road race


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road race

n.
A race whose course follows one or more roads or trails rather than a track.
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PhilCycling President Abraham Tolentino said the road race routes as well as those in the individual and team time trials (ITT and TTT) are virtually the same course for the SEA Games Tagaytay City is also hosting from November 30 to December 11.
Entries for the Paisley 10k Road Race and Fun Run close at noon on Friday, August 16.
This time it was after round four of the Percy Stallard National Road Race series held on the tough course at Bobbington, near Dudley for riders aged 50 and over.
Paralyzed Veterans of America Racing team members competed at February's 27th annual John Earley Memorial Valley of the Sun Stage Race in Phoenix, with two earning topfive road race finishes.
Athletics Kenya (AK) have put on notice rogue road race organisers as they seek to streamline the sport going forward.
Mathison, who finished a historic second in this year's TT Zero race, has inked a deal with the WEPOL Racing Team by Penz13 squad and is making his team debut this weekend at the Frohburg road race in Germany.
The women's road race started at Glasgow Green and riders completed a circuit of the city centre before heading back to the Green.
In May last year the Dunblane Road Race saw over 350 runners competing against the clock, each other and their own goals to complete the 12-kilometre and two-kilometre races.
By JOSEPH KANYIOver 300 local and international athletes are expected at the second edition of Nyahururu Discovery road race on Sunday.Inaugural champions Fredrick Morang'a and Betty Lempus are expected to defend their titles.
GERAINT Thomas will compete for Team Sky in Sunday's team time trial at the Road World Championships in Bergen, despite having pulled out of the Great Britain team for the road race. Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana winner Chris Froome, Thomas' fellow Welshman Owain Doull, Vasil Kiryienka, Michal Kwiatkowski and Gianni Moscon are also selected.
Barker will double up in the women's time trial and road race, while Doull is part of the men's road race squad at the competition which begins in Norway on September 17.
Total Racing International Ltd, which runs the Morpeth to Newcastle Road Race, has gone into liquidation.