soigneurn.
/swaˈnjəː//swɑːˈnjəː/ In cycling, a person who gives training, first aid, massage, and other assistance to a team.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > bicycle race > [noun] > person giving training, first aid, etc.
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1972 F. Alderson Bicycling ix. 181 The individual's main prop is the ‘soigneur’—trainer, attendant, masseur, adviser and nursemaid.
1977 G. Nicholson Great Bike Race (1978) viii. 93 The team-manager, Alec Taylor, and the two soigneurs, Auguste Naessens (Belgian) and Rudy Van der Weide (Dutch)..were rigorously questioned into the night.
1988 Cycling Weekly 30 June 38/2 Room for the mechanics to spread over the grass and a plentiful and easily attainable supply of water for washing bikes, large rooms for the soigneurs and their massage tables, and private dining areas for the riders to gorge in peace.
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