honda. He returned to the Rainey Yamaha squad for a few races in 1997 season then helped develop the new MuZ race bike in 1998 and 1999. He closed out his career withKenny Roberts 'Modenas team in 2000.Despite having immense talent, Cadalora was an enigma. He never trained as hard as he could haveFact|date=April 2008 yet on any given Sunday he could beat the best riders in the world during a period in Grand Prix history that was rich with talented riders.
Cadalora nowadays builds high end
gaming PC s for a living in his native Italy.Motorcycle Grand Prix Results
Persondata
NAME=Cadalora, Luca
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1963-05-17
PLACE OF BIRTH=Modena
DATE OF DEATH=
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