What is a peloton?

What is a peloton? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (military) A platoon.
  2. (cycling) The main group of riders formed during a cycling road race.
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But yellow jersey wearer Lance Armstrong finished safely in the peloton to protect his overall lead of the race.
With eight kilometers left in the race seven women broke away from the main peloton.
After slipping off his bike in the peloton, he had almost made up the distance, but then punctured his front tyre, and has slipped back again.
Negotiating a bike downhill, through a peloton, with a front flat at over 65 kph is not good.
The peloton had clicked into top gear from the very start on another baking-hot day in France.
German veteran Jens Heppner retained the overall leader's pink jersey for the seventh consecutive day by finishing in the peloton.

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