Elinor Barker stormed to the points
race champion title in a race dominated by the home nations, with Katie Archibald and Neah Evans riding to silver and bronze respectively for Scotland - Wales's first gold medal on the track since 1990.
ACME Corporation, the corporate juggernaut behind such successful products as the Acme Disintegrator Gun and the Acme Portable Hole, is sponsoring a number of racing contests all over the universe for the Looney Tunes characters to compete for the looniest
racing champion title.
Not exact matches
Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentina's daring world
champion, began bid for fourth
title, gunning his borrowed Ferrari at record - breaking 79.4 mph to win Argentina Grand Prix at Buenos Aires, first championship
race of 1956.
We have all but ruled ourselves out of the
title race following our dismal display at Stamford Bridge this weekend which allowed our rivals to move to 12 points clear of us, and we (for now) have to concentrate on building our own form to assure ourselves of
Champions League football, and should the Blues begin to drop points, we must be within touching distance of them when push comes to shove.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has already started discussing next season's Premier League
title race after Manchester City were confirmed as
champions yesterday.
The Red Devils have fallen short of expectations this season with their early exit from the
Champions League and an inability to match rivals Manchester City in the Premier League
title race.
The Red Devils have fallen short in the Premier League
title race, the
Champions League and League Cup, which in turn leaves them battling for the FA Cup to avoid being left empty - handed this year.
There's no arguing the awesomeness of the RB6 though - the team won nine
races and both championships, with Sebastian Vettel winning a thrilling four - way
title decider to become the youngest ever
champion and kicking off four straight years of Red Bull dominance.
The Premier League
champions have been cut adrift in the
race to defend their
title in recent weeks, with leaders Chelsea now commanding a six point lead with a game in hand.
Such has been the form of the former FC Porto man that he has propelled the Vicente Calderon into a genuine
title race, or at the very least given hope to Diego Simeone's side securing a hugely lucrative
Champions League berth and as such it may be financially worthwhile to keep hold of the 26 year old until at least the summer.
The Cardinal were the two - time defending Pac - 12
champions and expected to give Oregon a serious run for its money in the West Coast wing of the
title race.
The 59 - year - old has earned plenty of praise this season, not only for the fact that Napoli continue to push defending Serie A
champions Juventus in the
title race, as they trail them by four points with seven games remaining, but more so because of the style of football that he has implemented at the San Paolo.
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The Chilean has found himself under pressure at the Etihad in recent weeks with the side off the pace in the Premier League
title race and looking likely to be knocked out of the
Champions League.
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The last time Ramsey's hamstring went he missed three weeks but the time before that he was out for twice as long, so how will this injury blow affect the Gunners and our chances in the EPL
title race and
Champions League?
Ernesto Valverde will have to take the lead on it if the alleged poor morale is a genuine issue, as with Barcelona going so well this season with a commanding lead in the La Liga
title race coupled with their ongoing hunt for the Copa del Rey and
Champions League, there is still a lot on the line this year.
2014 and 2015
champion Petter Solberg finished 2nd, but 5th place for Mattias Ekstrom was enough to secure him the
title with a round to spare, adding Rallycross honours to his two DTM championships and three
Race of
Champions victories.
Here's a little reminder for whats in store in the coming months: More injuries, followed by a big dip in form, We drop out of the
title race and out of the
champions league and there will be no signings in the January window.
Zinedine Zidane's side are well off the pace in the La Liga
title race, will not contest the Copa del Rey final and still have a long road ahead in the
Champions League which remains their last hope of silverware this season.
Arsenal's 10 - 2
Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich is used as the impetus for the rapid rise in protestations, and our side has since dropped right out of the
title race, and are now in danger of missing out on the top four also.
I know that Arsene Wenger has a well deserved reputation for backing his players and that certainly goes down well in the Arsenal dressing room, but with the Gunners all but mathematically out of the
race for the Premier League
title, our
Champions League exploits are more important than ever and with Mesut Ozil in poor form and suffering a crisis of confidence, an away match against Bayern Munich is not the right time for the manager to stick with him.
Having added countless top young players to essentially start a new cycle at the club, Guardiola and his players have built an early eight - point lead in the Premier League
title race while they've comfortably qualified for the knockout stage of the
Champions League.
There are various theories about why the Gunners keep falling short in the
race for the Premier League
title and our various and numerous injury problems certainly do not help, but it is the way that the team fails to turn up at times in crucial games, such as the EPL defeat by Wartford recently or the
Champions League hammering at the hands of Bayern Munich that many will point to as evidence that the boss is not getting the best from his squad anymore.
After consistent failure to win the league, put up a sustainable challenge in the
race for the
title, get past the round of 16 in the
champions league and disappoint in big games, Arsenal fans are realising that this feat isn't surprising.
Having fallen short in the Premier League
title race, League Cup and
Champions League, the Portuguese tactician will be desperate to end the campaign on a high note with a trophy and a second - place finish in the league.
He'll be hoping to add to that trophy haul when he makes his comeback, with Atleti chasing down Barcelona in the La Liga
title race while they'll hope to still be involved in the
Champions League in the second half of the campaign as they face a crucial week with a win over Chelsea perhaps not even enough depending on Roma's result.
Coutinho would not have been involved any way if Ernesto Valverde's side had won the
Champions League, while his impact on the La Liga
title race has also been minimal as they were well clear at the top when he arrived anyway.
The
title race is not over for Arsenal but we have to be very good and extremely consistent in the second half to stand any chance of becoming
champions.
Wenger can ill - afford another defeat on Sunday, as the Frenchman is already under fire following a poor run of form which has seen them fall eight points off the pace in the Premier League
title race, as well as slipping to a two - goal deficit ahead of their second leg clash with Barcelona in the
Champions League.
I concede the fact it has only been a handful of Premier League fixtures and the
title race, as well as
Champions League gold is probably a touch ambitious but I have been extremely impressed wirh Arsenal over the last few weeks and owe Le Prof a personally aplogy.
It was only a week or so ago that some Arsenal fans were wringing their hands with despair and predicting a collapse of form and results that would see Arsenal slide out of the Premier League
title race, exit the EFL cup and suffer the usual fate of being runners up in our
Champions League group which would see us knocked out in the first knockout stage.
Or would you prefer that we dropped out of the
title race and went on to win the
Champions League?
While the Premier League
title race is all but over already, they still have a chance to make this a special season fans will long remember, and a deep
Champions League run would be just the ticket to do that.
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With Atleti in the midst of a La Liga
title race and having advanced to the semi-finals of the
Champions League, it would seemingly make little sense for Griezmann to leave Diego Simeone's side this summer.
As the quality level of the opposition goes up in the latter stages of the
Champions League and when the pressure is on against the big sides in England in the
title race, an issue like that can emerge as a real problem at key moments.
Arsene Wenger absolutely refuses to believe that the
title race is over, not while there is the slightest mathematical chance that Arsenal could still end up as
Champions.
Jose Mourinho will still hope to deliver the FA Cup to avoid being left empty - handed this year, but having fallen short in the Premier League
title race and
Champions League, he will be frustrated with how the year has gone.
Following an excellent run of form, Zidane's side are firmly back in the
title race, and find themselves just one point behind leaders Barcelona and
Champions League final opponents Atletico Madrid with two games to play.
It's been a disappointing campaign for the Red Devils on the whole, as although they're still in the hunt for the FA Cup, they've fallen short in the Premier League
title race and were dumped out of the
Champions League earlier than most expected against Sevilla.
The Red Devils remain in the hunt for silverware with the FA Cup and
Champions League this season, but they haven't been able to keep up with the pace set by rivals Man City in the Premier League
title race.
If training a horse in France for the Kentucky Derby seemed more than unorthodox — it has never been done in the 118 - year history of the
race — Paulson cheerily reminded inquiring doubters that no European 2 - year - old
champion had ever won the American juvenile
title either, so sit down and relax.
With countless internationals with experience of playing all over Europe, coupled with their ability to compete against the likes of Chelsea and Man City in the
Champions League, they have enough to suggest that they certainly would be involved in the
title race at the very least.
JUst how much risk can he take with the
Champions League and how much priority does he give the
title race?
Two - time F1
champion and Scottish
racing legend Jim Clark holds the
title for the most Grand Slams with eight in total, the first coming at Aintree in 1962 and the last being scored at the Nurburgring in 1965.
Of course the Gunners did not want to drop out of the elite competition that is the
Champions League, but the boss suggested it might be a good thing as we could then focus all our energies on the new Premier League
title race.
David Coulthard beat Petter Solberg in the final of the individual competition to win his second
Race of
Champions title
Arsenal are still fighting to stay in the
race for the Premiership
title after being eliminated from both the FA Cup and the
Champions League in one cruel week, but Arsene Wenger firmly believes that this top quality Arsenal team is now fully primed and ready to aim for the top spot by the end of the season.
With stars such as Alvaro Morata and Alexandre Lacazette making move to England this summer, as well as players like Romelu Lukaku and Kyle Walker swapping one Premier League team for another in big - money moves, it seems as if all the
title chasers are pushing the boat out this year in the
race to be declared
champions come May.