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- ↑ Andrea Bartolini career profile
- ↑ "1997 500cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ↑ "2003 125cc motocross world championship final standings". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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- ↑ Parsons, Grant (January 2003). MX des Nations. Cycle World. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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