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road race

American

[rohd reys] / ˈroʊd ˌreɪs /

noun

a race that is performed on paved roads.

State Street will be closed from noon to 5 p.m. for the running of the Governor’s Cup road race.
Last year’s champion driver appears to have lost this year’s Bordeaux-Paris road race.

Etymology

Origin of road race

First recorded in 1850–55

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Tour organizers had watched the men’s road race go up to Montmartre during the 2024 Olympics and felt immediately that Paris should be handed this gift again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Andresen said he wanted to be on the wheel of his main rival Brennan in the final hectic finishing sprint in Sunday's 183.8 kilometre road race and relished his opportunity to have the last crack.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

Peter Doyle:, external Irishman competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the road race.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

Evenepoel won gold in the Olympic time trail and the road race at the Paris Games last summer.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2025

At the age of ten, he entered his first running competition, a ten-kilometer road race.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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