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road race

[ rohd reys ]

noun

  1. a race that is performed on paved roads:

    State Street will be closed from noon to 5 p.m. for the running of the Governor’s Cup road race.

    Last year’s champion driver appears to have lost this year’s Bordeaux-Paris road race.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of road race1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Evenepoel won gold in the Olympic time trail and the road race at the Paris Games last summer.

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The Tour of Flanders, which began in 1919 and known as De Ronde, is a historic one-day road race held in Belgium every spring and highlighted by climbs and cobbled sectors.

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Mr Kibble, who represented Wales in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in both the individual time trial and the road race, said the "highly watched tour" will "bring lots of great tourism and massive exposure".

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On a typical Ciclovía day, the team might have to track down an extra truck to set up the course, manage a road race, and reunite two lost kids with their parents.

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A second Parisian gold followed just two days later when Storey beat French rider Heidi Gaugain in a thrilling sprint finish to win the C4-5 road race for a fourth time.

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