This crossword No. 26934 clues and answers were published on Tue 12 Jul 2016 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 26934 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Redress nature of regressive Right : MAKEUPFOR
8-across – Race shows guts of rider, Byelorussian : DERBY
9-across – Rider penalised, prepares for a fight: conduct ultimately improper, they say : ARMSTRONG
10-across – Personal opinion expressed here on podium finish by bike : MOPED
12-across – Rider, a man of iron, grabs opportunity : FROOME
13-across – Depressingly, rider lay injured : DREARILY
14-across – Anticipating feverish duel, Europe embraces the crossbar! : EXCLUDE
17-across – Wheeler-dealers substituting one of riders after start of Tour : TRADERS
20-across – Brassica, some brown cabbage and cauliflower heads and cooking oil : BROCCOLI
22-across – Reply exposing fallacy, using tenets extant ab initio : REFUTE
24-across – An Englishman in France, perhaps unknown during record comeback : EXPAT
25-across – They race across France, starving, beaten on top of the Tourmalet : TGVTRAINS
26-across – No! Time flies before hard grind : GNASH
27-across – He was close to a beast and, in a way, closer : ANDROCLES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – More sporting provisions in report on rider’s backers : FAIRER
2-down – These French, on a roll, find no place to swim : CESSPOOL
3-down – Spaced-out Boatman lost bearings around Paris : SPARSE
4-down – Contador, top undone, working up a storm : TORNADO
5-down – Where riders in fleet race round all over the place : LETOUR
6-down – Boatman : ABSEILER
11-down – Go quickly on descent: evidence of regret? : TEAR
15-down – Copying style? Ignore two times : XEROXING
16-down – See 11 : DROP
18-down – See 5 : DEFRANCE
19-down – Rider triumphs, taking on Italian legend with force : WIGGINS
21-down – Perhaps rider in lead to take on large entry : CLAUSE
22-down – King of the Mountains’ features: most fans need them : ROTORS
23-down – Where more than one rider is seen in A & E : TANDEM
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.