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Cycling Lingo 



Here is a list of cycling lingo ..so you can amaze your friends!


A bloc   Full gas
Achtervolgers   “chasers”, riders trying to reach another group ahead of them
Autobus    group of riders at the back in a mountain stage who collaborate to finish in time
Ardennes   hilly Ardennes region of Belgium
Arrivée  arrival, the finish line

Bas côté  unpaved sides of a road
Bidon  water bottle
Baroudeur  courageous rider compensating moderate ability by combative riding
Bordure   formed when riders adopt an echelon formation in a crosswind
Bosse     “bump”, a short hill

Caduta      crash
Chasse patate     “potato hunting”, when a rider is trying to bridge across from the bunch to the lead group
Cima     summit
Cima Coppi    prize awarded for the first to the top the highest mountain pass in the Tour of Italy
Classic    prestigious one day race that has been staged for many years
Contre la montre    “against the watch”, a time trial race
Col     mountain pass
Commissaire    race judge
Côte      small hill
Crevaison     puncture

La Doyenne    “old lady”, the nickname of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège race
Départ fictif     symbolic start point of race
Départ réel     actual point when the racing begins after the neutralised procession ends
Directeur sportif      Team manager
Domestique       “servant”, a rider tasked with helping a team leader
Dorsales    Race numbers pinned to the jersey

Echapée     breakaway
Enfer du nord      “Hell of the North”, nickname of the Paris-Roubaix race
Etape   stage
Etape reine     Queen stage, the crucial mountain stage in a race
Flamme rouge     “red flame”, the red kit symbol signalling 1km to the finish
Flahute    a tough rider, usually from Flanders or Northern France
Fringale     a state of hypoglycaemia, the blood sugar falls and a rider runs out of energy

Grand boucle     “big loop / buckle”, a nickname of the Tour de France
Groupe de tête     lead group in a race
Grimpeur     a “climber”, a rider suited to riding in the mountains
Grupetto    see “autobus”
Gruppo compatto  “compact group”, when the bunch absords any breakaways and all the main riders are back together

Hellingen   “ramps”, the term used to describe the short but steep climbs of Flanders
Hors délai   Outside the cut-off time




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Jour sans   “day without”, when a rider as an off day in a stage race, conceding time to rivals
Kasseien  cobbles
Kermesse   a village festival where often a bike race is included
Kop van de wedstrijd    Head of the race, the front group
Lanterne rouge   “red light”, the name given to the last rider on the overall classification

Maglia rose  Pink jersey
Maillot jaune  Yellow jersey
Maillot vert   Green jersey 
Maillot à pois  Polka dot jersey
Monument   one of the five most prestigious one day races of the year
Mur   “wall”, a steep climb

Omloop   circuit or race
Passista   rider capable of fast riding on the flat
Peloton   “platoon”, the main pack or bunch of riders
Pendenza   gradient or slope
Pistard   track rider
Puncheur   rider capable of frequent attacks
Primavera    “spring”, the nickname of the Milan-Sanremo race
Prime    bonus payment, often awarded at a set point in the race
Prix   Prize
Prix Henri Desgrange    prize awarded to the first to the top the highest mountain pass in the Tour de Franc e

Ronde  “round”, circular route for a race or a tour
Rouleur   rider capable of fast riding on the flat
Salita   a climb
Service course   a team’s headquarters and base
Sommet   Summit
Strade bianche  “white roads”, unsealed dust roads in rural Italy


Vlaanderen  the Flanders region of Belgium
Volata   sprint
Voiture balai  broom wagon, the last vehicle in a race, it “sweeps up” any dropped riders
Voiture neutre  neutral service vehicle
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