The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 26,934 - Jul 12 2016

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An Englishman in France, perhaps unknown during record comeback EXPAT
Anticipating feverish duel, Europe embraces the crossbar! EXCLUDE
Boatman (Boatman?!) said to be a descender? ABSEILER
Brassica, some brown cabbage and cauliflower heads and cooking oil BROCCOLI
Contador, top undone, working up a storm TORNADO
Copying style? Ignore two times XEROXING
Depressingly, rider lay injured DREARILY
Go quickly on descent: evidence of regret? TEAR
He was close to a beast and, in a way, closer ANDROCLES
King of the Mountains' features: most fans need them ROTORS
More sporting provisions in report on rider's backers FAIRER
No! Time flies before hard grind GNASH
Perhaps rider in lead to take on large entry CLAUSE
Personal opinion expressed here on podium finish by bike MOPED
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Race shows guts of rider, Byelorussian DERBY
Redress nature of regressive Right MAKEUPFOR
Reply exposing fallacy, using tenets extant ab initio REFUTE
Rider penalised, prepares for a fight: conduct ultimately improper, they say ARMSTRONG
Rider triumphs, taking on Italian legend with force WIGGINS
Rider, a man of iron, grabs opportunity FROOME
See 11 DROP
See 5 DEFRANCE
Spaced-out Boatman lost bearings around Paris SPARSE
These French, on a roll, find no place to swim CESSPOOL
They race across France, starving, beaten on top of the Tourmalet TGVTRAINS
Wheeler-dealers substituting one of riders after start of Tour TRADERS
Where more than one rider is seen in A & E TANDEM
Where riders in fleet race round all over the place LETOUR