Adrian James Archibald (born 1969) is a motorcycle racer from Northern Ireland. Archibald, who was born in

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, has three career wins in the

Isle of Man TT The Isle of Man TT or Tourist Trophy races are an annual motorcycle racing event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907 Isle of Man TT, 1907. The event is often called one of the most dangerous racing ...

, including two races in 2003 riding for TAS

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. The 2003 races were overshadowed by the death of Archibald's team-mate,

David Jefferies Allan David Jefferies (18 September 1972 – 29 May 2003) was an English professional motorcycle racer. He died after crashing during practice for the 2003 Isle of Man TT races. Early life The son of Tony Jefferies, also a former Isle of Man ...

. Archibald left the TAS team at the end of 2005 to move to AIM Racing Yamaha for the 2006 season, but when

Ryan Farquhar Ryan Alan Robert Farquhar (born 2 February 1976, Dungannon, Northern Ireland) is a professional motorcycle racer who primarily competes in road racing. Farquhar won the Dukes Road Racing Rankings four times. He won five races at the Cooksto ...

was injured at the Cookstown 100 races at the end of April, he rejoined the TAS Suzuki team, after the

North West 200 The International North West 200 is a Northern Irish motorsport event established in 1929 for road racing motorcycles held on a street circuit known as ''the Triangle'' between the towns of Portstewart, Coleraine and Portrush in Causeway Coas ...

races. He remained with TAS in 2007, and rode with his own AMA Racing Team for 2008–10. Archibald has also had four wins in the

Ulster Grand Prix The Ulster Grand Prix is a motorcycle race that takes place on the Dundrod Circuit made up entirely of closed-off public roads near Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first races took place in 1922 and in 1935 and 1948 the Fédération Internati ...

.Profile on Ulster Grand Prix site
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