city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Sunday in June the Dutch TT is run; and also for...
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The Dutch Tourist Trophy, also known as the TT Assen, and also sometimes known as the Dutch Motorcycle Grand Prix, is an annual Dutch motorsport event...
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the longest track which hosted a World Championship race. The TT Circuit Assen has the distinction of holding the most races, holding a Grand Prix every...
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Man TT, where John Hartle rode Venturi's machine because of his knowledge of the circuit. Surtees won all competitions again, except the Assen TT where...
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Jorge Lorenzo (section Isle of Man TT)
session accident forcing him to miss the race. At both Donington Park and Assen, he was observed to be riding more conservatively after a series of injuries...
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San Piero, Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello Netherlands, Assen, TT Circuit Assen Germany, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Sachsenring United Kingdom, Silverstone...
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List of rider deaths in motorcycle racing (section Isle of Man TT, Manx Grand Prix and Southern 100)
fatalities took place on street circuits, with 36 fatalities at the Isle of Man TT, which was removed from the championship after 1976. The most recent fatal...
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Giacomo Agostini (category Isle of Man TT riders)
MV bikes in the 500cc class, yet raced only once in the 350cc to win in Assen. For the challenging Nürburgring, he chose the 500cc MV Agusta and took...
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Junior TT. Phillis crashed during that race and McIntyre retired. Mike Hailwood won the race with the MV Agusta. He was second in the TT of Assen and the...
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Phil Read (category Isle of Man TT riders)
Man Senior TT was won by Mike Hailwood on an MV, while the Duke team came 2nd (John Hartle) and 3rd (Read). In the following Dutch TT at Assen, the finishing...
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guest at the 2016 Isle of Man TT but was unable to. In 2015 after winning the MotoGP race held at the TT Circuit Assen, Valentino Rossi made a special...
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June 1961), Degner secretly signed for Suzuki at the Dutch TT races in Assen. Armed with a Suzuki racing contract, Degner now started planning his own...
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win came on 6 June 2010 at Mugello, and further victories at Silverstone, Assen and Barcelona in the next three races made Márquez the youngest rider to...
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Windle framed Yamaha, where they finished fifth. Although Neil returned to Assen in Holland, it was when he teamed up with Swedish former125 cc rider Benga...
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on the faster tracks such as Suzuka (which is actually owned by Honda), Assen, Spa and Paul Ricard, on tighter tracks such as Jarama and Jerez it was...
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Egbert Streuer (category Sportspeople from Assen)
would initially fail in their own hometown, to win. A victory at the Dutch TT was at one time more important than anywhere else in the world. In 1987, they...
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100 1962 East German Sachsenring Mike Hailwood MV Agusta 200 1972 Dutch TT Assen Giacomo Agostini MV Agusta 300 1981 Swedish Anderstorp Barry Sheene Yamaha...
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at Daytona, he returned to the world championship at the Assen TT Circuit for the 1975 Dutch TT. Sheene surprised observers who may have expected a gradual...
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Germany and Italy. Roberts' title hopes suffered a setback at the Dutch TT at Assen when his Yamaha's front brake pads were installed incorrectly causing...
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Motorsport.com. David Gruz (29 June 2019). "Quartararo blitzes Assen MotoGP lap record for Dutch TT pole". Autosport.com. Mark Bremer (7 July 2019). "Marquez...
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finishing 3rd in 2001 and taking his first win in the Dutch TT at the prestigious Assen circuit. He went to 250cc for 2002, finishing 4th that year,...
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sails to Assen pole, Rossi washout". crash.net. June 29, 2007. "Warm-up times - Assen". crash.net. June 30, 2007. "Rossi hunts down Stoner at Assen". crash...
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to 18,000 rpm and were fitted with 10 speed gearboxes. At the Dutch TT at Assen, 3 machines were entered. Riders were Morishita, Tommy Robb and Steve...
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Snaefell Mountain 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 Giacomo Agostini Assen 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 Mick Doohan Assen 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Valentino...
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most motorcycle championship rounds in the sport's history after the TT Circuit Assen. The race was not included in the 2021 calendar after Brno city councillors...
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the next race at Hockenheimring, followed by Provini winning at the TT Circuit Assen. Ubbiali also won the final race, the Nations Grand Prix at Monza....
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Tim Reeves (category Isle of Man TT riders)
Reeves, with passenger Dan Sayle finally got to the top step of the TT podium in Sidecar TT Race 1. In the 2008 Sidecar World Championship Reeves and Farrance...
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Alex Criville won his title in 1999. In 1983, he was severely injured at TT-Assen (The Netherlands), when he fell off his bike and was struck in the head...
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Woodhead. In 1985 Webster and Hewitt had a massive crash at the Dutch TT at Assen, shown many times on television where the sidecar left the track at high...
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to six Grands Prix races Isle of Man, Assen, Spa, Belfast, Monza and Kristianspat. Accessed 29 March 2014 1961 TT 250 cc results Retrieved 29 March 2014...
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