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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • And then suddenly, in a flash of lime green and yellow, the breakaway cyclists, followed by the peloton, or cycling pack, pass.
    — The Economist, 25 July 2019
  • On Tuesday, during stage four, the peloton halted the race for about a minute in a silent protest for safer racing conditions.
    — Pierre Bairin and Lorraine Poupon, CNN, 30 June 2021
  • Firefighters have long been a part of the Tour de France caravan — the parade that winds through towns ahead of the peloton.
    — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 23 July 2022
  • With the peloton boasting fresh legs, expect major fireworks in the closing kilometres.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 July 2026

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