what is the peloton
The peloton (from French, meaning little ball or platoon and cognate to the English word pellet) is the main group or pack of riders in a road bicycle race.Riders in a group save energy by riding close (drafting or slipstreaming) near (particularly behind) other riders.he peloton travels as an integrated unit (similar in some respects to birds flying in formation) with each rider making slight adjustments in response to their adjacent riders (particularly the one in front of each).