Jump Around is this year's highest newcomer in the Top 20

Have You Ever Seen the Rain is this year's highest new nomination.

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Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - 45
Starman - 38
Baba O'Riley - 38
The Sound of Silence - 33
Jump Around - 29

16. Wish You Were Here - 26
17. Stairway to Heaven - 26
18. Roam - 26
19. Paranoid Android - 22
20. Down Under - 22

Ring of Fire - 21
A Forest - 18
Taxman - 17
The Mercy Seat - 15
Child in Time - 14

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Stage 11   »   Cartagena  ›  Lorca

As predicted, today ended in a bunch sprint. Brennan (GHS/BDC/MAN) won his third stage. Van Aert (CHX/CJO) continued to 5th place after his leadout. Albanese (CJO/DED), Elosegui (VFL), Alleno (DED) and Porter (PTM) all finished much further back, scoring limited points. A fairly low scoring stage where BdC got the most points.

I don't know if we've ever seen a +0 on the board. If we did it would likely have been in some first week (team) time trial stage.

Standings after stage 11:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	4629	+308
2nd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	3871	+278
3rd	(+1)		The Manilows (MAN)	3586	+280
4th	(+1)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	3573	+284
5th	(+1)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	3451	+178
6th	(-3)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	3425	+96
7th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	3303	+87
8th	(+1)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	2637	+94
9th	(-1)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	2546	+0
10th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	2455	+78
11th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	2370	+30

Tomorrow should be more interesting, as we get a mountain stage with an uphill finish that should suit climbers. It could be a good opportunity for a break, but I also expect to see some timegaps among the GC contenders.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 09:53:22 AMOof, this is brutal.

Yeah, and unfortunately it's not gonna get better. With your strongest riders having abandoned (or in the case of Almeida: being in very poor form) you basically have no point scoring opportunities anymore. And the assist point strategy doesn't really work when there's no one to assist. At this point this edition is basically over for the Menceis  and it's only a matter of time until they drop to last place (unless some crazy miracle happens).

Quite a big change from last edition when the same strategy got you the win! I guess it must be high risk, high reward.

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Quote from: Tierçéu Rôibeardescù on September 01, 2026, 12:49:41 PMCan I still vote?

Yes. 1 hour left!