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• Snecma
  ...nationalisation [[Gnome & Rhône]], one of the largest aerospace groups in France at the time. [[Category:Defunct companies of France]]
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• Borsalino
  [[Giuseppe Borsalino]] visited Italy and [[France]] to learn the hat trade, and set up the first artisan workshop for the pro
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• René Dreyfus
  Dreyfus was born and raised in [[Nice]], [[France]] and showed an early interest in automobiles, learning to drive before the ...ing [[Monaco]], [[Florence]], [[Rheims]], [[Belgium]], [[Cork]], [[Dieppe, France|Dieppe]], [[Pau]], and at [[Tripoli]] in [[North Africa]], becoming a Frenc
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• List of road bicycle racing events
  *[[GP Ouest-France]], {{flagiconFRA}} *[[Tour de France]], {{flagiconFRA}}
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• Piedmont
  ...iso]], where the [[Po River]] rises, and [[Monte Rosa]]. It borders with [[France]], [[Switzerland]], and the Italian regions of [[Lombardy]], [[Liguria]], [ ...heir main territory of [[Savoy]], with a capital at [[Chambéry]] (now in [[France]]). The House of Savoy was elevated to a duchy in [[1416]], and Duke [[Emma
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• List of Grand Prix motorcycle racers
  ...s the only female motorcycle racer to compete in the 500 cc class (1982 at France Moto Grand Prix - DNF).
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• Fides
  ...e licensed production of automobiles, which [[Henri Brasier]] developed in France. Despite the high hopes Fides never succeeded in the market. In 1911 Fides
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• Dijon-Prenois
  |Location || [[Dijon]], [[France]] ...e) [[motorsport]] [[race track]] located in [[Prenois]], near [[Dijon]], [[France]].
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• Ivan Basso
  |Major wins || Giro d'Italia (2006), 5 stages<br>Tour de France, 1 stage<br>Critérium International (2006)<br>Danmark Rundt (2005) ...[[Claudio Chiappucci]], a former three-time stage winner in the [[Tour de France]] who later retired after being proven guilty of [[doping]] several times.
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• Flaminio Bertoni
  ...i''' ([[Varese|Masnago]],[[Italy]], [[January 10]] [[1903]] - [[Paris]], [[France]],[[February 7]] [[1964]]) was an [[automobile]] designer, responsible for
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• Legnano Bike
  ...of them), 15 editions of the [[Giro d'Italia]], 2 editions of the Tour de France, dozens and dozens of competitions. [[Binda]] is Pavesi' and Legnano's most ...a Bianchi bicycle, but Bartali is Bartali: and his victory at the Tour de France in 1948 is an epic event. History has it that this victory warded off the r
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• Ackermann steering geometry
  ...h Ackermann]], whose name stuck to it. The same idea was also developed in France in the late [[1870s]], by Bollee and Jeantaud.
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• Land speed record
  The first regulators were the [[French Automobile Club|''Automobile Club de France'']], who proclaimed themselves arbiters of the record around 1902. |December 18, 1898||[[Achères, Yvelines]], France||{{flagiconFRA}} [[Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat]]||[[Jeantaud]] Duc||[[Batte
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• Dietrich-Bugatti
  ...Dietrich managed an automobile factory in [[Niederbronn]] in [[Alsace]], [[France]], and contracted Bugatti to develop new models for him under the '''Dietri
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• Olivier Gendebien
  ...s Baux de Provence]], in the [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] ''[[département]]'' of [[France]], was a war hero and race car driver. ...debien passed away in 1998 at his home in Les Baux de Provence in southern France.
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• Ettore Bugatti
  ...pany]] was set up in [[Molsheim]], in the [[Alsace]] region, now part of [[France]]. Ettore Bugatti was the technical innovator behind the company, developi ...near Molsheim in the [[Bas-Rhin]] département of the [[Alsace]] region of France.
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• Raymond Sommer
  ...Sommer''' (August 31, 1906, Mouzon, in the Ardennes ''[[département]]'' of France - September 10, 1950) was a [[Grand Prix motor racing]] driver. Sommer was born into a wealthy Sedan, France carpet making family. His father, Roger, broke the Wright Brothers record
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• Andrew Pitt (motorcycle racer)
  ...n June 2006. At the end of the 2006 season, he lost his seat on the yamaha France R1 to fellow Australian and 2005 Superbike World Champion, Troy Corser.
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• Vuelta a España
  ...240km (149 mi.) per stage. It was inspired by the success of the Tours in France and Italy, and the boost they brought to the circulations of their sponsori ...sey)&mdash;the Spanish counterpart to the [[yellow jersey]] of the Tour de France. Other jerseys honour the best climber ([[King of the Mountains]]) and the
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• Racing
  * [[Road bicycle racing]], such as the [[Tour de France]] ...ttany]]; it can be found in "[[Pointe du Raz]]" (the most western point of France, in Brittany), and "''raz-de-marée''" ([[tsunami]]).
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