Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Coureur cycliste
English translation:
rider
French term
United States
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Coureur cycliste
Racer?
Merci pour votre aide. J'ai classé cette question en catégorie "pro" car j'aimerais les avis des pros justement...
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kashew
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| 5 +4 | racing cyclist |
philgoddard
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| 5 +1 | road racer, XC racer, pro rider, (cycling) pro racer |
Lukáš Georgiev
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Oct 10, 2014 19:47: Duncan Moncrieff changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): philgoddard, Francis Marche, Duncan Moncrieff
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Proposed translations
rider
Sir Bradley Wiggins results and rider profile. Nationality: British Date of birth: April 4, 1980. Height: 190cm. Weight: 69kg. Team: Sky.
United States
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racing cyclist
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Timothy Barton
: Or simply "cyclist", depending on context. Please give us context Sophieanne.
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writeaway
: is it really so hard to look things up?
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Rachel Fell
: innit - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Wiggins - racing cyclist
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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Native in: Czech
Works in: English to Czech, French to Czech, German to Czech
road racer, XC racer, pro rider, (cycling) pro racer
1/ In road cycling:
The paramount-quality component sets are produced for "pro riders &road racers", as opposed to "sport, club or recreational riders"
2/ In MTB:
The ultimate-quality component sets are designed for "XC racers"; the "trailing riders" come second (the latter ride just for fun but usually are very demanding, as they are keen on riding in severe conditions). Of course, there are also minor disciplines as "DH racers" or "gravity riders" (=aggregate term for racers in so called gravity disciplines, i.e. DH+Freestyle)... etc.
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Also, being a cycling fan myself, I 'd recommend e.g. www.cyclingnews.com site which is one of the most comprehensive source of news fromm the world of pro road cycling: the term "racer" is used very frequently there so no worry about this one :-) as this is what journalist use and racers call themselves (of course, besides "playboy racer", "ex-Tour racer", "boy racer" etc:-) )....
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To sum up:
"Racing cyclist" would be appropriate on the most general level (as in an encyclopaedia). Also, somebody not interested in cycling (or sport in general) might say "racing cyclist"; e.g. a grandmother would probably speak about her grandson being a "racing cyclist"
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Any sport journalist, fan, insider (rider himself) etc. would generally use a more-detailed term, as:
"a road racer, XC racer, pro cycling team rider" (all-mountain racer, ex-Pro Tour rider, National Cup amateur racer ... etc.)
...simply because road cycling / MTB / track / cyclo-cross etc. are nowadays SO DIFFERENT worlds, and thus, for an average journalist/sport fan/insider, the term "racing cyclist" has simply almost no informational value. Like if you say e. g. "XY is an artist."
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