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peloton n

(cycle racing) A group of riders formed during a cycling road race; especially, the main group of riders; the pack. (military, chiefly historical) Synonym of platoon (“a small group of soldiers”) In Paris today, the 2022 Tour de France was won by the Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard, and the inaugural 2022 Tour de France Femmes begins.

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