Vittoriano Guareschi (born June 19 1971 in Parma Italy) is a former professional motorcycle road racer and current team manager for the Ducati Corse factory racing team in MotoGP.The son of a Parmesan Moto Guzzi distributor Guareschi began his racing career in 1988 at the age of 17. He raced for the Cagiva factory racing team in the 125 cc Italian national championship alongside his teammate and future world champion Valentino Rossi. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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