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• Grand Prix motorcycle racing
  ...le de Motocyclisme (FIM)]] in 1949. There have traditionally been several races at each event for various classes of motorcycles, based on engine size, and ...whether the engine was a [[two stroke cycle|two-stroke]] or [[four stroke cycle|four-stroke]]. Consequently, all machines were two-strokes, due to the grea
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• Ducati Singles
  ...impression at the early [[1952]] Milan Show, introducing the Ducati 65 TS cycle and the Cruiser, the world's first [[Four Stroke|four-stroke]] scooter. Des Ducati began by building a 250 cc racer. The prototype won most of its races in America, many running in conjunction with 500 cc events.
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• Dirt track racing
  ...and right-handed sidecar machines with the engines up to 1000 cc. Sidecar races are some of the most exciting in Grass Track sport with the driver and pass ...he event. The session determines either the starting positions in the heat races or the starting positions in the feature event. There are other methods of
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• Kart racing
  ...fuel options. [[Gasoline]] [[Two-stroke cycle|2-stroke]] or [[Four-stroke cycle|4-stroke]] engines are the most common type, but other types of propulsion ...port to be practised, although only [[homologated]] ones can have official races.
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• Peace Race
  == List of Peace Races == [[Category:Cycle racing]]
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• Tour de Langkawi
  [[Category:Cycle races]]
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• Borrani
  ...cking mechanism was licensed from the [[Coventry]]-based [[Rudge Whitworth Cycle Company]], which had developed the patents since 1908. ...ributed to countless Ferrari and Maserati victories in Sport and Prototype races from [[Le Mans]] to [[Nürburgring]], from [[Sebring]] to [[Monza]].
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• Enduro
  ...''Enduro'' often applies to any type of long-distance, off-road motorcycle races, its true technical definition usually refers to a set of rules, varying by ...nd are amongst the most well known long-distance off-road races. Off-road races that span multiple days and that have different types of stages, some that
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• Wankel engine
  [[Image:Wankel Cycle anim en.gif|right|thumb|The Wankel cycle. The "A" marks one of the three apexes of the rotor. The "B" marks the ecce ...l engine, the four [[stroke (disambiguation)|strokes]] of a typical [[Otto cycle]] engine are arranged sequentially around an [[Oval (geometry)|oval]], unli
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• Motorcycle Racing
  ...all [[sport]]ing aspects of [[motorcycling]]. The disciplines are not all "races" or timed-speed events, as several disciplines test a competitor's various Indoor races consist of either a polished concrete floor with coke syrup or other media
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• World Cycling Championship
  ...o wear the [[Rainbow jersey]] for a full year. Unlike other UCI-sanctioned races, the World Cycling Championship is competed for by nationality, not by comm [[Category:Cycle racing|WCC]]
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• Giro d'Italia
  [[Category:Cycle races]] [[Category:Cycle racing in Italy|Giro d'Italia]]
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• Rotary engine
  In concept, a rotary engine is simple. It is a standard [[Otto cycle]] engine, but instead of having an orthodox fixed [[cylinder block]] with r ...tary engines. The most famous motorcycle (probably because of winning many races) is the [[Megola]] motorcycle with a radial rotary engine inside the front
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• Ferrari 458 Italia
  ...nds, while top speed is over 325 km/h, with a fuel consumption in combined cycle (ECE+EUDC) 13.7 L/100 km while producing 320g/km of CO₂. Ferrari unveiled their new GT2 racer for the 2011 races sanctioned by the ACO. The 458 GT2 drops the "flex splitter" found in the r
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• Sleeve valve
  ...ngine typically wants larger ports that remain open longer in terms of one cycle, something that is fairly easy to arrange with a sleeve at the cost of a mo ...] to this design, and contrary to public opinion, they were fast; many won races. [[Daimler]] used the principle in its V-12 which it brand-named the 'Doubl
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• Italian National Road Race Championship
  ...streak ended, another Italian cycling [[legend]], [[Alfredo Binda]], won 4 races in a row. [[Learco Guerra]] succeeded him with 5 consecutive wins. Since th [[Category:Cycle races in Italy]]
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• Bandini 750 sport siluro
  ...sports torpedo'' could participate in "750 race" class, simply dismounting cycle fenders. ...uphill, on circuits citizens or derived within military airbases but also races most famous and challenging (often six or twelve hours) as the 12 hours of
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• Sanremo
  ...[[UCI ProTour]], and is considered to be one of the five '[[Classic cycle races|Monuments]]' of the cycling season. Milan-Sanremo is traditionally held in
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• Gino Bartali
  '''[[Classic cycle races|Single-Day Races and Classics]]''' <br /> ...the war - 1936 and 1937 - and once after it (1946). He won [[Classic cycle races|classics]] such as [[Milan – San Remo]], the Giro di Lombardia and the [[
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• Bicycle
  ...[[military]] and local [[police]] applications, [[courier]] services, and cycle [[sports]]. ...automobile]]s and [[aircraft]]. J. K. Starley's company became the ''Rover Cycle Company Ltd.'' in the late 1890s, and then the ''[[Rover (car)|Rover]]'' au
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