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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 5 SEPTEMBER 2018 23 SPORTS CYCLING Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Fine VISIBILITY: Good WIND: Variable mainly Southerly force 2 to 3t SEA: Slight SWELL Negligible TODAY HOT & SUNNY 313 º C /23 º C UV INDEX: 8 TOMORROW MAINLY SUNNY 32 º C /23 º C UV INDEX: 9 Weather Crossword Across 1. By-product (4-3) 4. Fragment (7) 8. Lacking meaning (11) 12. Converse (4) 13. Let out one's breath audibly (4) 14. Garment worn by women (5) 15. Having stripes (6) 17. Slender part of the leg (5) 22. Ridge of rock (4) 23. Fish covering (5) 24. Adhesive (4) 25. Wept (5) 28. Attractive (6) 30. Cooks in fat (5) 32. Drinks (as a cat) (4) 34. The day of the month (4) 35. Hand tool (11) 38. Space for storing (7) 39. Hug (7) Down 1. Room (5) 2. Russian no (4) 3. Fish appendage (3) 5. Naught (3) 6. Move past (4) 7. Made tighter (9) 8. Pole (4) 9. Resembling ink (4) 10. Female child (4) 11. Ailing (4) 14. Sudden convulsion (5) 16. Firearm (5) 18. The dark (5) 19. Invaluable (9) 20. Destroy (3) 21. Nobles (5) 26. Little devils (4) 27. Make beer or ale (4) 28. Fruit (4) 29. Rip (4) 31. Light greyish brown (5) 33. Mark left by a healed wound (4) 34. Expensive (4) 36. Unit of energy (3) 37. Doctrine (3) ON the predominantly pan-flat 177km stage from Salamanca to Ber- millo de Sayago, Elia Viviani benefit- ted from a perfect lead-out from his Quick-Step Floors train to keep things on script and deliver his Belgian team its 60th success of a stellar season. It was only ever a battle for second place as Viviani powered through to win by two bike lengths leaving Slova- kia's Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) with his third runner-up spot of the race ahead of Trek-Segafredo's Nizzolo. Colombia's Nelson Soto (Caja-Ru- ral) and Frenchman Marc Sarreau (Groupama-FDJ) completed the top five, while Dutchman Danny van Pop- pel (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Italy's Mat- teo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott) were off the pace, French Stage 6 winner Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) failed to make even the top 10. Despite picking up an untimely puncture inside the final 15km, Great Britain's Simon Yates (Mitchelton- Scott) retained the red jersey and his slender one-second lead over Spanish veteran Alejandro Valverde (Mov- istar) on a largely uneventful day un- der the Spanish sun. A third second-place for Sagan saw him leapfrog Valverde into the green jersey by two points while Spaniard Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis) retained the blue polka dot jersey. La Vuelta 2018: Elia Viviani doubles up after seeing off Peter Sagan in Stage 10