time trial

noun

Sports.

1. a race in which competitors are timed individually on a set distance over a course or track, especially to qualify for a successive event.

time trial

noun

1. (esp in cycling) a race in which the competitors compete against the clock over a specified course

Other Word Forms

• time-trialling noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of time trial¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Pro-Palestinian protests resulted in the interruption of the team's time trial on stage five, when four riders were forced to stop to avoid hitting protesters who were unfurling a banner.

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The eight-man Israel-Premier Tech team, who included two British riders, were targeted, specifically on stage five's team time trial.

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The Israel-Premier Tech team were singled out on the time trial, in which protestors pulled a banner across the road and stopped four riders from continuing.

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Italy's Filippo Ganna won a shortened individual time trial on stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana as Britain's Tom Pidcock retained his third place in the overall standings.

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Two-time world time trial champion Ganna, 29, lived up to his billing as the favourite, with the Ineos Grenadiers rider edging out Australian Jay Vine by a second in Valladolid.

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