Complete Clue List
Across
1. Last name of Chris who finished second overall
5. Last name of Laurent who held King of the Mountains Jersey after the second stage
8. Team Time _____
9. Ancient Egyptian sun god
10. Stage 9 finished atop ____ del Naranco
11. O. Henry story: "Gift of the ____"
12. The third and seventh place finishers overall raced for Orica-Bike________
13. Stage 5 finished in this Galacian city
16. South African golfer nicknamed, "The Big Easy"
17. Range not climbed in the Vuelta but in the Tour de France (sing)
19. All the riders used this machine
21. The last stage in Madrid was the ___ of the race
22. Abbr for US Marine sergeant in charge of raw recruits
23. Abbr of university in South Bend, IN
24. This Cofidis rider won the Combativity Award three times: Luis _____ Mate
25. First name of Latvian Smukulis who won the Combative award on stage 13
27. Stage 6 winner, Simon _____
28. Three time women's Croatian Time Trial Champion ___ Radotic
30. Cycling team sponsored by the French National Lottery
31. Abbr of daily newspaper printed on pink paper
32. Winner of Stage 4 Lilian _________
37. Opposite of yes
38. Act
39. Paranormal light around around a person showing his/her personality
42. 2007 Points Classification winner was tenth in that competition this year: Daniele _______
44. Stage 13 finished in this Basque town: _____-Dantxarinea
45. Abbr of gratitude
46. Australian cyclist, Nathan, who placed 5th and 6th at the 2106 Grand Prix de Montreal and Quebec
48. Latin abbr for "in other words"
49. Capital of Asturias that was the site of the first rest day
50. First name of third place finisher Chaves
Down
1. Last name of King of the Mountains winner Omar
2. A grain for horses
3. Team of stage 9 winner David de la Cruz _____-Quick-Step
4. After taking 4th on Stage 2 this man became race leader: ______ Kwaitkowski
5. Stage 17 started in Castellon de la _____
6. Consortium (abbr)
7. First Name of winner of 2016 Vuelta
11. Italian team Lampre-______
14. This Belgian wore the Polka Dot jersey for one day after stage 9: Thomas De ____
15. Opposite of new
17. Any of the 8 steps of yoga (Sanskrit)
18. During the 19th Stage, this type of tropical and subtropical tree could be seen
20. Cycling team's uniform
21. To make a bill into a law
24. This Kazakhstan based team is known for their sky blue kits
25. Opposite of loss
26. Spanish five time winner of Tour de France who never won the Vuelta Miguel ________
29. The leader of the Vuelta wears this color jersey
31. First name of Points Classification winner Felline
33. Stage 14 winner raced for _____NL-Jumbo
34. First name of IAM Cycling's Stage 7 winner van Genechten
35. Organ of sound
36. Prefix meaning against
40. Abbreviation of Blue Hens' university
41. Tool for chopping wood
43. Bill ___, the Science Guy
44. Purpose
46. Nominative male pronoun
47. Preposition of location