0 a competition in some sports, especially cycling, in which each competitor separately travels a particular distance and the time they take is recorded: --
The 1936, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1963 to 1973, 1987 and 1988 editions were held in the form of a time trial.
Originally, in 1975, the time trial event distance was 25 miles.
Time attack has a limited number of laps, time trial has open sessions.
Dowsett helped take second place in the team time trial on stage two.
The final time trial has sometimes been the final stage, more recently often the penultimate stage.
In that time trial, over 10.4 km, the winning team was decided by adding the times of the three best cyclists per team.
The team time trial in stage four was the first stage with significant effects on the general classification.
The next day's team time trial presented an opportunity for the squad.
