time trial

time trial

English

Noun

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

Catalan: contrarellotge (ca) f Czech: časovka (cs) f Dutch: tijdrit (nl) m French: contre-la-montre (fr) m

German: Zeitfahren (de) n Italian: cronometro (it) f Spanish: contrarreloj (es) f, contra reloj f

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

Catalan: contrarellotge (ca) f

Spanish: contrarreloj (es) f, contra reloj f

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