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Old 9 Dec 2005, 14:25 (Ref:1480497)   #5
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Sometimes the odd numbers were used in practice. It was a way to stop people producing samizdat programmes with runners'n'riders. The race day numbers were allocated later. Not always the case though.

There may also be an attempt to avoid the so-called unlucky numbers 13 and 17.
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