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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 closed circuit, 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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  • A bike race held on a short course.

    September 7, 2008