time trial
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time trial (plural time trials)
- (cycling) An unpaced race in which riders or teams, leaving at regular intervals are timed over a preset course or distance, the winner being the rider or team to finish in the fastest time.
- Any competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other.
[edit] Synonyms
- (in cycling): race of truth
[edit] Derived terms
- individual time trial
- team time trial
- time trial bicycle
- time-trialing, time-trialling
- time trialist, time triallist
[edit] Translations
race in cycling
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competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other
