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ve·lo·drome

 (vē′lə-drōm′, vĕl′ə-)
n.
A sports arena with a banked oval track for bicycle and motorcycle racing.
[French vélodrome : vélo(cipède), velocipede; see velocipede + -drome, racecourse (from Latin -dromus; see -drome).]
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velodrome

(ˈviːləˌdrəʊm; ˈvɛl-)
n
(Cycle Racing) an arena with a banked track for cycle racing
[C20: from French vélodrome, from vélo- (from Latin vēlōx swift) + -drome]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.velodrome - a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing
racecourse, racetrack, raceway, track - a course over which races are run
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Translations
VelodromRadrennbahn
velodromi

velodrome

[ˈviːləˌdrəʊm] N → velódromo m
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velodrome

n → Velodrom nt, → Radrennbahn f
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CYCLING campaigners are to hand in a 6,000-signature petition, calling for the construction of a new velodrome in the West Midlands.
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Cycling activists campaigning for a new velodrome to be built in the West Midlands are preparing to hand over their petition.
Cycling activists set to hand over velodrome petition with thousands of signatures; The petition to build a new velodrome in the West Midlands has gathered nearly 6,000 signatures
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On Saturday they joined youth cycling clubs from across Wales at the velodrome in Maindy, Cardiff, where Thomas started his career, to ride a few laps of the track and answer questions from the gathered masses.
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The event will bring all 101 of the sculptures together inside the National Cycling Centre's velodrome for visitors to see all the eye-catching designs in one place from October 12 to October 14.
City's bees to swarm at velodrome; all 101 of the colourful sculptures - currently dotted around town - will gather at national cycling centre for a whole weekend
And some residents living in a town in Bridgend believe they have found the perfect place for another outdoor velodrome - a site which would need very little landscaping due to its shape.
Site for new velodrome proposed
A sport mad great gran completed a hat-trick of big events with a trip to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome - at the age of 95.
May, 95, is such a good sport; GETTING INTO THE SPIRIT Pensioner enjoys her big day out at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome

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