A riders palmar?s are a list of races and results that he has achieved during his career. The etymology comes from ancient times when athletes were awarded crowns made of laurel (hence the phrase, "resting on one's laurels")or palm leaves in recognition of victory.
On Sat, 5 Oct 2002 16:03:48 -0400 Roy H. Drinkwater?wrote:
Now that we've fully discussed the "b" word, I think there's a cycling term I'm not familiar with. Being of "old-school (or various spellings)" myself, I'm reading rec.bicycles.racing with all its "smack-talk" (trash-talk) and there's a term bandied around called "palmares". What's the meaning and root of this?
Roy "elucidation needed" Drinkwater Lititz, "don't think that I didn't have to look that up" PA
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