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cycling -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
 | | The sport of cycling consists of professional and amateur races, which are held mostly in Continental Europe, the United States, and Asia. |
 | | Cycling's premier road event, the Tour de France, celebrated its centenary in 2003 and was won for a record-equaling fifth time by American Lance Armstrong, who also joined Miguel Indurain to become one of only two persons to have won in five consecutive years. |
 | | high-speed cycling event held on a banked track, or velodrome, in which the competing cyclists vie for position behind a motorized pacer, such as a motorcycle; with 1 laps to go, the pacer exits from the track and the cyclists race to the finish for the final 500 meters. |
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