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As night falls on the Giro, the sun rises on the Tour! Welcome back to the second edition of the Tour de France Fanworks Classification, and we hope you're all ready for an exciting race ahead- both by the peloton and those who wish to create a fanwork for this event! The maillot scintillement, defended by @legendofthefireemblem is up for grabs for any GC hopefuls this year, along with the return of the category classifications for those seeking a more specialised challenge. Continuing on from the Giro, another gauntlet has emerged for those brave enough to challenge it- although this one seems to only count submissions for stages that are multiples of three. Whether creating, betaing, or cheering everyone on, the mod team wishes you all the best of luck for this Grand Tour!

Rules: As always, Tumblr submissions will be counted only within the timeframe of when the collection itself is open. We have also put in place a Code of Conduct- please read over it to know the behaviour expected of participants towards others!

Timeline: Collection opens: 3rd July 00:00 UTC Collection closes: 29th July 11:59 UTC Classification winners announced: 9th August (roughly)

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Hello, cycling fanwork creators!

As the road season starts up, peek ahead to the heat of summer, and the three Fanwork Classifications that await you!

As per usual, prewriting and precreation is strongly encouraged but you can only post works that will count towards each Classification during the time their respective collection is open! Three new glitter jerseys await the GC contenders.

In May, during our first Giro d'Italia Fanwork Classification a new challenge awaits- Hyperspecific Week, for which whoever has the most fills (and you can rig it in your favour in this challenge only with multiple fills per stage) across the six stages wins bragging rights as a versatile yet punchy creator.

July and August will bring the Tour and Vuelta respectively, both with slightly more themed offerings. This year, the Grand Tour Fanwork Collections are all 18+. We hope this will allow riders a greater selection of tropes, AUs, challenges and words to be inspired and vexed alike by. Due to feedback, this year we will be answering queries and questions only on Tumblr so they can easily be found- if you're concerned about asking a question, feel free to ask anonymously instead, especially if you have questions about a stage!

This Tour, while watching your favourite cyclists, little and big guys alike, compete, compete yourself!

The Tour de France Fanwork Classification is an event that will run for the entirety of the 2024 Tour de France, with a different task for every day. Competitors can choose as many or as few stages to complete as they wish, but all works must be submitted by midnight GMT on July 22nd, the day after Stage 21 of the Tour. There is no minimum word count, and works can be either posted to the Ao3 Collection thorugh claiming the relevant stage here, or posted on here on Tumblr with this account tagged along with the stage it is for.

Aside from the ITT challenges, the prompts, AUs and tropes are the competitors to do with what they will. You can subvert, embrace and play with these tasks however you wish!

However, you are not called competitors lightly. For what is a classification without some sort of prize? While we at WTFC are far too cheap for a cash prize, we are proud to announce a new jersey up for competition- the soon to be very prestigious Imaginary Glitter Jersey- le maillot scintillement!

The winner of the fanwork classification (which will be chosen base on who has completed the most tasks by the end of the deadline) will get this Prestigious JPEG as well as their profile picture with a sparkle filter poorly superimposed upon it, for bragging rights.

The people who complete the most tasks in each category will also win their category classification. Their prize will be a PNG of a silly hat to put on their profile picture, along with a glitter filter of their own, for bragging rights.

The winner of le maillot scintillement, who unexpectedly managed to complete every stage as well as the rest day goals is @legendofthefireemblem who is officially the GC winner, who has been thus taken out of running for the category classifications as the Honourable Overall Winner. Congratulations!

And now onto the category classifications! The category classification results are a bit complex- I’ve ranked everyone by how many stages they passed within that stage category- and if you completed both rest day goals, you’re ahead of people who completed the same number of stages! Because this is the first year, it’s a little haphazard so if you think I’ve missed any of your submissions please let me know! I’ve ranked these in order of number of stages- if you won a category classification with a higher number of stages you’re out of contention for the category classifications below it (mainly so more people can win, this may be tweaked for further iterations).

Category classifications winners:

The winner of the Flat Classification (which was single word prompts) was WhiteWeasel! Congratulations on your Accessory PNG!

The winner of the Mountain Classification (which was trope prompts) was @leadouttrain (ao3) aka Mod Inky! 

The winners of the Hills Classification (which was AU prompts) were jointly @kingfisherprince (ao3) and @etapereine (ao3) Well done to you both! Enjoy your little hat!

The winner of the ITT Classification (which were the challenges) was hoelywritingsx! Chapeau to you for persevering! And enjoy this chapeau!

And finally, a warm round of applause for the three people who completed both of the rest day goals! Have some glasses to look like the distinguished members of the cycling fanwork community you are!

@thedeadparrot, @legendofthefireemblem and @indie-summer

If anyone wants to know their ranking in the various classifications or just chat, feel free to contact this account or Mod Inky's account @leadouttrain (where I will happily go in Depth about top 3s and so on)

Thank you all so much for participating no matter what you did, from commenting to a full sweep! Cycling fandom doesn't exist without you all!

And if you're feeling bereft without a challenge in your life, stay tuned....

(Oh my god, they were roommates). The peloton fights their way through the mountains, dreaming of the rest at the end of the day. Our competitors dream of rest for the peloton as well- for them and their roommates, real or fanon.

It’s another challenge stage! Get out of your comfort zone, and create a fanwork in a media you don’t traditionally use! Further explanation can be found here.

The mountains approach, and so does another trope! This stage is about the Wishbaby trope, with an explanation found here.

Returning to a flat stage after the rest day, our competitors get another chance to pull ahead in the fight for the glitter jersey. The prompt for this stage is Remember.