criterium
noun
cri·te·ri·um
krī-ˈtir-ē-əm 
krē-ter-ˈyȯm
krē-ter-ˈyȯm
: a bicycle race of a specified number of laps on a closed course over public roads closed to normal traffic
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Along with co-founders Mulugheta, Randall Clark and Mark Wilkins, the NCL wants to become an organizer for criterium bike races in America.
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Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
This year, the CCAP summer criterium series ran from May until last week, weather permitting, on Tuesday nights.
—Sofie Brandt, courant.com, 23 Aug. 2021
Races start at 9:25 a.m., with the 0.9-mile criterium course looping through the Old Town North neighborhood, the race website said.
—chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2021
The first stage was a time trial at Moose Run on June 14, the second was a hill climb on Potter Drive on June 16, the third was a criterium race at Gruening Middle School on the June 21, and the final stage was a road race on Ruff Road on JBER on June 23.
—Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2022
Several schools have met the criterium to make masks optional; Hopkinton High School, which has a vaccination rate over 95%, became the first to do so last week, after its district's school committee narrowly voted to approve a three-week, mask-free trial.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2021
And, the stars of the Tour and Tour Femmes just completed an exhibition-style event of this nature at the Roosendaal criterium in the Netherlands.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2022
The criterium, or crit race, is the sixth race in a 10-part nationwide series for the American Criterium Cup.
—Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2022
Personal fit preferences aside, a hardcore criterium racer may appreciate the feel of a super-stiff shoe.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 21 May 2021
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Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
This year, the CCAP summer criterium series ran from May until last week, weather permitting, on Tuesday nights.
—Sofie Brandt, courant.com, 23 Aug. 2021
Races start at 9:25 a.m., with the 0.9-mile criterium course looping through the Old Town North neighborhood, the race website said.
—chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2021
The first stage was a time trial at Moose Run on June 14, the second was a hill climb on Potter Drive on June 16, the third was a criterium race at Gruening Middle School on the June 21, and the final stage was a road race on Ruff Road on JBER on June 23.
—Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2022
Several schools have met the criterium to make masks optional; Hopkinton High School, which has a vaccination rate over 95%, became the first to do so last week, after its district's school committee narrowly voted to approve a three-week, mask-free trial.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2021
And, the stars of the Tour and Tour Femmes just completed an exhibition-style event of this nature at the Roosendaal criterium in the Netherlands.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2022
The criterium, or crit race, is the sixth race in a 10-part nationwide series for the American Criterium Cup.
—Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2022
Personal fit preferences aside, a hardcore criterium racer may appreciate the feel of a super-stiff shoe.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 21 May 2021
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