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- noun motorsport, BMX The position of being the first
rider to pass the firstturn of thecourse .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Trebon took the holeshot across the top of the amphitheatre and led the race onto the stair run-up mid-way through the opening lap.
Ryan Trebon takes round 1 at the Cincinnati ‘cross festival 2010
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Matter shot back, however, taking the top spot in Loenhout, with a 45th place ahead of Czech rider Martin Zlamalik, then grabbing the holeshot in Bredene before finishing 23rd.
American cyclocrossers take the battle to Belgium for holiday week racing 2011
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Starting inside on the front row, Butler took the uphill holeshot, and her pace – and a pile-up on a short, steep pitch near the pit – broke five riders free: Butler, Compton, Bruno-Roy, Winfield and Kaitlyn Antonneau (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld. com).
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Van Gilder got the holeshot, but Elliott took over early in the first lap, opening a huge gap.
Johnson and Gould leave the competition in the dust at Louisville USGP 2010
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The DFI is also designed to generate torque in the low and medium rpm ranges for outstanding holeshot-achieving acceleration.
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In the long uphill drag to the holeshot, Van Gilder and Maureen Bruno Roy led the charge, but after half a lap it was Miller establishing control.
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He is racing for the coveted Manhattan Bridge bike path holeshot, but he's not going to get it if the guy riding a ten speed and wearing a "The Nation" t-shirt can help it.
Midnight Oil: How Can We Sleep When Our Beds Are Burning? BikeSnobNYC 2010
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A full season on the mountain bike circuit in her legs, the 39-year-old grabbed the holeshot ahead of Sue Butler (Hudz-Subaru) as vuvuzelas hummed over the Desert Breeze Soccer Complex.
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He is racing for the coveted Manhattan Bridge bike path holeshot, but he's not going to get it if the guy riding a ten speed and wearing a "The Nation" t-shirt can help it.
Archive 2010-05-01 BikeSnobNYC 2010
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A couple years ago he showed up in the Cofidis kit and took the holeshot.
In Transition: Livable Streets, Lovable Lenses BikeSnobNYC 2010
hernesheir commented on the word holeshot
Racers of all stripes call the battle to be in first place around or through the first turn the holeshot.
February 11, 2010