Talossan Cycling Association Tour Season 5 Leg 2: Barcelona -> Paris

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Talossan Cycling Association Tour
2026
Second leg
Barcelona -> Paris

The following teams are participating:

- Cézembre Fieschā - (CFA, Cézembre) Pogačar Evenepoel Rubio V. Paret-Peintre Bauhaus Cort Van Mechelen Walker Seixas -----------------------------------------------------	- Naziun Cjovani - (CJO, Belacostă) Pogačar Evenepoel Carapaz Rubio De Lie Armirail Askey Barguil Arensman -----------------------------------------------------	- Els Talossaes Rexhita - (REX, Maricopa) Evenepoel Lipowitz Ayuso Del Toro Pedersen Van der Poel Pidcock Godon Bittner -----------------------------------------------------
- Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs - (BDC, Cézembre) Pogačar Vingegaard Carapaz Uijtdebroeks Kooij Verstrynge Asgreen Affini Van Dijke -----------------------------------------------------	- Gordon Hiatus Support Team - (GHS, Belacostă) Pogačar Lipowitz Del Toro V. Paret-Peintre Kooij Baudin Affini Veistroffer T. Halland Johannessen -----------------------------------------------------	- Velociposse Florencia - (VFL, Florencia) Vingegaard Evenepoel T. Halland Johannessen Del Toro Philipsen Van der Poel Stannard Abrahamsen Verstrynge -----------------------------------------------------
- Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis - (MMM, Maritiimi-Maxhestic) Pogačar Großschartner Del Toro Yates Pedersen Politt Vermeersch Verona Skjelmose -----------------------------------------------------	- Cyclohexane - (CHX, Belacostă) Pogačar Lipowitz Carapaz V. Paret-Peintre Kanter Vacek Wellens Baudin Del Toro -----------------------------------------------------	- Esqipă Velocostă - (EVC, Belacostă) Vingegaard Jorgenson Del Toro Ayuso Pedersen Pidcock Abrahamsen Nicolau Bittner -----------------------------------------------------

Links:
Registration thread
Information about the route and riders

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Standings after stage 1:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	255	+255
2nd	(=)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	210	+210
3rd	(=)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	205	+205
4th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	170	+170
5th	(=)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	160	+160
6th	(=)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	145	+145
7th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	140	+140
8th	(=)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	135	+135
9th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	65	+65

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Stage 2 Tarragona -> Barcelona

A stage for puncheurs, on paper, but the final circuit in the hilly Montjuic suburb of Barcelona was too hard for most stagehunters and it ended up being an early affair between GC riders. Our two most popular picks (both on 6/9 teams) got an 1-2, with Isaac del Toro claiming the win ahead of Tadej Pogacar, and the other two final podium favourites Evenepoel and Vingegaard taking 3-4 close behind.

High scoring result for most teams, due to TCAT riders comprising the entirety of the top 10 (and 16 of the top 20). It is however Velociposse taking a closely contested stage win ahead of the Mençeis and GHST, thanks to holding four of the top 6 finishers to the other two teams's three. These same three teams also make up the current overall podium, with the Mençeis still on top.

Standings after stage 2:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	993	+738
2nd	(+3)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	922	+762
3rd	(+3)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	843	+698
4th	(=)		Els Talossaes Rexhitais (REX)	810	+640
5th	(-3)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	792	+582
6th	(+2)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	762	+627
7th	(-4)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	667	+462
8th	(-1)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	602	+462
9th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	567	+502

Today's stage is already about to finish!

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

Woohoo! The Posse might be in contention for this stage.

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Stage 3   »   Granollers  ›  Les Angles

TCAT crossed the border into Spain today. There was a break including Baudin (GHS/CHX), Pedersen (REX/VFL/MMM), Van Mechelen (CFA) and Cort (CFA), with Baudin especially scoring a lot of points on the way, but in the end everyone was caught by the peloton. The pure sprinters were dropped on the climbs along the way, but with a lot of riders still remainining in the reduced peloton, but a pretty steep uphill finish, the result was some sort of uphill reduced bunch sprint, which perhaps unsurprisingly was won by Pogacar (CFA/CJO/BDC/GHS/MMM/CHX) who also took the lead in GC and yellow jersey.

Also in the top 10: Vingegaard (BDC/VFL/EVC), Carapaz (CJO/BDC/CHX), Seixas (CFA), T.H. Johannessen (GHS/VFL), Lipowitz (REX/GHS/CHX), Evenepoel (CFA/CJO/REX/VFL), Del Toro (REX/GHS/VFL/MMM/CHX/EVC) and Ayuso (REX/EVC)

The result is a stagewin for Cyclohexane, who climb to 3rd place in standings. GHST also did well and are now in second place, while the Menceis keep the lead overall.

Standings after stage 3:

Pos	±		Team	Pts Ove	Pts Today
1st	(=)		Maritiimi-Maxhestic Mençeis (MMM)	1584	+591
2nd	(+1)		Gordon Hiatus Support Team (GHS)	1550	+707
3rd	(+3)		Cyclohexane (CHX)	1523	+761
4th	(-2)		Velociposse Florencia (VFL)	1495	+573
5th	(+2)		Cézembre Caçeirs dals Mailintzarăs (BDC)	1338	+671
6th	(-2)		Els Talossaes Rexhital (REX)	1305	+495
7th	(-2)		Esqipă Velocostă (EVC)	1286	+494
8th	(=)		Naziun Cjovani (CJO)	1172	+570
9th	(=)		Cézembre Fieschā (CFA)	1153	+586