| HARROGATE | The first stage of the 2014 Tour de France ended in this spa town |
| YORKSHIRE | Known as "God's Own County", host of a UCI road cycle race inspired by the 2014 Tour de France Grand Depart (9) |
| LYEST | Finish line for the first stage of the first Tour de France |
| LYON | Finish line for the first stage of the first Tour de France |
| FLORENCE | From which city did the cyclists on the first stage of the Tour de France set off from yesterday? (8) |
| BATH | People usually do not want to be seen in this spa (4) |
| DEMO | First stage of the new bathroom reno |
| NIBALI | Vincenzo ......, Italian cyclist; 2014 Tour de France winner (6) |
| HEALTHCLUB | Jim, say, could be at this spa (6,4) |
| ORIGIN | Alternative inside sign in the first stage of existence (6) |
| MISCONCEPTIONS | False ideas unmarried girl's got about the first stage of pregnancy |
| EMBRYO | The first stage of life created by me or stranger (6) |
| PARIS | Known as La Ville Lumiere (City of Light), one of the world's big four fashion capitals, where the final stage of the annual Tour de France takes place (5) |
| CHAMPSELYSEES | Avenue in Paris, traditional site of the final stage of the Tour de France (6,7) |
| INDENIAL | Experiencing the first stage of grief, say |
| SOAPY | Like the first stage of a car wash |
| SWIM | Perform the first stage of a triathlon (4) |
| SWAM | Did the first stage of a triathlon |
| EMBRYOLOGIST | Expert in the first stages of life |
| PROLOGUE | Name given to the short individual time trial usually held the day before the first stage proper of |
