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Le cyclisme
For all the bike enthusiasts and Tour de France fanatics out there, here are some French terms to help you enjoy your ride and get the most out of the competition.
| cycling, biking | le cyclisme | |
| bicycle | une bicyclette un vélo |
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| exercise bike | un vélo d’appartement | |
| hybrid bike | un vélo tout-chemin | |
| mountain bike | un vélo tout-terrain un VTT |
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| racing bike | un vélo de course | |
| recumbant bike | un vélo couché | |
| road bike | un vélo de route | |
| Accessories and equipment | ||||
| bike lane | une piste cyclable | |||
| bike rack | (on a car) (for parking) |
un porte-vélos un râtelier à bicyclettes |
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| bike shed | un abri à bicyclettes | |||
| bike shop | un magasin de cycles | |||
| broom wagon | une voiture balai | |||
| feed bag | une musette | |||
| flat tire | une crevaison un pneu crevé |
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| handlebars | un guidon | |||
| helmet | un casque | |||
| number on jersey | le dossard | |||
| tire | un pneu | |||
| water bottle | un bidon | |||
| wheel | une roue | |||
| People | ||||
| breakaway | un échappé | |||
| chaser | un poursuivant | |||
| climber | un grimpeur | |||
| cyclist, rider | un coureur un cycliste |
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| group | un autobus un grupeto un peloton |
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| last rider | la lanterne rouge | |||
| leader | la tête de course | |||
| manager | un directeur sportif | |||
| referee | un commissaire | |||
| rider | un cycliste | |||
| rider’s assistant | un soigneur | |||
| smooth and steady rider | un rouleur | |||
| sprinter | un sprinteur | |||
| support rider | un domestique | |||
| team | une équipe | |||
| Tracks and Courses | ||||
| beyond classification (extremely difficult) | hors catégorie | |||
| downward slope | une descente | |||
| hill, slope | une côte | |||
| kilometer marker, ~milestone | une borne kilométrique | |||
| mountain | une montagne | |||
| mountain pass | un col | |||
| plains, flat land | une plaine | |||
| race | une course | |||
| red marker at one kilometer from finish | la flamme rouge | |||
| road | une route | |||
| route, course | un parcours | |||
| stage, leg | une étape | |||
| stage race | une course par étapes | |||
| track | une piste | |||
| upward slope | une montée | |||
| Scoring and ranking | ||||
| bonus points | la bonification | |||
| standings | le classement | |||
| time trial | contre la montre | |||
| green jersey (most points / best sprinter) | le maillot vert | |||
| polka dot jersey (best climber) | le maillot à pois | |||
| white jersey (best under 25) | le maillot blanc | |||
| yellow jersey (overall leader) | le maillot jaune | |||
| Verbs | ||||
| to accelerate | accélérer | |||
| to attack, spurt ahead | attaquer | |||
| to break away | s’échapper | |||
| to change pace | changer d’allure | |||
| to climb | grimper | |||
| to cling, hang on to | s’accrocher à | |||
| to overtake | dépasser | |||
| to ride | courir faire du vélo rouler |
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| to shift gears | changer de vitesse | |||
| to slip, skid | déraper | |||
| to slow down | ralentir | |||
| to take the lead | prendre la tête | |||
| Et cetera | ||||
| fall, crash | une chute | |||
| pedaling rhythm | la cadence | |||
| riding as hard and fast as possible | à bloc | |||
| riding between two groups | chasse patate | |||
| standing up | en danseuse | |||
Le Tour de France literally means "the Tour of France," and its informal nickname is la Grande Boucle – "the Big Loop."
Discover more about the Tour de France in my bilingual article.
If you’d like to learn some interesting trivia and history of the largest and most watched sporting even in the world, I recommend the very funny book French Revolutions: Cycling the Tour de France, by Tim Moore:
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Je dois vous remercier pour la clarification de « boucle » . J’étais familier avec le verbe « boucler » , qui veut dire « to come to the end of » , donc il me semblait étrange à l’utiliser au début du Tour . Je suis plus clair maintenant .