peloton
中流砥柱,中环线,中段,中段车队
Definitions
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Cycling.
- : a large pack or cluster of bicyclists in a road race, riding closely together to reduce wind resistance and conserve their energy.
Examples
Green means “conservative,” when you’re sitting in the peloton saving energy.
In fact, he may have been the only person in the entire pro road peloton with the ability to do it.
A rider will lead the race alone for a hundred-some-odd kilometers and then get gobbled up by the charging peloton just meters from the finish.
He never could get past a climb among the 50 to 80 best in the peloton.
He said riders have always considered Armstrong two years ahead of the peloton when it came to doping.
I gave twenty francs to the troopers of my peloton to drink my health, and I did not forget my friends Titi and Piatte.
Sergeants drill the men of their peloton, and are responsible to their Lieutenant for the horses of their peloton.
Whenever the peloton is ordered to assemble, the Sergeant passes through the rooms to see that the troopers are getting ready.
By de Lanoy's advice I gave Titi five francs to buy a two-gallon jar of wine for the troopers belonging to my peloton.
He granted de Lanoy's request, and put me in his peloton, ordering him at the same time to assign me a bed.