FWIW, this is still on my radar so that a bill can be Clarked in the Sixth Clark.

I'm currently beginning to draft something that incorporates both Litz's draft and what I assume is the general agreement that there should be a couple mailers during election time only - I'm thinking one mailer allowed immediately after registering, and one or two mailers allowed in the actual balloting fortnight, with perhaps an additional provision to have the Chancery keep a (read only, replies allowed on separate threads) running Wittenberg thread of mailers as they get sent out.

No, I simply moved back to the Hopper (and tagged as "Clarkable") all the bills that are deemed to have passed the CRL by laying there for over a month. I thought it would be helpful if the CRL sub-board only contained bills actively under the scrutiny of the CRL, which those bills no longer would be.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on June 01, 2026, 07:55:18 AMFrom Stage 17 on, my Mençeis dropped in the ranks at a steady rate.  They finish nearly last, a testament to the shortcomings of my "buy the highest priced favorites and then try to fill in the gaps" strategy.  For TCAT France, I'll be switching it up.

Not a terrible strategy at all, and actually one that worked very well in the past, especially in TCAT France, ironically!

Unfortunately this time the second highest priced favourite, Pellizzari, was still a bit too inexperienced for a three week stage race and bombed. Next month, the second highest priced favourite is almost certainly going to be Vingegaard himself. Pretty reliable and hard to pass up on.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on June 01, 2026, 07:47:16 AMI also saw that @Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be had a suggested new statute to require MCs to confirm their willingness to stand, and that seems like another good thing to include.  (It doesn't seem like a big logistical hurdle -- @Sir Lüc , would this be a challenge to implement?)

Not too difficult on my part - there would just be some kind of active list management in the Database where party leaders can log in and add and remove candidates, and candidates can then follow some unique emailed link to consent to their placement on the list.

Some of the Database's structure was already sort of designed to enable something like that later on (more broadly, letting party leaders manage their party registrations through automatic forms rather than on a Witt thread).

Voting on the June 2026 Clark (the fifth of the 62nd Cosă) is now open, until the 21st of the month, at 19h30 TST.

You can find the Clark at: https://database.talossa.com/ziu/clark (database) or at https://wiki.talossa.com/images/d/d6/June2026Clark.pdf (pdf)

MCs and Senators can all vote on the new Database using the credentials you have been sent by email: https://database.talossa.com/ziu/clark/vote

If you wish to vote on Wittenberg, MCs can vote here and Senators can vote here.



Sir Lüc da Schir, UrB
Secretary of State

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Stage 21 Roma -> Roma

Jonathan Milan (CHX/GHS) finally wins a stage in today's final sprint, and that's mostly it - everything TCAT related went the most likely way as discussed earlier.

GHST gets an eighth stagewin, their most ever in a single edition but well short of the record (13 by BDC in Italy 2024). This is likewise the second highest ever winning score. Cyclohexane gets the second most daily points, but when EoT points get applied it falls back to fourth behind ITW, who therefore get a podium in their debut edition.

FINAL STANDINGS (with Stage 21 and End of Tour points)

Pos	±		Team	Final	Stage 21	EoT
1st	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	10448	+370	+2320
2nd	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	8618	+141	+2030
3rd	(+2)		Team In The Wind (ITW)	7765	+207	+1600
4th	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	7718	+352	+1305
5th	(-2)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	7464	+184	+1140
6th	(+1)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	7151	+95	+1290
7th	(-1)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	7111	+85	+1160
8th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	5001	+124	+1055

Some stats and side results will follow soonish, but for now, thanks for playing in yet another edition of the Talossan Cycling Association Tour, and we hope to see you back in about a month for the big event - TCAT France 2026 mirroring the famous Tour de France!

Moinul Moin presently holds two seats. He would only need to receive five additional seats, not seven.

The Chancery, having noticed Judge Perþonest's preliminary opinion, stands ready to assign 18 vacant seats as directed by @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu .

Given the limited time remaining before the Fifth Clark is slated to begin and in the interest of ensuring all seats are filled, if I receive no communication from the Seneschal within 24 hours I will assign the seats as initially requested (13 to Tong Mun Kit, for a total of 20, and 5 to Moinul Moin, for a total of 7).

"Quick" assessment of where we stand before the final two stages when taking into account End of Tour points - those that are given out at the end depending on the final standings in the General, Points, King of Mountains and Teams Classifications. Not gonna give exact numbers because some fluctuation will happen anyway as the final GC/PC/KOM/TC positions won't exactly be what they are tonight.

Gordon Hiatus Support Team is pretty much guaranteed the final win no matter what happens: if tomorrow goes to GC riders another 800+ points haul is likely, on top of having Milan as a potential winner for Sunday, the most EoT points, and a four digit lead over second place (only happened once in 11 past editions). The main question is basically whether or not they get to 10K points, which is usually the benchmark of whether or not the TCAT winner is globally strong when compared to all Velogames competitors.

Banqeu de Cézembre is also pretty much guaranteed a second place and a return to the TCAT podium, which they are missing from since Spain 2024; they haven't been a sprint threat, but they are safely a top 2 team in mountain stages and their EoT haul is also going to be the best of the rest by a fair bit.

Third place down is instead all but settled. Two teams have the best shot at the final podium position: Cyclohexane is virtually slightly in front due to their current points haul, but Pellizzari dropping out of GC hurt them a lot and their EoT points haul has shrunk slightly from what it would have been at the start of the week. Team In The Wind has instead been rather quiet lately, but it has an EoT advantage that would put it within striking distance. CHX has to hope not to lose too much tomorrow, where ITW is almost guaranteed to do better, and then root for Jonathan Milan to do better than Tobias Lund Andresen on Sunday. Right now, despite the slight virtual standings disadvantage, I think ITW is favoured, even if I might have jinxed their chance at getting more stage wins with my earlier stats post.

The three Narvaez-less teams will probably fight it out for 5th to 7th, with their standout rider's absence likely putting the podium out of reach, if not much harder:

• Els Talossaes Rexhitais have the advantage as it stands: Gall seems to safely be the second best climber, and Storer and Gee both had a solid performance today. They also have the best point chances of the three for Sunday with Andresen and Aular. To do better they will need to put 250ish on CHX - weaker tomorrow but with Milan to fill the gap on Sunday - and 150ish on ITW - who has superior climbing depth but no Aular for Sunday. Doubtful but not impossible.
• The Mençeis sadly don't have any sprinters left, so it all comes down to hoping Vingegaard, Piganzoli and Pellizzari do much better than REX's three GC riders tomorrow, to compensate both for likely scoring no stagepoints on Sunday and for the small EoT deficit.
• Velociposse is almost tied with MMM in virtuals; it has Gall, Pellizzari, Storer and Arensman, for what on paper seems like the climbing combination with the most point chances. They may/should overtake MMM due to climbing depth and literally having any sprinters at all, but to reach REX they have to hope Arensman/Pellizzari outscore Gee by a significant amount (200ish points), other than Andresen not scoring at all on Sunday.

And sadly, Fieschă will have to hope for better luck next time, but not all is lost as they still can root for Mozzato - twice a top 10 finisher in a Giro that hasn't been kind to sprinters - to win on Sunday and maybe deliver a stage win to the only team that hasn't managed one in this edition.

Stage 19 Feltre -> Alleghe (Piani di Pezzè)

The queen stage of this edition immediately saw an important surprise as Jhonatan Narvaez (MMM/REX/VFL), one of Giro's standout riders and still in full contention for the points classification, dropped out of the race after apparently crashing after yesterday's stage finish, en route to his team bus. The breakaway predictably took a while to form, but interestingly ended up including both climbers (Ciccone, Harper and Rubio) and a few GC riders (Storer and Gee-West).

It turned out Ciccone (BDC/CHX/ITW) and Rubio (CFA) more or less made a deal to respectively split summit points and intermediate sprints, but when Ciccone teammate Gee-West (REX) broke the deal by going for the second intermediate sprint, Rubio in turn "stole" the next summit from Ciccone, who did not take it well. The Italian rode off into the distance to attempt a solo win, but was caught and had to settle (yet again) for third, with Gee-West taking second.

So no stagewin to the GC favourites, with Gall, Vingegaard and Hindley having to settle for 4th to 6th. Points also to Piganzoli, Rubio and Storer closing off the top 10, with the biggest news being Thymen Arensman finishing only 12th and losing a minute from GC leader Vingegaard and the third place in GC from Hindley.

Banqeu de Cézembre gets their second stagewin of this edition; they seem headed for second place in the final standings, as they should score both more stagepoints and End of Tour points than Cyclohexane. The latter, in turn, should have more chances to defend at least the final podium position from ITW and MMM given Narvaez abandoning and Milan having a chance at a good position on Sunday.

Standings after stage 19:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	6943	+612
2nd	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	5710	+510
3rd	(+2)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	5691	+670
4th	(-1)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	5668	+495
5th	(-1)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	5476	+338
6th	(+1)		Team In The Wind (ITW)	5385	+543
7th	(-1)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	5312	+363
8th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	3501	+372

Tomorrow we get TCAT's penultimate and probably decisive stage, featuring two laps of the 14km Piancavallo ascent. Since this is also my home stage, I will try and attend and get some pictures!

Stage 17 Cassano all'Adda -> Andalo

TCAT Italy 2026's finale is fast approaching, with the peloton making its way towards the Dolomites in a hilly stage that turned out to be quite tiring and demanding due to constant elevation changes, even without major climbs. Perfect day for a breakaway, and indeed 20ish riders survived to the finish in front of the peloton, of which 6 were in the frontmost group contending for the win. No luck for the TCAT riders involved in that effort, as CFA's Einer Rubio and CHX's Igor Arrieta finished 5th and 6th respectively. A fair bit behind, GHS's Garofoli finished 7th and eternal breakaway stage favourite Jhonatan Narvaez (MMM/REX/VFL) only managed 8th today. Minor points for Ciccone (13th, BDC/CHX/ITW), Bais (17th, CHX) and Gualdi (19th, GHS).

Cyclohexane gets the daily win, albeit a low scoring one - the whole pack fits in just 109 points today. This is still enough for the TCAT Italy 2023 champions to jump up to 4th for the time being.

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	6015	+253
2nd	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	5062	+162
3rd	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	5030	+193
4th	(+2)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	4908	+271
5th	(-1)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	4901	+163
6th	(-1)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	4838	+172
7th	(=)		Team In The Wind (ITW)	4732	+165
8th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	3058	+213

Today, another breakaway-friendly stage but with less elevation change, still moving eastwards through Valsugana from Trentino to Veneto. This one might even see punchy sprinters survive to the end. In general, this might be the last chance for stagehunter unclassified picks to get any meaningful points, as only two big mountain GC days and the final Rome sprint remain.

The call for bills for the June 2026 Clark (the fifth of the 62nd Cosă) is now open. You may post a link to a bill's Hopper thread underneath in the usual fashion, provided it has passed the Hopper according to Lex.H.2 and you are entitled to Clark bills.

I will accept for Clarking any such bills (except for any that fall foul of H.2.7) that are presented between now and May 31st 11:59 PM TST, as I will begin assembling the Clark on the European morning of June 1st.

Stage 15 Voghera -> Milano

Another sprint stage with a surprising outcome. While stage 6, the one finishing in Naples, had people wondering if the weird uphill cobbled sprint would claim any casualties (which it did), this one - flat and uneventful - seemed primed for a conventional sprint finish, with a small breakaway that would be carefully managed by the peloton.

Except that's not how things went; the breakaway, which included Cyclohexane duo Mirco Maestri and Mattia Bais, was victorious in its attack until the end, finishing one minute ahead of the peloton (aka, not even close). Maestri placed second and Bais fourth in a huge boon to Cyclohexane, with Andresen (ITW/REX) 7th, Mozzato (CFA) 10th and a disappointed Milan (CHX/GHS) only 14th ahead of MMM's Ackermann.

The 335 points between Cyclohexane and In The Wind are this edition's most dominant winning margin so far, with GHST previously putting 190 and 208 points on BDC in stages 9 and 14 respectively (and incidentally posting the narrowest margin too in stage 13, a single point over CHX). This should be a big help in Cyclohexane's quest for this edition's podium, on which they last stood in France 2024. Slim pickings for other teams, with just two sprinters in the top ten.

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	4785	+175
2nd	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	4396	+159
3rd	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	4350	+129
4th	(+3)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	4285	+517
5th	(-1)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	4131	+87
6th	(=)		Team In The Wind (ITW)	3968	+182
7th	(-2)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	3959	+103
8th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	2504	+136

Today is the second and last restday; action will resume tomorrow in a mountainous stage entirely within the Italian speaking Swiss canton of Ticino. It will be the last proper mountain stage until the deciding duo on Friday and Saturday. Not likely to see much changing in the general classification, but if the breakaway succeeds, it's a good opportunity to score high points for non-GC climbers (the likeliest options are probably Ciccone, Zana and Rubio). If the breakaway doesn't, not many reasons to expect a much different outcome than other GC stage results (Vingegaard > Gall > Arensman/Hindley/Pellizzari/Storer/Gee), unless we get some drama either on course, because of illness, or as a result of the restday.

Stage 13 Alessandria -> Verbania

A day for the breakaway, but unfortunately once the initial attacks settled Mirco Maestri (CHX) was the only TCAT rider among the 15 leaders. He finished a distant 12th and +1'48 behind the winner. The peloton essentially chose to pace and conserve energies for today's upcoming mountain stage, ultimately finishing a whopping 13 minutes down.

Despite Maestri getting a few points, Cyclohexane gets beaten by Gordon Hiatus Support Team by just one point for today's stage win. Since only Maestri, Arensman and Bernal got (very few) stage points, we got an extremely low scoring result mostly made up of assist and daily classification points - which is usually good news for the virtual leader because that's one less stage to make up the difference.

Standings after stage 13:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	3817	+77
2nd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	3697	+136
3rd	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	3587	+96
4th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	3409	+92
5th	(=)		Team In The Wind (ITW)	3267	+81
6th	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	3249	+135
7th	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	3149	+100
8th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	1873	+64

Today's stage should be much more consequential. It's just 133km (80ish mi) but chock full of climbs, perfect to see some action among general classification riders. Good chance of big scores and big swings in TCAT and GC; the kind of stage that can make or break an edition. Be sure to tune in for the results.

The time allotted for voting on the Clark has expired.

As no bills or resolutions have passed both the Cosă and Senäts, Royal Assent is not required.

The Cosă and Senäts both rejected the following bills and resolutions:

62RZ22 - BHAID: Humanitarian Assistance to Sudan Resolution (Reconsideration)
Rejected by the Cosă 64-96 (20 abstained), by the Senäts 0-7 (1 abstained)

62RZ23 - The Sentient Rights Act
Rejected by the Cosă 44-60 (76 abstained), by the Senäts 0-2 (6 abstained)

The Cosă and Senäts have disagreed on the following resolution:

62RZ24 - Sense of the Ziu: In Support of Decoloniality
Agreed to by the Cosă 64-20 (96 abstained), rejected by the Senäts 0-0 (8 abstained)


The Cosă passed a Vote of Confidence in the incumbent Government 84-25 (71 abstained).

Francesco Manzella (MC-Green) and Marcüs Causch (MC-URL/NC) did not vote.



Sir Lüc da Schir, UrB
Secretary of State

Quote from: Iason Taiwos on May 16, 2026, 05:56:16 PMHe also spurred the creation of the Cjovani subculture. (Which he may possibly regret.) (Da Schir Day is a holiday in our calendar.)

Yeah, I'm sure I've said it before, so I won't repeat the whole spiel again, but writing and passing that catchment area reform bill is the thing I regret the most in all of my Talossan life. Not only it didn't work at what it was supposed to do, it also created a rift in personal relationships that can't be healed easily.

But also, the Cjovani subculture might not exist had that not happened, so...

I think at the very least there should be one for the Sixth Clark, which could include a live Royal Assent and Dissolution ceremony. (EDIT: but this requires an official Living Cosa, since otherwise business would not actually be over at the end of the session, so planning ahead is necessary!)

However, recent turnout has been discouraging, with the official opposition completely unrepresented in recent sessions and the Government only ever represented by the Seneschal. I really hope we can get to a better turnout, especially since the First Clark live debates were such a success, but I understand timezones are a challenge.

Small trivia moment.

Team In The Wind has already gotten three stage wins, so that puts it in quite a good place to break the record of five stage wins in a team's maiden edition*, jointly held by Gagnheirs/Mençeis (Spain 2022) and Cyclohexane (Italy 2023, but with added value due to more participants).

Cyclohexane also went on to win that edition, being again one of two teams to win its debut edition, together with Esqipă Velocostă (Italy 2025). Surprisingly (or not, if you recall how that edition went...), EVC only took a single stage victory in that winning maiden edition.

Also perhaps surprisingly, Averatxeirs and Valcürïas got two stage wins in their respective debuts, while other teams who went on to win and, in general, to take part in TCAT much more often, actually got no wins in their debut and it took a while to get their first stage win: it took Fieschă 24, Dead Last 25, Port Maxhestic 29, ex-SOS/REX 33 and the Cabana Boys 44 stages before they could finally triumph.

Today's Mençeis wins also ensures ex-GNH/MMM confirms their perfect record of getting at least one stage win in every edition they took part in (5 editions, 17 wins), which they share with GHST (12 editions, 37 wins), EVC (3 editions, 10 wins) and obviously ITW (1 edition, 3 wins).

(*: I am obviously ignoring the very first edition as all teams were new, and the low turnout would skew stuff even more)