Flemington Racecourse is a major horse racing venue located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is most notable for hosting the Melbourne Cup, which is the world's richest handicap and the world's richest 3200-metre horse race. The racecourse is situated on low alluvial flats, next to the Maribyrnong River. The area was first used for horse racing in March 1840.
Racing Victoria Limited, as the governing principal racing authority, has responsibilities to develop, encourage, promote and manage the conduct of Thoroughbred horse racing in the State of Victoria, Australia. It assumed this responsibility, from the Victoria Racing Club, on 19 December 2001.
Crash Nitro Kart is a 2003 kart racing game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance; versions for the N-Gage and mobile phones were released in 2004. It is the second racing game in the Crash Bandicoot series after Crash Team Racing and the first game in the series to feature full motion videos.
Michael John Duffy is an Australian former politician who served as an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Holt from 1980 to 1996. He was Minister for Communications from 1983 to 1987, Minister for Trade Negotiations from 1987 to 1990 and the Attorney-General from 1990 to 1993.
Dmitry Anatolyevich Kozonchuk is a Russian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team Gazprom–RusVelo.
Alexander Khatuntsev is a Russian former professional road bicycle racer. For his final season as a professional in 2012, he rode for UCI Professional Continental Team RusVelo. Khatuntsev has also rode for Unibet.com and Tinkoff Credit Systems.
Sebastian Murphy is an apprentice Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.
Sergey Alexandrovich Klimov is a Russian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2014 for the Itera, Lokomotiv, Tinkoff Credit Systems, Team Katusha and RusVelo teams. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Continental Team Israel Premier Tech Roland.
Alexander Sergeyevich Serov is a Russian former road and track racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2017 for the Itera, Lokomotiv, Tinkoff Credit Systems, Team Katusha and Gazprom–RusVelo teams.
Nikita Eskov is a Russian professional racing cyclist, currently riding for UCI Professional Continental Team RusVelo.
Starspangledbanner is an Australian-bred and internationally raced Thoroughbred racehorse who won six of his sixteen group or listed race starts including the group one (G1) Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, G1 July Cup at Newmarket, G1 Oakleigh Plate and the G1 Caulfield Guineas for A$2,198,503 in prize money.
The Basel S-Bahn has provided an S-Bahn-style rail service connecting the Basel metropolitan area since 1997 in Switzerland, Germany and France. It consists of eight suburban train lines, including four that operate across borders.
Artem Sergeyevich Ovechkin is a Russian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team Terengganu Cycling Team. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.
Harness Racing Victoria (HRV) is a statutory body for which the Victorian Minister for Racing, The Hon. Anthony Carbines is responsible. Harness Racing Victoria's function is to administer, develop and promote the sport of Harness Racing in Victoria.
Alexander Mironov is a Russian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental Team RusVelo. He is the 2005 under-23 national road race champion and the winner of 2010 Trofeo Franco Balestra. He turned professional in 2011, riding for the UCI ProTour team Team Katusha, but moved to RusVelo for the 2012 season.
Gazprom–RusVelo, a part of the Russian Global Cycling Project and sponsored by Gazprom, is a Russian road and track cycling team that suspended its activities in 2022. It was founded in late 2011 and granted UCI Professional Continental status. For its first season 2012 the team signed several ex-Team Katusha riders along with a few ones from Continental Team Itera–Katusha.
The 2014 season for the RusVelo cycling team began in February at the Volta ao Algarve. The team participated in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour events when given a wildcard invitation.
Igor Ivanovich Boev is a Russian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Gazprom–RusVelo.
The 2017 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 29 January. It was the third edition of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and the second event of the 2017 UCI World Tour. It was the first time that the race was included in the UCI World Tour calendar.
