Andrea Bartolini

Andrea Bartolini, born in Imola, Italy, in November 1968, is an Italian former professional motocross racer who competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1988 to 2003. He is notable for winning the 1999 500cc motocross world championship, and he remains the only Italian to have done so. He rode for the Yamaha team run by former world champion Michele Rinaldi, finished fifth in the 500cc world championships in 1997 and 1998 before taking the title in 1999, and placed third in the 125cc world championship in 2003. He was a member of two victorious Italian Motocross des Nations teams, in 1999 with Alessio Chiodi and Claudio Federici and in 2002 with Chiodi and Alessandro Puzar, and in 2005 he competed in the Supermoto world championships.