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473:15 June
451:15 June
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407:15 June
385:15 June
315:Belgium
307:Austria
232:TT wins
178:F. laps
169:Podiums
1731:Wilkes
1727:Reeves
1670:Reeves
1662:Koerts
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1206:Taylor
1186:Holzer
1174:Biland
1162:Biland
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1074:Kremer
1070:Owesle
1054:Enders
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326:Yamaha
268:Career
211:career
182:Points
163:Starts
46:German
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1602:HĂ€nni
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1486:Biggs
1450:James
1438:James
1426:James
1410:Dixon
1398:Dixon
1234:Huber
1138:Huber
1126:Huber
866:Faust
826:Smith
285:König
173:Poles
1757:2023
1746:2022
1735:2021
1724:2019
1713:2018
1702:2017
1690:2016
1678:2016
1666:2015
1654:2015
1642:2014
1630:2014
1618:2013
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1394:1995
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1362:1993
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1326:1990
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1226:1982
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1142:1977
1130:1976
1118:1975
1106:1974
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1066:1971
1050:1970
1038:1969
1030:Fath
1026:1968
1014:1967
1002:1966
982:1965
970:1964
958:1963
946:1962
934:1961
926:Fath
922:1960
910:1959
898:1958
886:1957
882:Cron
878:Noll
874:1956
862:1955
858:Cron
854:Noll
850:1954
838:1953
834:Nutt
822:1952
810:1951
798:1950
786:1949
676:2014
659:2014
633:2014
607:2014
585:2014
563:2014
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519:2014
497:2014
475:2014
453:2014
431:2014
409:2014
387:2014
313:and
225:1981
221:1973
219:18 (
166:Wins
153:1976
149:1975
113:1989
93:1989
89:1972
51:Born
281:BMW
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