| GRANDTOUR | Collective name for the series of three professional road cycle races including the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana (5,4) |
| BELGIUM | Country, host of cobbled classic cycle races including the Tour of Flanders (7) |
| KAROO | Name for the series of arid plateaux occurring in parts of South Africa (5) |
| MARLONBRANDO | One of only three professional actors named by Time magazine as one of its 100 Persons of the Century in 1999 |
| ROSA | Maglia -; Italian for the pink jersey worn by the leader of the classification in the Giro d'Italia road cycle races (4) |
| YOSEMITEFALLS | What, in eastern California, is the series of three waterfalls - the Upper Fall 436 metres high, the Middle Fall 190 metres, and the Lower Fall 98 metres? (8,5) |
| DETRACT | Diminish terms for quad bike race including group of motorists (7) |
| DISCHARGE | Record race including good performance (9) |
| STAGES | Legs or heats of road cycle races; platforms in theatres; or, parts of microscopes for slides (6) |
| BRADLEY | First name of the retired professional road cyclist nicknamed "Wiggo" (7) |
| ASTANA | Professional road-cycling team named after the capital of KazakhstanA (6) |
| MARKCAVENDISH | British professional road racing cyclist who won a silver medal in the Omnium at Rio 2016 (4, 9) |
| STEPHENROCHE | Irish cyclist who won the treble of the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia, and the World Championship in 1987 |
| BROOM | Gorse-like shrub of heaths and areas of open countryside/woodland; or, linked with "wagon" for the vehicle known in French as the "voiture balai" following the last rider in a road cycle race (5) |
| ROCHE | Only Stephen ____ and Eddy Merckx have won the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and the world road cycling championship |
| SPUTNIK | Name for the world's first satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, and the name of any of a series of three artificial Earth satellites. (7) |
| HUGOKOBLET | Swiss cyclist who won the Giro d'Italia in 1950 and the Tour de France in 1951 |
| FAUSTOCOPPI | Italian cyclist who won the Giro d'Italia five times and the Tour de France twice |
| HENRIAD | Nickname for the series of Shakespeare plays that portray the reign of Prince Hal |
| ANDYHAMPSTEN | American cyclist, 1988 winner of the Giro d'Italia (4,8) |
