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Ricardo Tormo, world champion born in Canals

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Ricardo Tormo, world champion born in Canals

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Ricardo Tormo Blaya (Ayacor, Canals, 1952 - Valencia, 1998) was a motorcycle racer, world champion in the 50cc class on two occasions: in 1978 with Bultaco and in 1981 with Motul-Bultaco, with five and six wins respectively. In 1984 he suffered a serious accident while testing an 80cc Derbi, colliding with a car at 160 km/h and being thrown more than forty metres, which put an end to his sporting career. He died in 1998 at the age of 46, a victim of leukaemia detected two years earlier. In his memory the Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo Circuit was inaugurated, a venue for rounds of the Motorcycling World Championship.

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