time trialing
noun[U]
US(UKtime trialling)us/ˈtaɪm ˌtraɪ.əl.ɪŋ/uk/ˈtaɪm ˌtraɪ.əl.ɪŋ/competitions in somesports,especiallycycling, in which eachcompetitorseparatelytravelsaparticulardistanceand thetimehe or shetakesisrecorded:
Timetrialingis all about thewonderfullysimplebattlebetween you and theclock.
Theconditionswereperfectfortimetrialing.
- Timetrialingis a veryindividualsport, but whenridingforScotlandhe was always ateamplayer.
- Robinsonprogressedfromlocaltimetrialingwith the Huddersfield Road Club to the HelsinkiOlympicGamesin 1952.
- MacIntyre hadsecuredthree Britishtitlesin hisspecialty-timetrialing- as well as 13Scottishtitles.
Competitions, & parts of competitions
- be a game of two halvesidiom
- beauty contest
- beauty pageant
- benefit match
- competition
- debate
- head-to-head
- on your marks, get set, go!idiom
- peloton
- postgame
- postseason
- pre-meeting
- premiership
- pro-am
- quiz
- spelling bee
- starter
- the Champions League
- the Premier League
- under starter's ordersidiom