time trial

English

Noun

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time trial ‎(plural time trials)

1. (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.
2. Any competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other.

Synonyms

• (in cycling): race of truth

Derived terms

Derived terms

individual time trial team time trial time trial bicycle

time-trialing, time-trialling time trialist, time triallist

Translations

race in cycling

• Czech: časovka (cs) f
• Dutch: tijdrit m

• French: contre-la-montre (fr) m
• Italian: cronometro (it) f

competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other

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