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Grand Prix de Denain

Grand Prix de Denain – Porte du Hainaut, the "mini Paris-Roubaix", a flat one-day UCI ProSeries (1.Pro) race in northern France since 1959, with 13 cobbled sectors over about 23 km shortly before Paris-Roubaix.

Grand Prix de la Francophonie

The Grand Prix de la Francophonie is an annual literary prize awarded by the Académie française since 1986 to a francophone whose work has advanced the French language.

Grand Prix de littérature de l'Académie française

The Grand Prix de littérature de l'Académie française is a literary prize founded in 1911, awarded to a writer for their whole work and ranked first among the Académie's prizes.

Grand Prix der Volksmusik

The Grand Prix der Volksmusik was an annual television song competition for volkstümliche Schlager, contested by Germany, Austria, and Switzerland from 1986 to 2010, and by South Tyrol from 2000.

Grand Prix des Nations

The Grand Prix des Nations was a French individual time-trial one-day race founded in 1932, considered for decades the unofficial world championship of time trialling, last contested in 2004.

Grand Prix Drivers' Association

Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), trade union of Formula One drivers founded 11 May 1961 under Stirling Moss; disbanded 1982, revived 1994 after Senna's death; chairman Alex Wurz; advocates driver safety and F1 governance reform.

Grand Prix du Président de la République pour les Lettres

The Grand Prix du Président de la République pour les Lettres is a Senegalese state literary prize, created in 1989 and administered by the Ministry of Culture.

Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française

The Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française is an annual French literary prize, created in 1914 and awarded by the Académie française for the best novel of the year.

Grand Prix Littéraire d'Afrique Noire

The Grand Prix Littéraire d'Afrique Noire (Grand Prize for Literature of Black Africa), now the Grand Prix Afrique, is an annual French literary prize for francophone African writers, first awarded in 1961.

Grand Prix motor racing

Grand Prix motor racing: top-level single-seat circuit racing begun by the 1906 French Grand Prix near Le Mans, run as the AIACR European Championship 1931-1939, and continuing since 1950 as the FIA Formula One World Championship.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Grand Prix motorcycle racing (MotoGP), the FIM Road Racing World Championship founded in 1949 at the Isle of Man TT; premier prototype class of 1000cc four-strokes (850cc from 2027), with Moto2, Moto3, sprints, and Honda as the most successful manufacturer.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing classes and regulations

Grand Prix motorcycle racing is run as three prototype classes, Moto3, Moto2, and MotoGP, with the electric MotoE category, governed by FIM regulations covering rider ages, wild cards, and qualification.

Grand Prix of Europe (film)

Grand Prix of Europe is a 2025 German-British animated family film by Waldemar Fast, produced by Michael Mack for Europa-Park's 50th anniversary, starring mascots Ed and Edda in a Grand Prix racing adventure.

Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final: ISU season-culminating event since 1995-96 (first held in Paris as Champions Series Final). Top six per discipline qualify via points from six GP events; 2026 Final in Chongqing, China.

Grand Prix of Long Beach

Grand Prix of Long Beach (Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach): annual IndyCar street race in Long Beach, California, first held 1975, Formula One venue 1976-1983. 1.968-mile, 11-turn circuit; 2026 winner Alex Palou; owned by Penske Entertainment since 2024.

Grand Prix Pipeline

Grand Prix Pipeline is a natural gas liquids pipeline owned by Targa Resources, carrying NGLs from the Permian Basin to Mont Belvieu, Texas, in full service since 2019.

Grand Prix racing formulae (1906–1939)

The Grand Prix racing formulae were the technical rule sets defining Grand Prix cars from 1906 to 1939, covering engine capacity, weight, and fuel limits.

Grand Prix seasons, 1906–1925

Grand Prix seasons, 1906–1925 covers early Grand Prix motor racing, from the first French Grand Prix at Le Mans in 1906 to the 1925 World Championship.

Grand Prix tennis circuit

The Grand Prix tennis circuit, also known as the ILTF Grand Prix Circuit, was a series of professional men's tennis tournaments run from 1970 until 1990, when the ATP Tour replaced it.

Grand Rapids (oil formation)

The Grand Rapids Formation is a Lower Cretaceous sandstone in Alberta carrying bitumen at the Cold Lake oil sands deposit, the deepest of its three bitumen-bearing formations.

Grand Rapids Gold

Grand Rapids Gold, NBA G League team in Grand Rapids, Michigan; Denver Nuggets affiliate since 2021, formerly the Drive and Pistons-affiliated; plays at Van Andel Arena; 2025-26 Franchise of the Year.

Grand Rapids Griffins

Grand Rapids Griffins, AHL ice hockey team founded 1996 in the IHL, joined AHL 2001; primary Detroit Red Wings affiliate since 2002; Calder Cup champions in 2013 and 2017; play at Van Andel Arena.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan: second-largest Michigan city and Kent County seat on the Grand River, known as Furniture City; about 201,000 residents in 2025, commission-manager government since 1916.

Grand Rectifier of Yangzhou

The Grand Rectifier of Yangzhou (扬州大中正) was the state-level rectifier of the nine-rank system for Yangzhou under the Liang dynasty, grading and certifying men of the capital province for appointment to office.

Grand River Dam Authority

The Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) is an Oklahoma state agency created in 1935 that generates and sells electricity and manages the Grand and Illinois Rivers.

Grand River Energy Center

Grand River Energy Center is a power plant near Chouteau, Oklahoma, owned by the Grand River Dam Authority, combining one coal unit with natural gas generation.

Grand Secretariat

The Grand Secretariat (内阁) was the Qing dynasty's highest civil body, whose grand secretaries drafted imperial rescripts from 1658 until a Western-style responsibility cabinet replaced it in 1911.

Grand Secretariat of the Three Yangs

The Grand Secretariat of the Three Yangs (三杨内阁) was the early Ming Grand Secretariat dominated by grand secretaries Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu.

Grand Secretariat under Yan Song

The Grand Secretariat under Yan Song (严嵩内阁) was the inner cabinet of the Ming dynasty during the Jiajing reign, dominated for some twenty years by chief grand secretary Yan Song and his son Yan Shifan.

Grand Seiko (グランドセイコー)

Grand Seiko (グランドセイコー) is a Japanese luxury watch brand launched by Seiko in 1960 and made independent within the Seiko group in 2017, known for hand-assembled mechanical, quartz, and Spring Drive watches.