| POGACAR | Tadej ....... , Slovenian cyclist; two-time Tour de France winner (7) |
| BIKETUNEUP | Maintenance service for a cyclist: 2 wds. |
| HINAULT | Bernard, five-time Tour de France winner (7) |
| GERRANS | Three-time Tour Down Under cycling champion, Simon ... (7) |
| FROOME | Chris _, British road racing cyclist and three-time Tour de France winner (6) |
| MERCKX | Eddy ___, cyclist; five-time Tour de France winner between 1969 and 1974 (6) |
| INDURAIN | Five-time Tour de France winner Miguel |
| LEMOND | Three-time Tour de France winner |
| LANCE | Four-time Tour de France winner, ... Armstrong |
| EDDY | 5-time Tour de France winner Merckx |
| MI | Spanish five-time Tour de France winner 1990s, initials (2) |
| LA | Disgraced seven-time Tour de France winner, initials (2) |
| MIGUEL | Five-time Tour de France winner Indurain |
| TADEJ | Slovenian cyclist and Tour de France winner, _ Pogacar (5) |
| GREG | Three-time Tour de France champion LeMond |
| ARMSTRONG | First human to set foot on the moon; or, a seven-times Tour de France winner who was later banned from racing (9) |
| TRIESTE | Italian port just inside the Slovenian border, capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia (7) |
| GARBLED | Fish over a Slovenian lake? It doesn't make sense! (7) |
| MARIBOR | Find a bone in middle of the road in Slovenian city (7) |
| ROGLIC | Slovenian cyclist; 2019, 2020 and 2021 Vuelta a Espana winner (6) |
