Cycling. A ride or race of a hundred or more miles (or kilometres). Also with modifying word, as half, double, etc.

In track cycling: any of various kinds of race in which competitors start at different positions and pursue one another around a track. Also in…

A relay race for teams of (usually) two riders, traditionally lasting for six days, but frequently of much shorter duration. Also attributive in ma…

Cycling. A competition consisting of a number of contests in different types of event. Chiefly attributive.

Cycling. A cyclist who competes in a pursuit race, esp. one who specializes in this event. Cf. pursuit, n. 6c.

Cross-country bicycle racing.

A type of bicycle racing in which cyclists ride several laps around an indoor track behind a pacing vehicle before sprinting to the finish; a race…

A circuit race.

the organized racing of robust small-wheeled bicycles on a dirt-track or cross-country course, esp. as an organized sport for young people; = BMX, n.

= sportive, n.2

An alleycat race (see sense B.).

A long-distance road cycling event of a type originating in France, in which a large number of participants ride a marked route.