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• Bridgestone
  ...apanese]]. It is currently the second largest [[tire]] manufacturer in the world, next to [[Michelin]], and is Japan's largest tire manufacturer. After World War II Bridgestone started manufacturing [[motorcycle]]s, but its main inco
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• GP Wolber
  ...] races were invited. The first GP Wolber was held in [[1922]]. When the [[World Cycling Championship]] was introduced in [[1927]] the race started to lose [[Category:Cycle races]]
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• Deutz Gasmotoren Fabrik
  ...he company was founded by [[Nikolaus Otto]], inventor of the [[four-stroke cycle]] internal combustion engine, in 1848 as ''[[N. A. Otto & Cie.]]'' Formerly
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• Scapin Bike
  ...ving strict criteria in the safeguard of the environment. The first in the world to introduce a special anti-corrosion treatment called A.W.P., a protective
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• Opposed piston engine
  ...urbocharger]], opposed piston designs can make very efficient [[two-stroke cycle]] Diesel engines. Some attempts were made to build non-diesel 4-stroke engi ...se from Oechelhauser and [[Junkers]] to build this design of engine. After World War 1, these engines were produced in a number of models, such as the P and
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• Veenendaal-Veenendaal
  ...a preparation race in August just before the [[World Cycling Championship|World Championships]]. In 1994 the event was moved to mid April and given a date [[category:Cycle races]]
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• Clasica San Sebastian
  ...the decisive point of the race. Until 2004 it was round 7 of the [[UCI]] World Cup Series. Now it constitutes a major 1-day race in the [[UCI]] Pro Tour. [[Category:Cycle races]]
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• Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
  ...ace started in [[1895]] and is [[Australia]]'s oldest one day race and the world's second oldest one day race, after the [[Liège-Bastogne-Liège]] Classic. [[Category:Cycle racing in Australia]]
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• Wall of death
  ...ours of the wall of death; the most notable of which is "The Wall of Death World Tour", created and run by the Fox family. This touring group uses the origi ...inct evolution from carnival motordromes and derived from bicycle acts or "cycle whirls" in the early 1900s.
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• Alexandre Darracq
  ..., in the [[Hautes-Pyrénées]] département before establishing the Gladiator Cycle Company in 1891. He sold his very successful company in 1896 for a substant ...ued other interests including running the Casino at [[Deauville]]. After [[World War I]], he chose to retire to the [[French Riviera]] where he invested wit
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• FBM
  ...ians and entrepreneurs in the production of "[[two-stroke engine]]s" after World War II. ...sembled who were born in those years, '''FBM''' he decided to produce Otto cycle engines from 175 cc to be provided Third, and above all two-stroke engines
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• Grand Prix des Nations
  ...ime trial championship of the world and as a [[Classic cycle races|Classic cycle race]]. The introduction of an official world time trial championship (in [[1994]]) and an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] cham
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• Zuri Metzgete
  | Competition || UCI Road World Cup<br />UCI ProTour ...ran from [[1989]]-[[2004]]) and is now a round of the [[UCI ProTour]], the World Cup's successor.
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• Rotary combustion engine
  ...sambiguation)]] for other uses of this term, and [[rotary engine]] for the World War I [[aircraft engine]]s by that name.'' ...he chamber walls at an angle that varies plus and minus 60&deg; during the cycle, while a [[piston ring]] meets the cylinder walls at a constant angle. As w
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• Pocketbike Racing
  ...[Japan]] and [[Europe]] and is gaining in popularity in other parts of the world. ...-fourth the size of a regular motorcycle, and is powered by a [[two-stroke cycle|two-stroke]] [[internal combustion engine]] of between 40-50 cubic centimet
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• 1939 Isle of Man TT
  ...hy]]''' was the last race festival until 1947 due to the interruption of [[World War II]]. It was the last of ten TT victories for the 34 year old [[Stanley ...ng lap 5, Mario Simo collides with a post and crashes his [[Terrot]] motor-cycle. He suffers head and chest injuries and is taken to hospital. Also during l
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• ...often called ''La Doyenne'' ("the oldest"), is one of the five '[[Classic cycle races]]' of the European professional [[Road bicycle racing|road cycling]] Liège-Bastogne-Liège was part of the [[UCI Road World Cup]] and is part of the Belgian Ardennes Classics series, which includes [
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• Cyclo-cross
  ...[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]; it began in the [[1940s]] and the first world championship was held in Paris in [[1950]]. The sport is strongest in the t Compared with other forms of cycle racing, tactics are fairly straightforward, and the emphasis is on the ride
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• Track cycling
  Formats of track cycle races are also heavily influenced by aerodynamics. If one rider closely fo ...d [[Australia]]. It is part of the [[Summer Olympic Games]], and there are world championships as well as circuits of professional events in many areas.
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• Amstel Gold Race
  Prior to that it was part of the [[Road Cycling World Cup]]. The name does not (directly) refer to the river [[Amstel]], which is [[category:Cycle races]]
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• Engine
  ...[[Electricity |electrical]] engines of enormous power dominate the modern world, engines themselves are not new. Engines using [[Manual labour |human powe .... The gasoline internal combustion engine, operating on a four-stroke Otto cycle, has traditionally been the most successful for automobiles, while diesel e
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• Marine engine
  ...[[Electricity |electrical]] engines of enormous power dominate the modern world, engines themselves are not new. Engines using [[Manual labour |human powe .... The gasoline internal combustion engine, operating on a four-stroke Otto cycle, has traditionally been the most successful for automobiles, while diesel e
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• Italjet
  And this determination, together with the enthusiasm and passion for the world of motorcycles and engines in general, has been handed down to the new gene ...world tour in 1957 (five continents, 42 countries in 13 months), the three world records with the Cyclecar in Monza in 1969.
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• Grasstrack
  Many famous Speedway riders such as 1976 world champion [[Peter Collins (speedway rider)|Peter Collins]] started their rac ...governing body of British motorcycle sport, the '''[[AutoCycle Union|Auto Cycle Union]]''' ('''ACU''') who organise an annual British championship.
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• Garelli Mosquito
  '''[[Garelli]]''' came into the world of cycling in 1953 with the [[Mosquito 38A]], a new 38.5 cc engine to mount ...r their compactness that made it an easy installation at the bottom of the cycle without interfering with the position of the pedals. Because of the conside
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• John Hopkins (motorcycle racer)
  ...ha Motor Company|Yamaha]] team in [[MotoGP]], riding a 500 cc [[Two-stroke cycle|two-stroke]] machine where he finished 15th on the championship. In [[2003]], he signed for [[Suzuki]] to ride their 990 cc [[Four-stroke cycle|four-stroke]] [[GSV-R]], remaining with the team for the [[2004]] and [[200
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• Ronde van Vlaanderen
  ...s now part of the [[UCI ProTour]] and is regarded as one of the '[[Classic cycle races|Monuments]]' of the European professional cycling calendar. ...former cyclist. Initially not a big success, the race was interrupted by [[World War I]], but continued in [[1919]]. In the [[1920s]] and [[1930s]], the rac
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• Grand Prix motorcycle racing
  ...th the various production categories of racing, such as [[Superbike racing|World Superbike]], that feature modified versions of motorcycles available to the ...makes. The 350cc class vanished in the 1980s. Sidecars were dropped from World Championship events in the 1990s, reducing the field to 125s, 250s, and 500
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• John Hopkins
  ...ha Motor Company|Yamaha]] team in [[MotoGP]], riding a 500 cc [[Two-stroke cycle|two-stroke]] machine where he finished 15th on the championship. In [[2003]], he signed for [[Suzuki]] to ride their 990 cc [[Four-stroke cycle|four-stroke]] [[GSV-R]], remaining with the team for the [[2004]] and [[200
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• Brooklands
  ...] [[1907]] and was the first custom-built banked motor race circuit in the world. It was the first ever oval style race track built for cars. Eleven days after the circuit opened, it played host to the world's first 24 hour motor event, with [[Selwyn Edge]] leading three specially c
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• Miller Balsamo
  ...e|Python]] [[kopklepmotor]]. In [[1924]] they launched the Excelsiorette [[cycle]] with an [[auxiliary]] engine to the market, which was not a success. Late During the [[Second World War]], Miller-Balsamo apparently produced in those years a 98 cc and 200 c
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• Ducati Singles
  During World War II, Ducati developed a small engine mounted on a bicycle, called the '' ...1952]] Milan Show, introducing the Ducati 65 TS cycle and the Cruiser, the world's first [[Four Stroke|four-stroke]] scooter. Despite being described as the
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• Supercross
  '''Supercross''' is a cycle racing sport involving [[racing]] specialized high performance off-road [[m ...[American Motorcyclist Association]] who is the oldest and most prodigious cycle racing organization, or the [[THQ]] series of Supercross [[Championship]] e
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• Two-stroke cycle
  ...[[internal combustion engine]] differs from the more common [[four-stroke cycle]] by completing the same four operations (intake, compression, power, exhau A great deal of development of the two-stroke engine was done between the two World Wars, particularly by German companies such as [[DKW]] and Fichtel & Sachs.
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• Milano-Torino
  ...ng it the oldest of the Italian classic races and one of the oldest in the World. The event is organised by the RCS media group which owns the Italian sport [[Category:Cycle races]]
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• Milan-San Remo
  ...[[Lucien Petit-Breton]] won. Today it is regarded as one of the '[[Classic cycle races|Monuments]]' of the European professional cycling calendar, and is pa ...ted his arms to celebrate too early. It was the opening race of the [[UCI World Cup]] series until the series was replaced by the UCI ProTour in [[2005]].
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• World Cycling Championship
  ! colspan=2 |<big>Cycling World Championship - Road</big> The professional '''World Cycling Championship''' is organised by the [[Union Cycliste Internationale
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• Colnago
  ...gh the 1970s, Colnago was generally regarded as one of the builders of the world's best custom road race frames. In the mid 1970s, Colnago began using their In recent years, Colnago has successfully cultivated its image as the world's leading racing bicycle frame maker, stressing its Italian heritage and ey
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• Road bicycle racing
  ...idual time trial|individual]] and [[team time trial]]s are another form of cycle racing on roads). It is one of the most physically demanding sports that o Road racing is popular all over the world, but especially in [[Europe]]. The most competitive and devoted countries a
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• Paris-Brest-Paris
  The 1921 PBP, following close on [[World War I]], was small, with only 43 professionals and 65 touriste-routiers. It [[World War II]] postponed the 1941 PBP until 1948, when ''L'Equipe'' sponsored the
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• List of road bicycle racing events
  *[[World Cycling Championship|World Championships]] ===The 'Monument' [[Classic cycle races|Classics]]===
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• Briggs and Stratton
  '''Briggs & Stratton''' is the world's largest manufacturer of [[air-cooled]] [[gasoline engine]]s for outdoor p ...ity of MILWAUKEE, WIS., U.S.A. below it; in the middle, it had the words 4 CYCLE on the top mast and the words GASOLINE ENGINE and phrase MADE IN U.S.A. on
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• Microcar
  ...r fuel is scarce and expensive. Many microcar designs flourished in post-[[World War II]] [[Europe]], particularly in [[Germany]], where former military air ...rope after [[World War I]] were often motorcycle based and referred to as "cycle cars".
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• Pistonless rotary engine
  ...sambiguation)]] for other uses of this term, and [[rotary engine]] for the World War I [[aircraft engine]]s by that name.'' ...e chamber walls at an angle that varies plus and minus ~26 deg; during the cycle, while a [[piston ring]] meets the cylinder walls at a constant angle. As w
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• Paris-Tours
  '''Paris-Tours''' is a [[France|French]] single day [[Classic cycle races|classic]] [[cycling]] race which takes place in October towards the e ...teur competition in 1896, making it one of the oldest cycling races in the world, it was organised by the magazine Paris-Velo, who described that first edi
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• Ducati Supermono
  *Single cylinder, [[Four-stroke cycle|four stroke]], liquid cooled, fuel injected ...e [[World Superbike Championship]]. The Supermono was a "test bed" for the World Superbike racers.
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• Tourist Trophy
  ...ace series the most significant motor-cycle road-racing competition in the world. ...1976 the race was part of the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycling World Championship]] and was the home of the British Grand Prix until 1976. The m
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• Tour Down Under
  ..., and it attracts esteemed riders from across [[Australia]] and around the world. In [[2005]], the Tour Down Under was promoted by the [[Union Cycliste Inte [[Category:Cycle racing in Australia]]
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• Flat engine
  ...s can run very smoothly and free of unbalanced forces with a [[four-stroke cycle]] and do not require a [[balance shaft]] or counterweights on the [[cranksh ...bhp, forRacing Car [[Lancia Beta Montecarlo]] prototype (car after becomes World Champion of Makes in 1979 with a different engine). Last Flat-4 engine by L
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