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max biaggi in 2007 -lsb- http://www.max-biaggi.com/ max-biaggi . com -rsb- rome , italy italian 26 june 1971 biaggi.jpg max biaggi
 max biaggi
max biaggi

massimiliano `` max '' biaggi -lrb- ; born 26 june 1971 in rome , italy -rrb- is a former grand prix motorcycle road racing world champion and winner of the 2010 and 2012 world superbike championship .
throughout his racing career , he has won the 250cc world championship four consecutive times , and finished as runner-up in both the 500cc and motogp championships .
in 2007 he switched to the world superbike championship , finishing third overall as a rookie and earned his first superbike world championship in 2010 becoming only the 2nd european from outside of the united kingdom after raymond roche to do so .
biaggi announced his retirement from racing on 7 november 2012 .
he has been nicknamed ` il corsaro ' -lrb- ` the corsair ' -rrb- and ` the roman emperor ' .
