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Twin Ring Motegi
Twin Ring Motegi (ツインリンクもてぎ), now Mobility Resort Motegi, is Honda's 1997 motorsport complex in Tochigi, Japan, with a 2.4 km oval and 4.8 km road course hosting the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix.
Ty Gibbs
Ty Gibbs (born 2002) is an American NASCAR Cup Series driver of the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, grandson of owner Joe Gibbs; 2021 ARCA and 2022 Xfinity champion, 2023 Rookie of the Year, first Cup win at Bristol in 2026.
Ty Majeski
Ty Majeski (Tyler Majeski, born 1994) is an American stock car racer from Seymour, Wisconsin who won the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series title with ThorSport Racing.
Tyler Reddick
Tyler Reddick (born 1996, Corning, California) is an American NASCAR Cup Series driver of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota, two-time Xfinity champion (2018, 2019), 2026 Daytona 500 winner, and 13-time Cup race winner.
Tyrrell P34
Tyrrell P34 (Project 34), the six-wheeler: Derek Gardner's 1976-77 Formula One car with four 10-inch front wheels. Won the 1976 Swedish GP with Jody Scheckter; the only six-wheeled F1 car to race and win.
Tyrrell Racing
Tyrrell Racing Organisation, Ken Tyrrell's British F1 team (1968-1998), won three Stewart drivers' titles, the 1971 constructors' title, 33 GPs, and raced the six-wheeled P34; sold to BAR, now Mercedes' lineage.
U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team
U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team (USPS Team), 1996-2004 American pro cycling squad, renamed Discovery Channel in 2005; won six Tours de France with Lance Armstrong, later exposed by USADA as running a team doping program.
UCI Road World Championships
UCI Road World Championships, annual road cycling world titles run by the Union Cycliste Internationale since 1921 (professionals from 1927); rainbow jersey, road races and time trials; Kigali 2025 first African edition, Montréal 2026.
UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
UCI Road World Championships men's elite road race, the annual one-day race for the rainbow jersey, first held 1921, professional from 1927 (Alfredo Binda); 2026 won by Brandon McNulty in Montréal over 273.7 km.
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
UCI Track Cycling World Championships: annual track cycling world titles first held in Chicago in 1893; 22 rainbow-jersey events (11 men's, 11 women's); Harrie Lavreysen holds the record with 23 titles; France leads the all-time medal table.
UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit
Men's individual pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships: a 4 km head-to-head track time trial, non-Olympic since removal from the Games, with champions including Taylor Phinney, Ashton Lambie, Filippo Ganna, and Josh Charlton.
UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
Men's keirin at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships: annual elite world title in the motorbike-paced six-lap sprint. Harrie Lavreysen won 2025 in Santiago; 2026 edition in Shanghai.
UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
The women's individual pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships is a track cycling event; Chloé Dygert won four titles and Anna Morris of Britain won in 2025.
UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
The women's keirin is a paced sprint event at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, first held in 2002 and won since 2024 by Japan's Mina Sato.
UCI Track Cycling World Cup and Nations Cup host venues
The UCI Track Cycling World Cup and Nations Cup host venues lists the velodromes staging track cycling's annual world cup series, run by the UCI since 1993.
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics (1993–2010)
The UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics was an international track cycling series run by the UCI from 1993 to 2010/11, with up to six rounds per season.
UCI world records in endurance and mass-start track cycling events
The UCI ratifies no world records in mass-start endurance track cycling events such as the points race, madison, scratch race, or elimination race; only timed events carry records.
UCI World Tour
UCI World Tour, top tier of men's professional road cycling since 2011 (merger of ProTour and Historical calendars); 36 races, 18 WorldTeams on three-year licences decided by triennial UCI points ranking; women's equivalent launched 2016.
Udo Hempel
Udo Hempel, German track cyclist born 1946 in Düsseldorf: West German team pursuit silver 1968, Olympic gold 1972, world champion 1970, eight national titles, and national track coach 1982–88.
Ugo Ugochukwu
Ugo Ugochukwu (born 2007, New York) is an American racing driver, 2026 FIA F3 champion with Campos Racing, 2024 Macau GP winner, former McLaren junior, and first F1 test with Alpine at Monza in 2026.
Ulster Grand Prix
Ulster Grand Prix, motorcycle road race at Dundrod, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, first held 1922; former World Championship round, outright lap record 136.415 mph (Peter Hickman, 2019), last held 2019, revival planned for 2027.
Ultra-distance cycling
Ultra-distance cycling (ultracycling): non-stop races of 500 km or more, 12/24-hour events, and randonneuring. Key events: Race Across America (4,933 km, 53,000 m climbing), Paris-Brest-Paris (1,200 km, since 1891), Transcontinental Race; Strasser's 896.173 km 24-h record.
Union Cycliste Internationale
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), world governing body for cycling, founded 14 April 1900 in Paris replacing the ICA; based in Aigle, Switzerland, with 205 national federations, 11 disciplines, and president David Lappartient since 2017.
United States Auto Club
United States Auto Club (USAC), founded 1956 in Speedway, Indiana, is an American motorsport sanctioning body. It sanctioned the US National Championship 1956–1979 and the Indianapolis 500 1956–1997, and now runs Silver Crown, Sprint Car, and Midget series.
United States Grand Prix
United States Grand Prix, the American round of the F1 World Championship, first run 1959 at Sebring; held at Sebring, Riverside, Watkins Glen, Phoenix, Indianapolis, and since 2012 the Circuit of The Americas, Austin, contracted through 2034.
United States National Road Race Championships
United States National Road Race Championships (USPRO), USA Cycling's annual road race national titles dating to 1985 (men) and 1966 (women); winners wear the stars-and-stripes jersey; 2026 champions Kate Courtney and Quinn Simmons in Charleston, WV.
Uwe Ampler
Uwe Ampler (born 1964, Zerbst) is a German former road cyclist for East Germany: 1986 amateur world champion, 1988 Olympic team time trial gold medalist, and four-time Peace Race winner (1987-1989, 1998).
Uwe Peschel
Uwe Peschel, born 1968 in East Berlin, German road cyclist; son of Axel Peschel; won 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold in the 100 km team time trial, later a Gerolsteiner time-trial specialist and Katusha sports director.
Valencia Ricardo Tormo
Circuit Ricardo Tormo (Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo) is a 4.005 km permanent racing circuit in Cheste, Valencia, Spain, opened 1999, named after the two-time 50cc world champion, and host of the MotoGP season finale since 2002.
Valentino Gasparella
Valentino Gasparella (born 30 May 1935, Isola Vicentina) is an Italian track cyclist, 1956 Olympic team pursuit gold medalist, world amateur sprint champion 1958 and 1959, and 1960 Olympic sprint bronze medalist behind Sante Gaiardoni.