After an acriminous split with the Ducati factory, Genesio Bevilacqua's Althea Racing squad will take to the World Superbike grid with Davide Guigliano on works Aprilia machineru in 2013.

The announcement complets a four-bike effort for the Noale facory as Michel Fabrizio is also confirmed with the Red Devils Roma team, also using the RSV4.

“I am very pleased to have reached such an important agreement with Aprilia. We will race with the championship winning bike next year and this will only encourage us to push even harder and live up to the potential of the bike that we are entrusted with," said Bevilacqua.

"As everybody knows, Althea Racing is used to facing important challenges and counts on a structure that works in perfect harmony to achieve great goals. Our strength is our team and its components; our team members, who have worked together for many years with no secrets between them, remain the same.

"We believe that we have sufficient experience with which to confront the challenge of the 2013 championship. Davide Giugliano is our secret weapon. He is a young and aggressive rider who has amazing talent and together with him we will fight for success in the 2013 SBK championship standings. I would like to thank the entire Aprilia staff and particularly Engineer Dall’Igna for their willingness and professionalism.”