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Re: dropping off the back of the peloton
- Subject: Re: dropping off the back of the peloton
- From: flash@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 09:35:59 +0200
Patricia asked
≪In which of the two senses in the OED are you using [peloton]? The obsolete "a small ball" or the (then) current =platoon, a small body of
soldiers? Neither seems terribly appropriate.≫
In the Tour de France, the "peloton" is the large pack of cyclists pursuing the
"breakaway group" or "breakaway man" (in the sense which would embrace women if
women were to take part in the Tour de France).