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Now the season can start – including shop talk on the roadside. With our cycling lexicon you can best prepared and will know exactly what the popular phrases from the cycling world mean. Have fun clicking through the entries!
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Capatain
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Cipollini, Mario
Cipressa
Cleats
Colnago, Ernesto
CPA
Criterium
Cross-country cycling
 The Cipressa is the penultimate hurdle for professional cyclists at the Milan-San Remo spring classic on the almost 300-km-long stretch from Milan to San Remo. The summit, 240 m above sea level, is reached after a climb of around 4 km and lies approximately 20 km before the day’s goal in the Ligurian metropolis of San Remo. After that, there is only one other ascent to speak of – to the legendary Poggio, whose flanks must be climbed approximately 10 km before the finishing line. Traditionalists can heave a sigh of relief: plans for a change of route with a somewhat more selective climb instead of the Cipressa were not taken up, at least not for 2006 – for previous winner Alessandro Petacchi, four-time winner Erik Zabel and the rest of the peloton, the “Primavera” on 18 March, will remain unchanged for the time being at least.