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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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