Two more strong groups. In group 7 the 3 and 2 points are clear for me, but most of the remaining songs could have gotten the final point (and I feel like a bad Cézembrean for not giving points to Tri Martolod :( )
In group 8 the top 3 I all like about equally and again there are more songs that would deserve points.

Group 7
Subdivisions - 3
Psycho Killer - 2
Stroke - 1

Group 8
I Wear Your Ring - 3
België - 2
While My Guintar Gently Weeps - 1

FINAL UPDATE

Points scored in semifinals
Lüc 8
Glüc 8
Braneu 0
AD 0
þerxh 0
Danihel 16
Breneir 0


Points scored in final
Lüc 0
Glüc 0
Braneu 0
AD 0
þerxh 0
Danihel 13
Breneir 0

Not only did Danihel get the winner right, he also got both finalists correct, resulting in the following final score:


Danihel 125
Lüc 107
Glüc 96
Braneu 86
Breneir 84
þerxh 83
AD 58


Congrats Danihel!

And congrats to Spain of course. Conceding only a single goal for the whole tournament makes them the deserved winners. Not one of the teams I rooted for from the start, but Im happy they won over Argentina.

Stage 17   »   Chambéry  ›  Voiron

Yesterday was a hilly stage that looked suited for attackers because a break would be hard to control. However forces in the peloton decided otherwise. A crash split in the peloton resulted in different groups racing each other leading to the original break being caught.

After that the stage was overshadowed by the fight for the green jersey and the points classification between Pedersen, who started the stage with a 31 point lead and because of his better climbing abilities is often able to pick up intermediate sprint points and Philipsen who is behind with very few point scoring opportunities remaining, but is the faster finisher of the two. Several attacking groups emerged, with Pedersen in the front group forcing other sprinters to try and make the jump as well in order to not miss out on a potential sprint finish. Pedersen and a few others did manage to get away and score the maximum amount of intsprint points while Philipsen was still in a group further behind.

Eventually however they did get caught by the large group including Philipsen (with the help of Van der Poel, who could have gone for his own chances today but chose to help Philipsen instead) and we did get a rather chaotic bunchsprints, which Philipsen did end up winning. Kooij (GHS/BDC) came in third and Askey (CJO) got fourth place, while Pedersen only finished 8th. The result: despite Pedersens hard work Philipsen reduced his deficit to only 7 points.

The fight for the green jersey (PC) is a lot closer than GC or KOM. However, Pedersen is still likely to win as there are barely any opportunities for Philipsen left to make up the difference which the remaining intsprints following tough climbs (which Pedersen is actually  trying to reach as we speak), which are too difficult for Philipsen to keep up on and the finish in Paris not necessarily one for the sprinters because it includes several ascents of Montmartre.

Not much changes in the TCAT standings except GHST overtakes Cyclohexane due to the Kooij result.

Standings after stage 17:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	7932	+302
2nd	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	7601	+297
3rd	(+1)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	7155	+279
4th	(-1)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	7123	+153
5th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	6867	+392
6th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	6315	+192
7th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	5738	+131
8th	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	5371	+240
9th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	5073	+250

Today is the first of three alpine mountain stages that will determine the GC, KOM and likely TCAT as well, including not one but two finishes on the legendary Alpe d'Huez on friday and saturday.

Quote from: Glüc on July 13, 2026, 03:12:19 PMhttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/3QAHYdPpVnElXYd8h1yEpA

Updated for current groups. Different live versions for Aqueous Transmission and Dream On were used.

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours) Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Per group: Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs per group.

GROUP 7
Aerosmith - Dream On
Apocalyptica - Stroke
Incubus - Aqueous Transmission
Madrugada - Majesty
Nolwenn Leroy - Tri Martolod
Rush - Subdivisions
Russkaja - Roar
Stereophonics - Maybe Tomorrow
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
The Who - Baba O'Riley


GROUP 8
B-52's - Legal Tender
Cocteau Twins - I wear your ring
Donkeyboy - Ambitions
Ghost Hounds - Last Train to Nowhere
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Het Goede Doel - België (Is er leven op Pluto ...)
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Fool's Garden - Lemon Tree
Paul McCartney & Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence


Tiebreakers***:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (Round 2 > Other)
- Last year's Round 2 Rank
- Last year's Round 2 PPV
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Any song eliminated by random chance (and any song eliminated by random chance last year that is eliminated based on last year's result) will be given entry into next year's TMT20.

8 voters again

GROUP 5
1. All Along the Watchtower - 12
2. The Universal - 8
3. I'm Shipping Up to Boston - 6
4. Der Kommissar - 5 (2022 nomination)
5. Fifty-fifty Clown - 5 (new nomination)
6. The Lord is My Shepherd - 3
7. John Wayne Gacy, Jr. - 3
8. Southern Gothic - 2
9. Ohoopee River Bottomland - 2
10. Jane - 2

GROUP 6
1. Knights of Cydonia - 13
2. Sirius/Eye in the Sky - 8 (2 voters giving 2 points)
3. Burnin' For You - 8 (1 voter giving 2 points)
4. Bela Lugosi's Dead - 5
5. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - 4
6. Believe What You're Saying - 3
6. Blue Ain't Your Color - 3
8. Let U Know - 2
9. The Youth - 1
9. Simple And Clean (Marrzaan Remix) - 1

16,5 hours left!

Full update later, but the big news is: Vingegaard crashed and abandoned the race! An EVC, VFL or BDC comeback is unthinkable now.

Standings after stage 15:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	7131	+877
2nd	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	6709	+820
3rd	(+1)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	6577	+763
4th	(-1)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	6495	+667
5th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	6069	+530
6th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	5844	+437
7th	(+1)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	4966	+770
8th	(-1)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	4891	+346
9th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	4160	+633

Group 5. Another very stacked group. Falco would have gotten points in most other groups. The Hendrix song deserves points too.

The Universal - 3
John Wayne Gacy, Jr. - 2
Fifty-Fifty Clown - 1


Group 4. Let U Know was a nice discovery

Knights of Cydonia - 3
Bela Lugosi's Dead - 2
The Youth - 1

Quote from: Glüc on July 15, 2026, 05:33:45 PMIve updated the spotifylist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3QAHYdPpVnElXYd8h1yEpA

Updated again, but I may have gotten the wrong version for the Cissy Houston song, I definitely got the wrong (original instead of marrzaan remix) version for the Utadu Hikaru song and Sirius/Eye in the Sky are split, so perhaps use youtube links for these if you want the version the nominators intended

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours) Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Per group: Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs per group.

GROUP 5
Blur - The Universal
Cissy Houston - The Lord Is My Shepherd
Cocteau Twins - Fifty-fifty Clown
Dan Tyminski - Southern Gothic
Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up to Boston
Falco - Der Kommissar
Jefferson Starship - Jane
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Larry Jon Wilson - Ohoopee River Bottomland
Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr.



GROUP 6
Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Blue Öyster Cult - Burnin' For You
Keith Urban - Blue Ain't Your Color
MGMT - The Youth
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Plastilina Mosh - Let U Know
Sugar - Believe What You're Saying
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Utada Hikaru - Simple And Clean (Marrzaan Remix)



Tiebreakers***:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (Round 2 > Other)
- Last year's Round 2 Rank
- Last year's Round 2 PPV
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Any song eliminated by random chance (and any song eliminated by random chance last year that is eliminated based on last year's result) will be given entry into next year's TMT20.

8 voters again

GROUP 3
1. Solsbury Hill - 14
2. Nýfallið regn - 7
3. Zitti e Buoni - 6
4. Dreamsickle - 4 (1 voter giving 3 points, random chance)
5. Energy Flow - 4 (1 voter giving 3 points)
6. Fool's Overture - 4 (0 voters giving 3 points)
7. Long Train Runnin' - 4 (0 voters giving 3 points)
8. Fish Heads - 3
9. One More Day Above the Roses - 2
10. Sailor Song - 0

GROUP 4
1. Blue Monday - 11
2. Taxman - 8 (2 voters giving 3 points)
3. Child in Time - 8 (1 voter giving 3 points)
4. Wicked Game - 7 (2 voters giving 2 points)
5. On Melancholy Hill - 7 (1 voter giving 2 points)
6. Strawberry Fields Forever - 4
7. Alife - 1
8. Also sprach Zarathustra - 1
8. Children of the Damned - 1
10. Love Always Remains - 0

Stage 13   »   Dole  ›  Belfort

Yesterdays stage included the category 1 climb Ballon d'Alsace, but the summit was 25 km before the finish, making this a perfect opportunity for a break. As a result nearly the entire peloton wanted to be in the break and many succeeded, including Philipsen who won the intsprint ahead of Pedersen and climbed to second place in the points classification before dropping back to the peloton. The strongest among the many attackers was Mauro Schmid, who beat one other rider in a sprint. More importantly for TCAT, Pidcock (REX/EVC) came in fourth, still far ahead of the GC contenders and shot to 4th place in GC as a result. No other TCAT rider made the top 20.

As a result it was a stage with for Els Talossaes Rexhital, closely followed by EVC.


Standings after stage 13:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	5585	+329
2nd	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	5142	+184
3rd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	5039	+102
4th	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	4958	+195
5th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	4860	+117
6th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	4806	+325
7th	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	3935	+98
8th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	3499	+92
9th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	2929	+82

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Today was* perhaps the toughest stage of this edition with 1 second category and 3 first category climbs, including the entirely new Col du Haag, which turned out to be quite an exciting one.

*Yeah it's already happened (spoiler). Sorry for the late stage 12 update

24 hours left to vote on groups 3&4

Group 3: Pretty strong. I still like Zitti e Buoni and Wombo was a nice discovery. Either of these could have gotten the final point.

Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill - 3
Supertramp - Fool's Overture - 2
Ásgeir - Nýfallið regn - 1


Group 4: Oof. I was really exicted about the Iron Maiden nomination. Blue Monday is a banger that I would like to see in the final again. I don't have points for either. Deodato was a nice discovery and I liked this MGMT more than the previous two. Neither Beatles song is among their best work imho.

Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill - 3
Deep Purple - Child in Time - 2
Robert Wyatt - Alife - 1

The playlist generator thingy I used doesnt seem to work anymore. If anyone wants to create a playlist for ytmusic theyd be very welcome to.

The Zambonis can come back to win another season if it helps!

Welcome back Tric'hard!


_{(We missed you in TCAT/TMT! :p)}

Group 4 is upsettingly strong for a first round. Difficult choices ahead. (And I cant even pretend to blame Ian for bad draws anymore...)

Ive updated the spotifylist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3QAHYdPpVnElXYd8h1yEpA

I will try to generate another youtube playlist tomorrow if there is demand for it (although not sure anyone used it)

We will vote on groups two at a time (although you can vote on only one of the groups if you want). Each voting period will last three days (72 hours) Votes cast after that will not be accepted, with the exception that we will always keep going until we have at least three votes per group.

Per group: Give your top three songs 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly three songs per group.

GROUP 3
Ásgeir - Nýfallið regn
Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
Gaelic Storm - One More Day Above the Roses
Gigi Perez - Sailor Song
Måneskin - Zitti e Buoni
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Energy Flow
Supertramp - Fool's Overture
Wombo - Dreamsickle


GROUP 4
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Deodato - Also sprach Zarathustra
Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
Iron Maiden - Children of the Damned
MGMT - Love Always Remains
New Order - Blue Monday
Robert Wyatt - Alife
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles - Taxman


Tiebreakers***:
- Number of voters giving 3 points
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- Last year's result (Round 2 > Other)
- Last year's Round 2 Rank
- Last year's Round 2 PPV
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Any song eliminated by random chance (and any song eliminated by random chance last year that is eliminated based on last year's result) will be given entry into next year's TMT20.