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61Scratch race — A scratch race is a race in which all contestants start from scratch (on equal terms).If one or more riders gains an entire lap on the peloton and keeps this to the finish, this advantage places them ahead of the other riders with fewer laps… …
622008 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships - Men's elite race — Due to the speedy track, no riders managed to break away from the pack and about 20 riders were still in contention for the title going into the final lap. But just like all the previous races during these championships, the favorite managed to… …
631979 Race of Champions — The 1979 Race of Champions was a Formula One non championship race held at Brands Hatch on April 15, 1979. The field was made up of seven Formula One cars that competed in the World championship while the rest of the field usually competed in the …
64dog race — dog race, a race in which greyhounds or whip pets run around a track in pursuit of a mechanical rabbit, which runs ahead of them on a rail …
65plunge ahead — index race Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
66forge ahead — ADVANCE RAPIDLY, progress quickly, make rapid progress, increase speed, put a spurt on. → forge * * * move forward or take the lead in a race ■ continue or make progress with a course or undertaking the government is forging ahead with reforms …
67Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's road race — The Women s Road Race at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Cycling):The peloton finally split on the penultimate lap, with a small group going clear that contained a number of the favourites, and two Australian cyclists, Sara Carrigan and Oenene Wood.… …
68space race — n [sing] the competition between the US and the former USSR to develop spacecraft and send them successfully into space. The USSR was the early leader in 1957 with the Sputnik satellite, but the Americans were ahead by 1969 when the Apollo… …
69sack race — sack racer. sack racing. a race in which each contestant jumps ahead while his or her legs are confined in a sack. [1880 85] * * * …
70Che Guevara and race — On July 17, 1952, age 24, in his personal diary, Che Guevara wrote[1]: The blacks, those magnificent examples of the African race who have conserved their racial purity by a lack of affinity with washing, have seen their patch invaded by a… …
