Claudio Lusuardi (born 30 December 1949 in

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

) is a former Italian

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. His best year was in

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when he finished in third place in the 50cc world championship, behind

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and

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.Claudio Lusuardi career statistics at MotoGP.com
/ref> After retiring from competition, he took on the role of race team manager for Cagiva.

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1949 births Sportspeople from Modena Living people Italian motorcycle racers 50cc World Championship riders 125cc World Championship riders {{Italy-motorcycle-sport-bio-stub