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Coaches someone who puts effort in to cycle (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trainers

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'coaches someone who puts effort in to cycle' is the definition.
'trainers' can be an answer for 'coaches' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the remainder of the definition.

'coaches someone who' is the wordplay.
'coaches' becomes 'train' (I've seen this before).
'someone who' becomes 'ers' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'train'+'ers'='TRAINERS'

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(Other definitions for trainers that I've seen before include "People who coach athletes, or running shoes" , "Coaches: leisure footwear" , "needed to get the most out of racehorses?" , "Casual footwear" , "Casual shoes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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