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The MTB equivalents of these tyres were Michelin Wildgrippers in various forms and colours - whether they used the same name for the 'cross tyres I can't remember but you could try asking for Wildgrippers.
These were reputedly the best race tyres ever made. So when I was at a fair a couple of years ago with two mates who wanted some decent off-road tyres I told them to try the stall that was piled high with green Wildgrippers. I explained that Wildgrippers were front and rear specific as well as directional but that the racers only ever used the rears: the rear would be fitted correctly on the rear but on the front they would fit another rear but "reversed"; I could see they didn't believe this story. So they went over to the stall to buy rears but then came back empty-handed. "What's wrong?" I asked. "They're all bloody fronts!". QED.