How to Use peloton in a Sentence

peloton

noun

• He broke away from the peloton and sprinted into the lead.
• My place in the peloton is back here in no-man’s land.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 28 Sep. 2025
• First, the peloton held a sit-down strike at the start of the stage.
  — Ian Landau, Outside Online, 15 July 2013
• There’s a whole peloton of riders.
  — Devin Kelly, Outside, 15 Dec. 2025
• At this Tour, the peloton’s stars swear by the slushie machine.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 15 July 2022
• The peloton came charging at the end but couldn't catch up with him ahead of the finish line.
  — USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
• And even more may join the peloton this year, nudged to their bikes and trikes by the rising cost of gas prices.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 May 2022
• My wife and daughter weren’t ready to go whizzing down Tuscan roads in a peloton.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 2 July 2019
• But 2002 was the year the skies truly turned against the peloton.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2021
• There’s a reason 90% of the peloton steers clear of the final sprint.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 5 July 2017
• Then when the peloton split, Aru was on the bad side of the split and lost 30 seconds.
  — Jada Yuan, Daily Intelligencer, 23 July 2017
• Here’s our guide to the three main types of bikes raced by the pro peloton in this year’s Tour de France.
  — Andrew Diprose, WIRED, 19 July 2019
• Here’s hoping this is a sign of future greater investment in the peloton as a whole.
  — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
• Now, Jorgenson is one of the smartest young racers in the peloton.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 28 June 2024
• The inquiry is about the prevalence of doping in today’s pro peloton.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2022
• As often when competitors ride by the sea, strong winds could play havoc with the peloton if the gusts pick up.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2019
• Just staying in the peloton and drafting would be a test of their sustained power and endurance.
  — Amy Webb, Wired, 16 Oct. 2020
• In effect, the bull sperm used the same drafting technique as race-car drivers or bikers in a peloton.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
• Not enough for most duos to hold off a hungry peloton, but this was two of the greatest riders the sport has ever seen.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026
• But once again, the peloton showed how collective power can reel in even the sport’s greatest engines.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026
• Even the word peloton refers to the main group of bicycle riders in a race, the ones who aren’t in the breakaway lead group or chase pack.
  — Devin Kelly, Longreads, 23 July 2021
• As a result of the crash, Roglic was sucked back into the peloton with his shorts ripped and with cuts and bruises on his legs.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 15 Mar. 2021
• Cameras set the viewer’s gaze squarely on the diehards, who’ve shed the peloton, and are farthest up the incline.
  — Thomas Curran, Time, 8 Aug. 2023
• With lanes wide enough for two and sometimes even three bikes, riders are for the most part cordial and careful with nary a road hog in the peloton.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
• The peloton will be 184 strong in Barcelona — made up of 23 teams of eight riders each.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 July 2026
• Venus was the lead rider breaking the headwinds in the peloton, the rabbit pulling the runners behind her to world-record pace.
  — Fortune, 23 Aug. 2019
• Heading into the women’s tour, questions about how climate change and the heat the peloton is facing each day have arisen again.
  — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
• Along the rest of the street, apartments and ski lodges are playing host to pretty much the entire Tour de France peloton.
  — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
• Froome, who fell into a ditch near the end of Saturday’s opening stage, arrived safely with most of the peloton.
  — Joseph Wilson, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2018
• Schuurhuis will be in the same peloton as Tour de France champions and the winners of one-day classics.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022