Definition of criterium
: a bicycle race of a specified number of laps on a closed course over public roads closed to normal traffic
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The race weekend consists of a time trial, circuit race, and criterium in an omnium format with male and female champions crowned.
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FSFL MLB: Nationals @ Dodgers 10 p.m. ESPN ESPND NCAA Regional: TBA if necessary 11 p.m. ESPN2 ESPNU CYCLING TIME TV Criterium: Dauphine second stage (Tue.,
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Paul Neal rides the Riverwalk criterium course in Rock Hill.
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Origin and Etymology of criterium
borrowed from French critérium, “competition,” literally, “criterion,” borrowed from Late Latin critērium, borrowed from Greek kritḗrion criterion
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