bicycle race
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bicycle race
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Tour de France organisers said they were ready to adapt to any situation when the bicycle race enters the country on Monday after starting in the Spanish city of Bilbao.
From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2023
Mr. Schneider and Hütter reportedly threw themselves into cycling, and the band returned in 2003 with the studio album “Tour de France Soundtracks,” recorded for the centennial of the famed bicycle race.
From Washington Post • May 6, 2020
A small-town clerk impresses his girlfriend by entering a big-city bicycle race.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2020
The other day in the Giro d’Italia—the most prestigious bicycle race on the planet, after the Tour de France—the Dutch cyclist Tom Dumoulin encountered a crisis that unsettled the sport.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2017
In between the crowing contest, the backwards bicycle race, and all that, you’d see folks gathered together, talking and laughing.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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