Sentence examples for dominant rider from inspiring English sources

He settled in on the Kentucky circuit, where he became a dominant rider.

He developed into a dominant rider there before moving his base to New York in 2001.

The big difference is that Armstrong, now 37, is not a dominant rider and is hardly guaranteed to be the dominant rider on his own team, with Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer set to start their seasons next month.

Bailey has been the most dominant rider in the sport for a decade, earning three Eclipse Awards.

That was spoken like a patron, as the riders call the dominant rider who sets down the informal rules of the race.

Elliott, a 39-year-old journeyman, is the dominant rider at Philadelphia Park and has yet to make a mistake aboard Smarty Jones.

Although the 28-year-old Armstrong has many peak years left in principle, he sounds dubious about trying to match the record of five Tour victories held by Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain, the dominant riders of the 1960's, 70's, 80's and 90's.

Contador, for his part, knows it would seal his place in history, although some would question quite where in the pantheon that would leave the Spaniard, the dominant Grand Tour rider of his generation, but with a blot on his copybook in the form of a two-year ban for a clenbuterol offence.

They helped ease Michael's transition from a 15-year-old who was sneaked onto the Del Mar training track for lessons to the dominant Southern California rider who bought himself a $1 million home and a Nissan 350z sports car when winning was easy.

Italy, Spain, France and Belgium are among the dominant nations, with nine riders at the start.

Team Sky were dominant throughout, with four riders not picked for the Tour doing most of the damage.