Lots of people cycling after high scorer? (8)

I believe the answer is:

tallyman

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'cycling after high scorer?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'lots of people' is the wordplay.
'lots of' becomes 'tally' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'people' becomes 'man' (I've seen this in other clues).
'tally'+'man'='TALLYMAN'

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(Other definitions for tallyman that I've seen before include "Scorekeeper" , "Person recording the weight of goods shipped" , "One who keeps score" , "Unofficial vote-counter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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