Cycling words, in the order you need them
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Words
- Peloton
- Draft
- Stage race
- Breakaway
- Sprint
- Domestique
- Commissaires panel
- Neutralisation
- Recognised mishap
- General classification
- Leader's jersey
- Time trial
- Climb
- Feeding zone
- Peloton split
- One-day race
- Attack
- Bridge
- Lead out
- Chase group
- Gruppetto
- Mountains classification
- Neutral service
- Broom wagon
- Earpiece
- Time limit
- Mixed relay
- Prologue
- Time bonus
- Points classification
- Team classification
- Rest day
- Velodrome
- Sprint
- Pursuit
- Keirin
- Madison
- Omnium
- Team sprint
- Team pursuit
- Scratch race
- 200 m time trial
- Tempo race
- Kilometre time trial
- Points race
- Elimination race
- Derny
- Sprinters' lane
- Gaining and losing a lap
- Bell
- Relegation and disqualification
- False start and restart
- Standstill
- Dead heat in timed events
- Cross-country
- Downhill
- Singletrack
- Berm
- Suspension
- Short track
- Eliminator
- Four cross
- Enduro
- Pump track
- Feed and technical assistance zone
- 80% rule
- BMX racing
- Gate start
- BMX freestyle
- Jump
- Park
- Flatland
- Run
- Moto
- Qualifiers
- Invalid result marks
- Errors and deductions
- Cadence
- Gear ratio
- Aero bars
- Bonk
Rules
- What is BMX freestyle, and how is it different from BMX racing?
- How long does a BMX freestyle rider get?
- How is BMX freestyle scored?
- What makes a high-scoring run in BMX freestyle?
- What happens to the score if a BMX freestyle rider falls or puts a foot down?
- Does a trick count if the clock hits zero in mid-air, and what if the bike breaks?
- How does a BMX freestyle competition get from a full entry list to a winner?
- How big is a BMX freestyle park, and what is in it?
- What bike does a BMX freestyle rider use, and is a helmet compulsory?
- What can get a BMX freestyle rider warned or disqualified?
- How are ties broken in BMX freestyle, and what do DNS and DSQ mean?
- How does a BMX race work?
- How long is a BMX track, and how high is the start hill?
- How does the start work in BMX racing?
- How do riders get to a BMX final?
- What decides a close finish in BMX racing?
- What happens if a rider crashes or goes off the track?
- How old do you have to be to race BMX, and what are the categories?
- Is contact allowed in BMX racing?
- What do DNF, REL and DNS mean on a BMX result sheet?
- What are the penalties in BMX racing, and can a result be protested?
- How are the final placings worked out in BMX racing?
- What are the rules for a BMX race bike?
- What must a BMX racer wear?
- What are the different kinds of mountain bike race?
- How does an Olympic cross-country mountain bike race work?
- How is the start order decided in a mountain bike race, and how is the race started?
- What is a cross-country course like, and what happens if a rider leaves it?
- Where can a mountain biker take a bottle or get a puncture fixed during a race?
- Why are some riders pulled out of a cross-country race before the finish?
- What equipment rules apply to a mountain bike in a race?
- What is short track mountain biking?
- How does a cross-country eliminator race work?
- What are the rules for mountain bike marathons and multi-day stage races?
- How does a downhill mountain bike race work?
- What do the flags mean in downhill, and when does a rider get a re-run?
- What must a downhill rider wear?
- What is four cross, and what do the coloured cards mean?
- How do enduro and pump track races work?
- How does a road cycling race work?
- What help can road cyclists give each other, and what counts as cheating?
- Where can riders eat, drink and throw away bottles in a road race?
- What happens when a rider punctures or crashes in a road race?
- Are riders allowed radios in a road race?
- What are the rules in a bunch sprint?
- How are finishing times worked out in a road race, and why do so many riders get the same time?
- What happens if a road race is held up by a train, a crash or the weather?
- What is a yellow card in cycling, and what other penalties are there?
- How does a cycling time trial work?
- What happens when one rider catches another in a time trial?
- How do the team time trial and the mixed relay work?
- How is the winner of a stage race such as a Grand Tour decided?
- What do the different jerseys in a stage race mean?
- What are time bonuses in a stage race?
- What happens if a rider crashes or punctures near the end of a stage?
- Can a rider be thrown out of a stage race for being too slow?
- What are the different events in track cycling?
- How does the sprint work in track cycling, and why do the riders go so slowly at first?
- What are the rules about moving across the track in a sprint?
- What is the keirin, and what is the motorbike for?
- How does the team sprint work?
- What are the kilometre time trial and the flying 200 metres?
- How does the individual pursuit work?
- How does the team pursuit work, and why does the third rider matter?
- What happens after a false start, a puncture or a crash in a track race?
- What does it mean to gain a lap in a track race?
- How does the points race work?
- What is the Madison, and how do the hand-slings work?
- What is a scratch race?
- How does the elimination race work?
- What is a tempo race?
- How does the omnium work?