How to Use velodrome in a Sentence

velodrome

noun
  • Most riders start on the road, then come to the velodrome later in their career.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2021
  • On the way are a new indoor velodrome and a bike path that will link up Abu Dhabi with Dubai.
    — Barry Neild, CNN, 14 July 2022
  • Many Olympic venues are abandoned; a fire in July damaged the velodrome.
    — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Lexus is the velodrome's naming rights sponsor under a multiyear deal.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2021
  • For us, this includes the velodrome and the surrounding property that is used for cyclocross races.
    — oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2021
  • But for any rider, winning in the Roubaix velodrome is a career-defining moment.
    — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The velodrome, the ballfields, Dairyville, the Alpenrose Opera.
    — oregonlive, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Those unwilling to run afoul of the law can catch the final week of cycling, which will shift to the velodrome in Izu for track cycling.
    — Dave Skretta, ajc, 29 July 2021
  • The complex has track and pool facilities, as well as a gymnasium and velodrome.
    — Washington Post, 18 July 2019
  • With frequent outdoor concerts, a velodrome, a free climbing wall and a 40-acre dog park, there’s no shortage of cool ways to spend the last few hours of sunlight.
    — Crystal Paul, The Seattle Times, 14 May 2018
  • Open Track Training Residents of all ages can enjoy velodrome cycling.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 June 2018
  • The velodrome will be the first in the Middle East, and Adams sees it as a bridge of peace between Israel and its neighbors.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN, 4 May 2018
  • One afternoon, bicycle races in a virtual velodrome were running every three minutes, each lasting about a minute.
    — New York Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Watching Olympic-caliber riders whipping around a velodrome is a sight to behold, almost symphonic in its beauty.
    — Adam Duvendeck, WIRED, 2 Aug. 2012
  • Pluses include excitement for a bike race aligning with Northbrook as a cycling town with its renowned Ed Rudolph velodrome.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Meanwhile, no decision has been made about what might take the velodrome’s place at the Sports Center, said spokeswoman Sara Soli.
    — Katy Read, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
  • Their names are now engraved on a monument at a garden where the velodrome once stood, along with some 4,000 other children targeted in the raids.
    — Angela Charlton and Jade Le Deley, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2022
  • Due to the pandemic, Marquardt has been forced to give up access to a cycling velodrome track, world-class gym, and all the perks that come with being an Olympic hopeful.
    — Cesar Marin, CNN, 2 May 2020
  • The velodrome has developed and launched the cycling careers of Olympians and professional riders alike and is a giant part of the cycling culture that persists here.
    — Clive Pursehouse, Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2023
  • For one hour on Wednesday afternoon, a 105-year-old Frenchman pedaled around a velodrome outside Paris.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2017
  • Walls, 24, was attempting to avoid a pile-up of riders who had crashed lower down the steep embankment of the velodrome when the incident happened, but ended up going over the top.
    — Amanda Taylor, PEOPLE.com, 31 July 2022
  • From a presidential speech to Pennsylvania’s restrictive blue laws to a velodrome flooded with mud, the league tends to move its contests to that day of the week only as a last resort.
    — Benjamin Hoffman, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2020
  • National federations have been asked to send young riders to trials at the UCI’s velodrome in Switzerland.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 17 Mar. 2015
  • First, there were plans for a temporary velodrome to be built in the Japanese capital, allowing the biggest portion of the cycling program to be held in the heart of the Olympics.
    — Dave Skretta, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021
  • Britain is one of six which chose to skip track and field competition entirely, but has sent six-time Olympic cycling champ Jason Kenny to race in Minsk velodrome.
    — Washington Post, 21 June 2019
  • The property, in addition to the dairy, includes several ball fields, a bicycle racing velodrome, a quarter-midget auto racing track and a mock western village called Dairyville.
    — oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Initially, Ethan pursued distance cycling but soon realized that his lean 5-foot, 10-inch frame was built for sprinting and became a champion racer on velodrome tracks.
    — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2023
  • That’s when a young Magnus Bäckstedt crosses the race’s famous velodrome finish line for the finest victory of his 17-year professional career.
    — Joshua Robinson, wsj.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Few cyclists use the velodrome's Siberian pinewood floor to train and Brazil didn't field a single competitor for Tokyo, despite promises the facility would be an incubator.
    — David Biller and Mauricio Savarese, Star Tribune, 13 July 2021
  • Playing on artificial grass in the middle of a wooden cycle track, the English team regularly filled the city’s Saffron Lane velodrome with 4,000 enthusiastic fans.
    — Peter Carline, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

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