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Stage 3   »   Gruissan - Aude  ›  Font Romeu (Cancelled)


The peloton was surprised by the weather today as they face heavy rain and hail on the final climb. The conditions were bad enough that the riders decided collectively not to continue and the stage was cancelled as a result. We therefore only get classification points today (and a few breakaway/kom/sprint points collected on the way). This does give us a nice insight into who is collecting the most classification points at the moment. Turns out its...

The Menceis.

Similar to last edition they are raking in a whole bunch of assist points from picking Pogacar teammates. This time it gets them the stagewin, although without stagepoints today was too low scoring to affect the standings much.


Standings after stage 3:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	1220	+121
2nd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	1162	+119
3rd	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	1096	+123
4th	(=)		The Manilows (MAN)	1037	+99
5th	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	985	+164
6th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	768	+79
7th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	696	+95
8th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	666	+65
9th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	600	+52
10th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	539	+85
11th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	314	+51

Tomorrow we get a proper Pyrenean mountain stage around another micronation (Andorra). Even though the stage ends with a long downhill (interrupted by a short category 3 climb) this still looks like one for the climbers and GC favourites.

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Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on January 27, 2025, 07:29:47 PM@xpb Connected to the first novel, have you had a chance to read the first novella in the series, Livesuit? I thought this was just as good.

I didn't know about that will have to look it up...

@xpb Did you ever end up reading Livesuit, the novella set in the Captive War universe?

Alas not yet, perhaps after my final exam on Monday...

A very good read which provides some context for the first book.

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@xpb Did you ever get to check out The Captive War series from the authors of The Expanse? Amazon has decided to bring the series to TV.

I read the first on awhile back - will try to read Livesuit which appears to be a volume 1½ prior to vol 2 Faith of Beasts.  They had several of these novellas in The Expanse series.

I still think the novella is the best entry in the series so far.

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Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on January 27, 2025, 07:29:47 PM@xpb Connected to the first novel, have you had a chance to read the first novella in the series, Livesuit? I thought this was just as good.

I didn't know about that will have to look it up...

@xpb Did you ever end up reading Livesuit, the novella set in the Captive War universe?

Alas not yet, perhaps after my final exam on Monday...

A very good read which provides some context for the first book.

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@xpb Did you ever get to check out The Captive War series from the authors of The Expanse? Amazon has decided to bring the series to TV.

I read the first on awhile back - will try to read Livesuit which appears to be a volume 1½ prior to vol 2 Faith of Beasts.  They had several of these novellas in The Expanse series.

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Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on August 22, 2026, 03:33:18 PMAzul cüncitixhiens!

The Union of Free Reformists is pleased to announce that tomorrow afternoon, URL President and Seneschal candidate Mic'haglh Autófil will be hosting a Town Hall meeting to take questions regarding our electoral platform and our plans to return a little positivity, transparency, and accountability to the next Government.

We anticipate the event lasting between 30-45 minutes, depending on attendance. A recording will be taken for those who miss it!

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@Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be Did this happen? Would love to see the recording.

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Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on January 27, 2025, 07:29:47 PM@xpb Connected to the first novel, have you had a chance to read the first novella in the series, Livesuit? I thought this was just as good.

I didn't know about that will have to look it up...

@xpb Did you ever end up reading Livesuit, the novella set in the Captive War universe?

Alas not yet, perhaps after my final exam on Monday...

A very good read which provides some context for the first book.

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@xpb Did you ever get to check out The Captive War series from the authors of The Expanse? Amazon has decided to bring the series to TV.

Stage 2  »  Monaco  ›  Manosque

Uphill sprint finish saw Wout van Aert (CHX/CJO) attack with two kilometres to spare to try and snatch the red leader's jersey from Tadej Pogacar, but the effort was unsuccessful and it was his teammate Matthew Brennan (BDC/GHS/MAN) who instead sprinted to a dominant first place ahead of Pogacar in third, who keeps his red jersey and already a 30"ish lead on his closest actual competitors for the overall win, and Pedersen (CFA/MMM/REX) in fourth.

Among the three Brennan teams it is the Manilows who get the stagewin - their first ever - thanks to Tobias Halland Johannessen in 6th (also of CJO/VFL), while second placed BDC gets the overall lead.

Standings after stage 2:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(+2)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	1099	+581
2nd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	1043	+505
3rd	(-2)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	973	+387
4th	(+2)		The Manilows (MAN)	938	+651
5th	(-1)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	821	+476
6th	(-1)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	689	+381
7th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	601	+339
8th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	601	+339
9th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	548	+286
10th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	454	+237
11th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	263	+217

Tomorrow we have our first summit finish - a long flattish approach to back-to-back category 1 and category 2 climbs. The outcome depends on who tries to get away in the early stages; a strong group of climbers would have a chance at staving off the GC favourites in the peloton, and perhaps even temporarily steal Pogacar's GC lead, while a weak breakaway will all but ensure the main GC contenders will dominate the top of the standings.

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