time trial

time trial
a) An unpaced race in which riders or teams, leaving at regular intervals are timed over a preset course or distance, the winner being the rider or team to finish in the fastest time.
b) Any competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other.
Syn: race of truth

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