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243:New Zealand
156:Bruce Cribb
129:Ivan Mauger
25:New Zealand
1624:Categories
1600:Yugoslavia
1249:References
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712:Black, Tom
561:Yugoslavia
288:Larry Ross
160:Roger Abel
148:Larry Ross
144:White City
81:1969, 1970
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1361:8 October
782:Max Brown
366:Stockholm
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408:England
345:Riders
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206:Riders
115:History
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336:Year
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197:Year
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