How to Use velodrome in a Sentence

velodrome

noun

• The velodrome, the ballfields, Dairyville, the Alpenrose Opera.
  — oregonlive, 4 Nov. 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
• Most riders start on the road, then come to the velodrome later in their career.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2021
• 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
• Many Olympic venues are abandoned; a fire in July damaged the velodrome.
  — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2017
• 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
• A fire recently destroyed part of the velodrome’s roof.
  — Simone Preissler Iglesias, Bloomberg.com, 22 Aug. 2017
• The velodrome is used for the development of track cycling.
  — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 13 May 2021
• Its track surface was later sold to a velodrome in Quebec.
  — Dave Skretta, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
• 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
• For us, this includes the velodrome and the surrounding property that is used for cyclocross races.
  — oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Hungry for success The accident is a reminder of the dangers of track cycling as riders race around steep velodromes at high speeds on a fixed-wheel bike with no brakes.
  — Paul Gittings, CNN, 4 Feb. 2020
• 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
• Lexus is the velodrome's naming rights sponsor under a multiyear deal.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2021
• The complex has track and pool facilities, as well as a gymnasium and velodrome.
  — Washington Post, 18 July 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Open Track Training Residents of all ages can enjoy velodrome cycling.
  — Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 June 2018
• Every day: Residents of all ages can enjoy velodrome cycling.
  — Mary Lou Cruz, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 July 2018
• The closest velodrome to Arizona requires a six-hour driveto Carson, Calif., which doesn't lend itself to even a basic understanding of the sport, much less aspiring to be an Olympian in it.
  — Jeff Metcalfe, azcentral, 20 June 2020
• Watching Olympic-caliber riders whipping around a velodrome is a sight to behold, almost symphonic in its beauty.
  — Adam Duvendeck, WIRED, 2 Aug. 2012
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 20 Sep 2024