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domestique
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do·mes·tique  (dms-tk)
n.
A member of a competitive bicycle-racing team whose role is to assist the team leader, as by setting the pace.

[French, servant, from Old French; see domestic.]


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In the fast and flat first week, when crashes are frequent because riders are still fresh, nervous and jostling for position, domestiques keep their leaders safe by racing as a group around them.
The big problem is trying to guess which riders, often unheralded domestiques, are likely to make a bid for glory.
Certains pays legiferent aussi sur le travail non remunere des enfants effectuant des travaux domestiques et menagers.
 
 
 
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