Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bicycle race conducted on a short course over roads that have been closed to traffic, usually consisting of multiple laps of a winding loop.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
criterion .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun cycling A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several
laps around a closedcircuit , the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile). - noun Alternative form of
criterion .
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Examples
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· The versatility of the machine is a further important criterium, that is, the possibility of providing a variety of moulds (even special ones made to order) which are easy to change in a short time (say less than one hour), the possibility of adjusting output rates to the local conditions, the possibility of switching from automatic control to manual operation in case of power failure, etc.
Chapter 5 1991
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The criterium is a new addition this year to the open championships schedule.
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A criterium is a bicycle race on a confined course, often closed off city streets, that takes place in a preset time frame, such as a 30 minutes, 45 minutes, hour, etc.
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Participants competed in two races: a road course and a criterium, which is a lap race.
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For Pell the criterium is the start of another hectic weekend of racing, on the streets or the track.
The Advertiser 2009
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The criterium was the final event of the 13th annual French Broad Cycling Classic, which started Friday with The Cane Creek Time Trial and continued Saturday with the Liberty Bicycles
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The criterium was the final event of the 13th annual French Broad Cycling Classic, which started Friday with The Cane Creek Time Trial and continued Saturday with the Liberty Bicycles
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On Tuesday, I rode in a criterium, which is a short race that lasts about an hour, but the pain was too strong and the foot swelled up so at the moment it’s unthinkable that I can take part in a high level race like San Sebastián,” Chavanel said.
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The race would be a "criterium," meaning a bicycle race of multiple loops around a course on public roads closed to other traffic.
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Okay, just go back a little bit…You had a criterium in Stiphout on Tuesday evening?
Complete transcript: Paul Kimmage’s interview of Floyd Landis 2011
lampbane commented on the word criterium
A bike race held on a short course.
September 7, 2008