Talossan Cycling Association Tour Season 4 Leg 2: Lille -> Paris

[Iason Taiwos]

I would like to say that I am pleased with two things. First, the Naziun Cjovani team leaping into fourth place. (Hot damn!) (The Iason method at work!) Secondly, I am pleased by the representation of Belacosta in all the recent TCAT events. (Especially since the Talossan Cycling Association was a creation of our province.)
Also thanks to Glüc and Lüc for these updates, and for keeping these events going. I just wish I had a way to watch it.

[Glüc]

Stage 9 Chinon -> Châteauroux

Most of the stage was what Lüc said basically. A valiant effort that stranded very close to the finish. Of course, we did still have a sprint after that. Merlier (REX) won, Milan (VFL) got second. Earlier in the stage Almeida (VFL) unfortunately had to abandon due to his injuries from stage 8.

Standings after stage 9:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	4117	+260
2nd	(+1)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	3706	+361
3rd	(-1)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	3675	+169
4th	(+1)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	3024	+214
5th	(-1)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	3017	+161
6th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	2972	+192
7th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschǎ (CFA)	2698	+121
8th	(+1)		Els Talossaes Rexhitais (REX)	2481	+318
9th	(-1)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	2339	+174
10th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	2223	+112

Today we don't have a restday as usual. Instead the restday will be on tuesday and today we get the first mountain stage. Not the Pyrenees or Alps just yet, but a single stage in the Massif Central, with no fewer than 8 categorised summits, most of them of the second category. So a lot of ups and down. There will certainly be some shifts in GC as a result, the stage itself could either go to the break or to some GC favourite.

[Sir Lüc]

A brief note on sprinters now that the update for yesterday is out - as I mentioned, all flat stages are over already so according to my notes there's just two three chances for sprinters to make their mark - stages 17 and 21 (edit: and 11). But they aren't quite flat - 17 looks promising for a breakaway but could be managed by sprint teams, and 21 is the traditional Paris finale, which this years includes three laps of the Montmartre hill, the last one a mere 6km from the finish - a very tempting prize for puncheurs and maybe too steep for pure sprinters.
(Belated edit: the next stage, stage 11, has similar vertical meters as stage 17 but a tough but short climb about 10km from the finish.)

As such, the bulk of the work for sprinters is done already. Sprinters will still be able to contest intermediate sprint points of course, provided there's no big hill before that, but the Velogames points on offer for those are pennies (max. 20/stage) compared to those on offer for a sprint finish (max. 220/stage). Therefore, we can already take a look at how our sprint picks fared and assume this general outline will only meaningfully change if we do get one or two more sprint finishes.

Sprinter	Team	Points	Credits	Points per credit (PPC) higher is better	Points remaining to reach 100 PPC lower is better
Ackermann	CJO/VFL	270	6c	45	330
Bauhaus	CHX	295	6c	49	305
Groenewegen	DED	80	8c	10	720
Groves	PTM	397	8c	50	403
Jeanniere (DNF)	GHS	0	6c	0	600
Meeus	BDC/EVC	85	8c	10	715
Merlier	REX	502	10c	50	498
Milan	VFL	773	12c	64	427
van Poppel	CFA	58	6c	10	542

• The best TCAT sprinter by points-per-credit is current points classification leader Jonathan Milan, of Velociposse. He's also the best of the three expensive sprinters (him, REX's Merlier and non-TCAT Philipsen) when looking at both PPC and points remaining to get 100 points-per-credit.
• The best TCAT sprinter by the number of points left to get to 100 points-per-credit is Phil Bauhaus of Cyclohexane. He's also the second best 6c sprinter behind non-TCAT Waerenskjold, who however just abandoned the race and cannot improve on his record. Not far behind Bauhaus is CJO and VFL's Pascal Ackermann.
• Port Maxhestic's Kaden Groves is halfway through to 100 ppc and the joint second-best pick by that metric together with Tim Merlier. However, he may be a wiser pick because he has fewer to go to get to 100 PPC, being a cheaper pick, which means it will be easier for him to get there (an important factor given the limited sprint occasions).
• Like Bauhaus however, Groves is not the best possible 8c pick - that would be non-TCAT Biniam Girmay, who much like last year remained unpicked but is actually the best possible sprint pick overall, with 68 PPC currently and just 249 points to go to get 100 PPC.
• A separate mention to PTM's Samuel Watson, who is an unclassed 6c rider for some reason; he scored 16 PPC and is 504 points from 100 PPC, which technically means he's not doing brilliantly, but it might be more accurate to compare him against other TCAT 6c unclassed picks, among which so far he would actually be the second best pick.
• Also a separate mention goes to EVC's Wout van Aert, who is also unclassed and too much of a wildcard to just assume he won't be scoring any more points. He's 25% of the way to 100 PPC though, so it seems he will have to feature heavily for his team in order to be worth it.

[Sir Lüc]

Stage 10 Ennezat -> Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy

The first mountain stage of Tour was peppered with categorised climbs, and saw a relatively large breakaway form quite early, including several TCAT riders. Ultimately though, those that made it far enough to collect breakaway points were just Anders Johannessen (CHX), O'Connor (BDC), Campenaerts (CJO), Sweeny (PTM), Healy (CFA), and the REX duo Martinez and Simon Yates.

Of those seven, four actually made it all the way, and it was Yates who prevailed, with Healy in third, O'Connor in fourth, Johannessen in seventh and Martinez eighth, as he was dropped but still managed to finish together and ahead of Pogacar (9th) and Vingegaard (10th). Mostly in the same group and finishing 11-16th are also Lipowitz, Jorgenson, Evenepoel, Onley, other Johannessen and Roglic, with Gall and Rodriguez in 17-18th slightly more delayed and closing this big block of TCAT points finishers.

Surprisingly, Healy finished with enough of a gap to the GC favourites to unexpectedly be the new GC leader. This first mountain stage saw a natural round of plummets on the GC standings, with Vauquelin (CHX/GHS) losing three spots, Skjelmose (CFA/CJO) five and falling out of the top10, and of course Mathieu van der Poel (BDC/CHX/GHS/VFL) having exhausted his time at the top à la Mads Pedersen in this year's Giro.

The Rexhitais get their crown back thanks to Yates and Martinez, with Fieschă and BDC rounding off the daily top three. Not a lot of movement in the standings however, with just GHS and VFL trading places again.

Standings after stage 10:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	4437	+320
2nd	(+1)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	3901	+226
3rd	(-1)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	3840	+134
4th	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	3374	+350
5th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	3273	+256
6th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	3245	+273
7th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschǎ (CFA)	3125	+427
8th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhitais (REX)	3010	+529
9th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	2628	+289
10th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	2428	+205

Restday coming up - next stage and update on Wednesday, with potential analysis to fill the gap tomorrow.

[Tric'hard Lenxheir]

Well...at least I didn't lose any ground in the overall standings!

[Mic’haglh Autófil, O.Be]

Well...at least I didn't lose any ground in the overall standings!

Give it time, my squad has plenty of days left to mess the bed apparently

[Sir Lüc]

Stage 11 Toulouse -> Toulouse

TCAT resumes after the first restday (sorry for no analyses) with a stage around Toulouse featuring moving terrain and a few key short but steep climbs (we've had a few of these already). Prime opportunity for a breakaway, and indeed today's initial attackers were five, including CJO and GHS's Jonas Abrahamsen, and chased by a further group of five that featured Wout van Aert (EVC), Mathieu van der Poel (BDC/CHX/GHS/VFL) and Axel Laurance (BDC).

Abrahamsen himself prevailed among the front group to take the win, with only non-TCAT Schmid staying with him to take second and Mathieu van der Poel launching a solo attack to take third place well ahead of the other pursuers - Van Aert took 5th and Laurance 6th place. I speculated this could have been a sprint stage had it been properly managed by sprint teams but the terrain was just too impervious for pure sprinters and most were dropped. It was however fertile terrain for the more punchy sprinters, with PTM's Kaden Groves winning the peloton sprint for 11th, Romain Grégoire (BDC/CHX/DED/REX/VFL) taking 14th and Louis Barré (EVC) 17th.

Abrahamsen and van der Poel give today's daily win to GHST, ahead of BDC (MVDP and Laurance) and CJO (Abrahamsen). No changes in the overall standings though, and not much to report in the general classification either except for Matthias Skjelmose (CFA/CJO) surprisingly dropping three further places to the benefit among others of Ben O'Connor (BDC) - this is still over five minutes away from the top ten however.

Standings after stage 11:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	4724	+287
2nd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	4415	+514
3rd	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	4097	+257
4th	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	3754	+380
5th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	3619	+346
6th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	3388	+143
7th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschǎ (CFA)	3231	+106
8th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhitais (REX)	3126	+116
9th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	2855	+227
10th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	2541	+113

Tomorrow, the first serious mountain stage with a summit finish on the mighty Hautacam. Expect the fight for the yellow jersey to heat up again, as we get to the Pyrenées in a trio of stages that will definitely see Pogacar and Vingegaard duel it out to put time on each other and the other GC contenders.

[Glüc]

TCAT entered a new phase yesterday as we arrived in the Pyrenees for a challenging mountain stage with an uphill finish on the Hautacam, a climb of the highest category, preceded by two more climbs of first and second category. A massive break of 52 riders got away early, with Armirail (GHS) being the last man standing, but he was overtaken by the favourites on the final climb. The stage turned out to be very revealing as riders finishing were separated by many minutes. In fact it may turn out to be decisive for the final outcome. The big winner:

Pogacar (CFA/CHX/CJO/GHS/PTM), who finished more than two minutes ahead of everyone else.

Vingegaard (BDC/CFA/DED/EVC/PTM/VFL) disappointed with a second place

Lipowitz (EVC) did well in third place, not far behind Vingegaard

Johannessen (DED) far exceeded expectations and got fourth

The same goes for Onley (CJO), in fifth place.

6th: Vauquelin (CHX/GHS), who also did very well and was surprisingly able to keep a strong position in GC

Evenepoel (BDC/CHX/CJO/DED/GHS/REX) massively disappointed

Gall (BDC/EVC) finished in 8th position

Roglic (REX) also disappointed for a 9th place

Jorgenson (EVC/REX), O'Connor (BDC), Rodriguez (GHS), Skjelmose (CFA/CJO) and Mas (PTM/VFL) all lost a lot of time, along with Healy (CFA), who was leading GC before yesterday, but was not expected to keep up in the mountains.

The result: Esqipă Velocostă won the day and gain a place in the standing. GHST and Naziun Cjovani also did very well, whereas Velociposse and Els Talossaes Rexhitais had a poor showing. Of course the stage also had a big impact on GC, which is gonna impact end of tour points, so it might be worth taking a look at that very soon.


Standings after stage 12:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	5305	+581
2nd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	5028	+613
3rd	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	4396	+299
4th	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	4272	+518
5th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	4218	+599
6th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	3957	+569
7th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschǎ (CFA)	3807	+576
8th	(+1)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	3488	+633
9th	(-1)		Els Talossaes Rexhitais (REX)	3425	+299
10th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	3101	+560

Exciting developments, but the race for GC isn't gonna slow down anytime soon as today it's time trial time again and not a flat one, but an uphill TT to the ski resort of Peyragudes. Expect big timegaps again.

[Sir Lüc]

Stage 13 (ITT) Loudenvielle -> Peyragudes

Second and last time trial for this edition, this time 11km of climbing to the Peyragudes ski resort. The outcome was not much different than yesterday: Pogacar is again simply on another planet and Vingegaard while valiant can only muster best of the rest. Primoz Roglic (REX) took a surprising third ahead of teammate Florian Lipowitz (EVC), showing improved form as did Matteo Jorgenson (EVC/REX, 6th). Who definitely disappointed was Remco Evenepoel, who finished a distant 12th and worse than Onley (CJO, 7th), Martinez (REX, 9th), Gall (BDC/EVC, 10th) and Vauquelin (CHX/GHS, 11th). The Belgian, however, kept his third place in GC by just 6" over Lipowitz - it seems even snatching a final podium will be a tough fight for him.

Today's daily win goes to EVC for a second day in a row, as even though Lipowitz dropped a place they gained another top 10 finisher in Jorgenson. In doing so, they continue their move to the top and they certainly are looking promising (though Jorgenson losing time yesterday didn't help). Another team who definitely looks very threatening is Naziun Cjovani, whose fifth place today is enough to leapfrog them into the provisional overall podium and who can count on Oscar Onley's strong form to bring more points in.

Standings after stage 13:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	5728	+423
2nd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	5499	+471
3rd	(+2)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	4663	+445
4th	(-1)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	4657	+261
5th	(-1)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	4630	+358
6th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	4492	+535
7th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschǎ (CFA)	4304	+497
8th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	4054	+566
9th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhitais (REX)	3862	+437
10th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	3424	+323

Surely one of Tour's queen stages coming up tomorrow, with four categorised climbs, of which the first one is the mighty Tourmalet (HC), followed of course by Col d'Aspin (2nd cat.), then Peyresourde (1st cat.) on the way to a second Hors Catégorie summit finish in three days at Superbagnères. A third Pogacar triumph in as many days incoming?

[Mic’haglh Autófil, O.Be]

I think it's time...

It's time to climb!



Those are some good-looking standings up top, but I know what's better than three Belacostan flags.

[Glüc]

Stage 14 Pau -> Luchon-Superbagnères

Two high profile dropouts yesterday: Skjelmose (CFA/CJO) had an unfortunate crash and abandoned, but the even bigger news is Evenepoel (BDC/CHX/CJO/DED/GHS/REX) gave up after dropping early in the stage. A major setback for the teams involved (including the entire current top 4).

A group of riders got away on the Tourmalet yesterday, with Martinez (REX) reaching the summit first and regaining the lead in the KoM classification. Most riders got caught by the favourites, except for Arensman who went solo at 36 km before the finish and scored an impressive stage win.

Behind him Pogacar (CFA/CHX/CJO/GHS/PTM) was again the fastest, beating Vingegaard (BDC/CFA/DED/EVC/PTM/VFL) in the final sprint. Gall (BDC/EVC) and Lipowitz (EVC) also did well, while Jorgenson (EVC/REX) lost a lot of time.

Esqipă Velocostă as a result gets the most points for the third time in a row, but this still wasn't enough to move up from spot 8. I expect them to gain a lot more when we get to the Alps however.


Standings after stage 14:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	6085	+357
2nd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	5929	+430
3rd	(+2)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	5081	+451
4th	(-1)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	5074	+411
5th	(+1)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	4999	+507
6th	(-2)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	4944	+287
7th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschǎ (CFA)	4893	+589
8th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	4652	+598
9th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhitais (REX)	4079	+217
10th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	3755	+331

Today a bit of an in between stage, finishing in the very pretty ancient city of Carcassonne. Expect a reduced sprint or a succesful attack by a punchy rider. The second stage win for Van der Poel or the first stage win for Van Aert perhaps.

[Sir Lüc]

Stage 15 Muret -> Carcassonne

Quick scoring update for yesterday's stage that saw Tim Wellens get a solo win, with Cjovani's Campenaerts narrowly ahead of a sprint of about 20 attackers that did not include any top 10 GC contender except for GHS's Carlos Rodriguez. The GC leaders finished well behind - truly a day for the break after three tough mountain stages.

A fourth Velocostă win in a row, in what was overall a low scoring affair that saw the Belacostan team narrowly lead a group of four other teams with top 5 finishers: Campenaerts (CJO, 2nd), Alaphilippe (CHX/GHS, 3rd), van Aert (EVC, 4th) and Laurance (BDC, 5th). Also scoring points (and giving EVC the win over CJO) was Nys (12th and also of BDC/DED/REX), with Buitrago (CHX/DED/VFL) 15th and Rodriguez (GHS) 19th and last of the TCAT points-getters.

No meaningful changes in the standings but EVC finally is within striking distance of the middle of the pack. CFA sadly lost van Eetvelt, who did not start; this is their second abandon after Skjelmose. Cjovani still had the most abandons with three (Ganna, Evenepoel, Skjelmose). The only team without abandons so far is, unsurprisingly, EVC, with six teams affected by the Evenepoel dropout.

Standings after stage 15:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	6370	+285
2nd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	6209	+280
3rd	(+1)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	5366	+292
4th	(-1)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	5337	+256
5th	(=)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	5123	+124
6th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	5067	+123
7th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschǎ (CFA)	5013	+120
8th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	4976	+324
9th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhitais (REX)	4190	+111
10th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	3896	+141

Today was a restday, we get going again tomorrow as we meet the Alps and Mont Ventoux. A rather flat, long approach to a single, tough 15km climb to the summit of Mont Ventoux and another Hors Categorie finish. Sprinters should finally see a few points coming in from the intermediate sprint, but the stage finish will probably be another one for GC riders, though it will be interesting to see if the mostly flat approach evens things out a bit.

[Sir Lüc]

The sole victim of the restday had to be a TCAT rider: Mathieu van der Poel (BDC/CHX/GHS/VFL) has pneumonia and decided not to start today. This brings GHST down to 6 riders standing, joint lowest with Cjovani, and the other three teams to 7. EVC remains the only intact team, although PTM is also pretty strong, having only lost De Buyst (a 4c unclassed, not particularly useful) which makes it the only other team with fewer than two abandons.

It is also wise at this point to take a peek at End of Tour points - those awarded to the top 30 riders in the final GC, the top 10 in the final points and mountains classifications, and the riders on the top 5 teams. With the current standings, they would look like this:

	Current	Daily	EOT	Total
GHS	6209	444	1365	8018
CHX	6370	372	1170	7912
PTM	5123	498	1675	7296
CFA	5013	534	1730	7277
EVC	4976	474	1710	7160
CJO	5366	384	1255	7005
BDC	5337	330	1070	6737
VFL	5067	270	895	6232
DED	3896	294	1000	5190
REX	4190	222	730	5142

Again, this assumes the standings will stay the same until the end, and doesn't account for the many points still on offer in stage finishes. It looks like there's a two-team fight for first place and then a very tight competition for the last podium place among at least three teams, but much can still change; MVDP retiring already takes away a potential stage winner in at least stage 21 from both GHS and CHX.

[Glüc]

Stage 16 Montpellier -> Mont Ventoux

Today's stage was mostly flat, except it finished on the legendary Mont Ventoux, a hors categorie climb (15,7 km, 8,8% average). The break managed to reach the foot of the climb with a sizeable lead over the peloton, and while Pogacar and Vingegaard managed to catch up with many of them on the way up, a couple managed to stay ahead including Healy (CFA) and Buitrago (CHX/DED/VFL). Mas (PTM/VFL), Alaphilippe (CHX/GHS), Roglic (REX) and Lipowitz (EVC) also finished in the top 10. Not too much happened in GC except Roglic gained the 5th place from Vauquelin (CHX/GHS) and Healy gained 9th place over Rodriguez (GHS).

As for TCAT, Cézembre Fieschǎ won the stage and gain two places in the standing. Cyclohexane and Port Maxhestic also did well, resulting in Port Maxhestic climbing to fourth place in the standings and Cyclohexane extending their lead over GHST.

Standings after stage 16:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	6842	+472
2nd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	6555	+346
3rd	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	5630	+264
4th	(+1)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	5593	+470
5th	(+2)		Cézembre Fieschǎ (CFA)	5578	+565
6th	(-2)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	5536	+199
7th	(-1)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	5535	+468
8th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	5293	+317
9th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhitais (REX)	4327	+137
10th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	4263	+367

Tomorrow could be either a break or a bunch sprint. Milan in particular needs this to be a bunch sprint if he wants to defend his green jersey over Pogacar, but there is some climbing along the way so attackers might see some chances here.

[Sir Lüc]

Stage 17 Bollène -> Valence

The rare (and pontentially last) bunch sprint opportunity did come to pass, in a rain- and crash-affected finale. A breakaway featuring CJO and GHS's Abrahamsen simply had no chance and was regathered in the final five kilometres. Jonathan Milan (VFL) won and extended his lead in the points classification, en route to potentially winning the PC in all three Grand Tours he's entered. Second, Jordi Meeus (BDC/EVC), with Bauhaus (CHX, 12th), Groenewegen (DED, 14th), van Dijke (CFA, 19th) and Groves (PTM, 20th) getting a few points as well.

Esqipă Velocostă gets another daily win, edging out Velociposse off of their vastly bigger daily classification points intake despite Milan pipping Meeus on the line. It is the Florencians however who gain four places in the insanely close midfield battle (6 teams in little more than the 220 points for a rider's stage win), while BDC also moves up thanks to Meeus.

Unfortunately, the crashes in the set up to the final sprint took out GHS's Carlos Rodriguez, who broke his pelvis and will not start today. Also abandoning TCAT, Fieschă's Danny van Poppel, due to the birth of his daughter.

Standings after stage 17:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	6951	+109
2nd	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	6675	+120
3rd	(+4)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	5828	+293
4th	(+2)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	5791	+255
5th	(-2)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	5756	+126
6th	(-2)		Port Maxhestic AC (PTM)	5712	+119
7th	(-2)		Cézembre Fieschǎ (CFA)	5702	+124
8th	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	5610	+317
9th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhitais (REX)	4397	+70
10th	(=)		Dirnalaiset Mortescu (DED)	4372	+109

Today's stage is the first of two final yellow jersey deciders... if there was anything to decide, seeing as Pogacar seems unbreakable. But still, today features a whopping 3 hors catégorie summits (Glandon, Madeleine and la Loze) which will surely give more opportunities for the TCAT standings to shake up.