Examples
“The term peloton (pronounced PELL-O-TAHN) comes from the same root as the English word platoon.”
The Wall Street Journal: When the Middle of the Pack Is Good
“But no, a brief review confirmed that the peloton is the main group of riders.”
“About 10 laps into the 40-lap race I made room for another rider and came out of what we call the “washing machine” (when the peloton is constanly moving forward and riders keep rotating, like a washing machine).”
“Yet somehow, the entire peloton is drifting in the same direction at the same speed.”
“Even with Armstrong retired, the European peloton is turning more American each year.”
USATODAY.com - Athlete of the Week Hammer fixes U.S. record on cycling track
“The cycling peloton is dominated by Europeans, though the successes of Greg LeMond and Lance Armstrong have inspired a solid group of Americans to join the fun.”
“Sentiment inside and outside of the peloton is that a second consecutive maillot pois would make a fine going-away gift.”
“Those poor suffering riders in the "peloton" - who PAID to suffer - would have had much more fun for their hard-earned ? money if they had been riding recumbents.”
“He called for the helicopter to back off to give some relief to the lead group as it struggled to preserve a peak lead of 1 minute, 30 seconds over the main peloton.”
“The peloton was a further 90 seconds in arrears, with Liquigas, Cervélo, Saxo Bank and Omega Pharma-Lotto providing the horsepower.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘peloton’.
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CycList
Anything related to cycling; no motorcycling, please.
frame, pedal, crank arm, top tube, down tube, seat tube, seat stay, chain stay, saddle, fork, hub, rim and 97 more...
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steel
a reflection on :
Indo-European root stāk- to stand, place
stay, steel, style, temper, celesta, elinvar, vanadium steel, koftgari, mild steel, stale, falchion, eutectoid steel and 46 more...
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cycling terms
peleton, drafting, eschelon, bonk, battaglin, road rash, Tour de France, attack, blocking, breakaway, derailleur, drop and 51 more...
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hildjj's Words
bookmarklet, demisemiquaver, zeitgeist, hermeneutics, oligarch, quisling, absinthe, mellifluent, verisimilitude, implacable, necrotic, nacreous and 243 more...
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bootload's Words
grouse, beaut, ripper, gassit, hack, hacking, twit, spon, goon, rosella, magpie, galah and 184 more...
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thekatespanos's list
pomposity, gaggle, scintilla, lemming, bilk, vanquish, conflate, plenary, verisimilitude, perspicacious, rattletrap, obdurate and 325 more...
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bintalshamsa's list
My Favorite Words
weltschmerz, perspicacity, idée fixe, invigilator, salubrious, tchotchke, ex nihilo, invidious, malapropism, naïve, sardonic, elide and 1402 more...
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gerwitz's Words
erudite, autodidactic, callipygian, ouroboros, zounds, fie, wabi, sabi, gedankenexperiment, zeitgeist, eliminativism, aether and 157 more...
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Clearinghouse
For stuff to simply reside.
calcar, pinion, espadrille, antipodes, peregrine, cormorant, tanager, vireo, farrago, undervest, passerine, oscine and 881 more...
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Missed words
Words I missed when practicing for the Spelling Bee
seicento, gnomon, clepsydra, detent, coccolithophore, gonyaulax, quoits, lamellibranch, alliteration, innocuous, saboteur, affenpinscher and 79 more...
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Cycling terminology
List of technical terms commonly used by cyclists but often not found in regular dictionaries.
groupset, chainstay, keirin, wheelset, derny, alleycat, bidon, sag wagon, crankset, chainring, crit, criterium and 19 more...
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words I remember first encountering
fetlock, artefact, quandary, asyndeton, chiasmus, enjambement, vehemently, vituperative, decorum, sable, scansion, diapason and 75 more...
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Native Tongue
Words from other languages that have become part of my own.
kagakshi, pespeyason, mskoda, potawatomi, athabaskan, waglula, fu, weemoed, solidarność, congou, darjeeling, alpe d'huez and 41 more...
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slevenback's Words
cabal, opiate, jib, concise, cogent, pique, y'all, reckon, rassle, ficus, pecan, kindling and 72 more...
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French Spelling Bee List
just putting some words on here for other peoples use..............and mine
peloton, pacifism, bureaucracy, mystique, dressage, denture, cachet, diplomat, foyer, rehearse, diorama, boudoir and 53 more...
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Olympics
beijing, phelps, beach volleyball, sandboni, redeem team, medley, hardware, gymnastics, uneven, parallel, blocks, baton and 72 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for peloton.

super-bopeep "The Pack" in long distance bicycle racing. A new word this racing season? See Sunday NYTimes, the word is mentioned a few times, such as "After Tourmalet, it was about 43.5 miles, or 70 kilometers, to the finish, giving the peloton plenty of time to catch anyone who attacked on the climb. " Jul 14, 2009
lea Fearless in Finnish. Gyro Gearloose is Pelle Peloton in Finland. Mar 8, 2009