| LEMOND | Greg, U.S. ex-cyclist who won the Tour de France three times (6) |
| SOULT | Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu ___, French general and statesman who served as Prime Minister of France three times |
| ILE | ___-de-France (3) |
| MERCKX | Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (6) |
| FIGNON | Laurent ___, French cyclist who won the Tour de France twice, in 1983 and 1984 |
| FROOME | Chris - - -, British cyclist who has won the Tour de France four times (6) |
| CARTER | Jimmy, U.S. ex-president who won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work (6) |
| PHELPS | Michael, U.S. ex-swimmer born in 1985 who won 23 Olympic gold medals (6) |
| LISTON | Sonny, U.S. ex-heavyweight boxer nicknamed The Big Bear (6) |
| XANDER | American golfer who won the Tour Championship in 2017, _ Schauffele (6) |
| REAGAN | Ronald, U.S. ex-president nicknamed The Gipper (6) |
| MONICA | ___ Seles, Serbian-born U.S. ex-tennis player and nine-time Grand Slam singles champion (6) |
| EDDYMERCKX | Belgian cyclist who won the Tour de France five times in the 1960s and 1970s (4,6) |
| HINAULT | Nicknamed le Blaireau (or, the badger), French cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (7) |
| EDDY | --- Merckx, Belgian cyclist who won the Tour de France five times in the 1960s and '70s (4) |
| BERNARDHINAULT | French cyclist who won the Tour de France five times in the 1970s and 1980s (7,7) |
| LANCE | Record-breaking cyclist who won the Tour de France event seven consecutive times, ... Armstrong |
| ARMSTRONG | Lance ---, US cyclist who won the Tour de France seven consecutive times but later admitted using banned substances (9) |
| INDURAIN | Miguel, cyclist who won the Tour de France in five consecutive years from 1991-95 (8) |
| BOBET | Louison ___, cyclist who won the Tour de France from 1953-55 (5) |
