race leader
First place holder
The race leader is whoever currently holds first place in a competition—a marathon runner at the front of the pack, a cyclist in yellow, a driver leading the lap count.
The term appears constantly in sports broadcasting: The race leader is pulling away from the pack.
In multi-stage events like the Tour de France, the race leader may change daily based on cumulative time.
- frontrunnerLeading candidate or competitor
- out in frontIn first position
- pacesetterOne setting the standard
- pole positionFrontmost starting spot
- breakawaySudden separation from group
peloton · sprint · finish line · champion · contender · pulling away · gap · holding off · chase · podium · jersey · baton · marathon · lap · pack · overtake · drafting · stride
- race datalap time, fastest lap, split time, finish time, qualifying time
- front-runnersfront-runner, frontrunner, first place, top spot, ahead
- cyclistscyclist, mountain bikers, rider, biker, mountain biker
position in competition
race leaderlast place
Lowest rank achieved
dead last · straggler · tail-ender · backmarker · tailender
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