The Dutch Tourist Trophy, also known as the ''TT Assen'', is an annual Dutch

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event established in 1925 for

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motorcycles held on the TT Circuit Assen, also known as the ‘Cathedral of Speed'. The event attained world championship status in 1949 when it was sanctioned by the FIM as part of the inaugural

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world championship season, making it the oldest event on the

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calendar. The venue holds the record for being the only circuit to have hosted a motorcycle Grand Prix event every year since the series was created in 1949, with the exception of 2020 when the race was cancelled due to the outbreak of

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. The races were traditionally held on the last Saturday of June however, from 2016 onwards it has been held on Sunday of the last weekend of June, bringing it in line with all other MotoGP races. The event is due to take place at the TT Circuit Assen until at least 2026.

Race history

After the Dutch government relaxed laws allowing the motorsport racing on public roads, the Assen & Omstreken motorcycle club organized and held the first Dutch TT on July 11, 1925. Since then the event has taken place every year with the exception of the years 1940 to 1945 because of the

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. The 1925 races were held on a

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in the shape of a triangle between the towns of Borger,

Schoonloo Schoonloo is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe, Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 14 km southeast of Assen. The village was first mentioned in 1328 as Gherard Sconelo. Even though it seeming ...

and Grolloo. From 1926 to 1955, the races were held on a rectangular shaped street circuit through the towns of De Haar,

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and Laaghalerveen. In

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, a new circuit was created which still used public roads but, more closely resembled a modern race track. In 1992, the race track became a permanent enclosed circuit.

Official names and sponsors

*1949–1957, 1959–1971: Grote Prijs van Nederland der K.N.M.V. (no official sponsor) *1972, 1981–1985, 1992: Dutch TT Assen (no official sponsor) *1973–1977: Dutch TT Assen/Grote Prijs van Nederland der KNMV (no official sponsor) *1978–1980, 1986–1991: Dutch TT (no official sponsor) *1993–1997: Lucky Strike Dutch Grand Prix *1998–2000: Rizla+ Dutch TT *2001–2003: Gauloises Dutch TT *2004–2005: Gauloises TT Assen *2006–2008: A-Style TT Assen *2009:

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TT Assen *2010: TIM TT Assen *2011–2014:

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TT Assen *2015–2019, 2021–present: Motul TT Assen

Spectator attendance

2007: 91,429
2013: 90.000
2016-2019: 105.000

Winners of the motorcycle Dutch TT

Multiple winners (riders)

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

Winners by season

References

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