Alex de Angelis

Alex de Angelis is a Sammarinese retired motorcycle road racer, born on 26 February 1984 in Rimini. He made his world championship debut in 1999 in the 125cc class, and his best 125cc season came in 2003, when he took six podium finishes and finished second to Dani Pedrosa. He moved to the 250cc class in 2004, finished third in the 2006 championship with his first win at the Valencia finale, and finished third again in 2007 with 235 points. He moved to MotoGP in 2008 with Gresini Honda and was fourth at Mugello and the Sachsenring. He later rode in Moto2 for Team Scot, was involved in the 2010 San Marino Grand Prix accident that killed Shoya Tomizawa, and returned to MotoGP in 2014 with Forward and in 2015 with Octo IodaRacing.