Stage 14  »  Jaén  ›  Sierra de la Pandera

A day for the breakaway - 45 riders from all teams (except GHS) rode far in front of the peloton with Vermaerke (MMM) going solo midway through. Alas it was not to be. After multiple attacks from different riders, it was Marco Brenner (CHX/MAN/REX/VFL) who finally unlocked himself and got the stagewin. Rodriguez (DED/REX/VFL) got 3rd ahead of several other TCAT riders: Paret-Peintre (CHX, 5th), Zana (CFA, 8th), Calzoni (BDC, 9th), a much anticipated Almeida (CFA/CJO/MMM/REX, 10th) and Martin (CFA, 11th).

Among the GC favourites, Gall overtook Roglic for second by gaining 17" on him, alongside Mas, while Carapaz paid a further 6" more, showing he doesn't seem to have the strength to get to the GC podium. Even worse news for Onley, who dropped much earlier and seems also to have to settle for a place outside the podium, and Kuss, who lost two places in GC and is now a lowly 10th. Conversely, Rodriguez's third place 4 whole minutes before Mas gained him two places and a spot in the top 10.

The stagewin goes to REX with Brenner, Rodriguez and Almeida; this is their 11th win this season, tying GHS. High scores for VFL (also with Brenner and Rodriguez) and CHX (Brenner and Paret-Peintre), the latter rising to fourth with only a small gap to 3rd.

Luckily no TCAT riders among the five who abandoned the competition yesterday. It seems like attrition due to illness and/or heat and/or crashes is getting pretty significant.

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	5715	+155
2nd	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	4622	+159
3rd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	4477	+55
4th	(+1)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	4437	+393
5th	(-1)		The Manilows (MAN)	4372	+281
6th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	4360	+484
7th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	3930	+83
8th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	3707	+549
9th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	3056	+237
10th	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	2879	+100
11th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	2810	+218

Today's stage will be considerably shorter than planned as a result of the heat. It will likely be an affair for punchy sprinters, with Van Aert surely a primary contender.

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While I hesitate to help derail this thread too far, as Provost, if the good people of Cezembre are considering a new flag design, they could also consider something inspired by the departement of Ille-et-Vilaine or the flag or arms of Saint-Malo.

For an example, see the attached; otherwise I'll wait until this topic has a dedicated thread before doing too much more brainstorming.

During the National Schism, the Republican government of Cézembre came up with this flag

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Quote from: Tierçéu Rôibeardescù on Yesterday at 04:11:16 PMIts the flag of St Malo I belive?

It's basically the flag of Brittany, though I do remember there being an idea to have the flag changed.

Quote from: Barclamïu da Miéletz on Yesterday at 01:45:47 PM

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on Yesterday at 08:35:14 AMIf you have plans for our Province and its lovely people, then declare yourself before Sunday 13th!

Not sure if I could run but I do have an idea to give our province an anthem (to the melody of the Welsh anthem which is also used by Cornwall and Brittany), maybe a flag change too to make it more Talossan.

I belive the flag is correct for the island as, well, its the only province to have a flag before it was claimed by ben. Its the flag of St Malo I belive?

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on Yesterday at 08:35:14 AMIf you have plans for our Province and its lovely people, then declare yourself before Sunday 13th!

Not sure if I could run but I do have an idea to give our province an anthem (to the melody of the Welsh anthem which is also used by Cornwall and Brittany), maybe a flag change too to make it more Talossan.

just double checking, as i didnt put myself down on the database vote, I know as a civil servent i cant run for MC but is this the same for regional assemblies?