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MV Agusta Sets New World Record



Journalist Valerio Boni rode his Turismo Veloce Lusso SCS over 2.003 km (1244 miles) in less than 24 hours, visiting 11 countries. 
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Sweden, Denmark Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and Italy. These are the 11 countries Valerio Boni visited on the longest day of the year, setting a new world record, riding a production MV Agusta Turismo Veloce Lusso SCS. TVEE, Turismo Veloce Europe Endurance, is the name MV Agusta chose for the record-setting venture.
The TVEE epic ride officially started at 5.38 PM, as shown on the receipt from a petrol station in Malmö?s Western suburbs where Boni filled up. A few kilometres in Sweden before crossing the scenic bridge to Denmark, and then all the way down South for an endurance ride Boni and MV Agusta designed to put the new Turismo Veloce to the test. The countdown started on the longest day of the year, June 21st, as Boni also started counting the countries he would ride through, with his mind set on establishing the new world record of 11 countries in less than 24 hours. The TVEE also had the objective of gaining SaddleSore 2000 certification from the Iron Butt Association, ?the toughest riders in the world?, by riding 2.000 km in the same lapse of time.
Weather conditions changed several times during the trip: after an unusual warm day in Sweden, a pleasant breeze accompanied Boni while crossing the Oresund bridge into Denmark. A spectacular sunset at the Ger...
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