Definition of audax in English:
audax
nounPlural audaxes ˈɔːdaksˈôˌdaks
A type of long-distance road cycling event in which participants must navigate a route within a specified period of time.
the Essex Lanes 106 km audax
Example sentencesExamples
- I very much enjoyed our first proper audax, in glorious weather back in October.
- It is also important to know that both audaxes and sportives have to avoid racing because that requires road closures and police escorts.
- My 100 mile audax runs over Dartmoor one way and returns on a different route.
- I've been meaning to do an audax for a while - the basic idea is, you do a fairly long ride within a specific time.
- On this audax, I neither got a puncture nor was hit by another rider.
- You could do the London-Edinburgh-London Audax, but you have to ride 300km a day for 5 days.
- Doing the 108 km audax ride at Mildenhall tomorrow morning.
- Yates is an intrepid adventurer and long-distance audax freak.
- Without marshalls, audaxes still need proof of ride completion and that means cards to be stamped plus information points.
Origin
Via French from Italian (apparently originally with reference to a ride from Rome to Naples first held in 1897), from Latin audax, audac- 'bold, daring' (see audacious).