Who would have thought that we in mid-February would have the first screenshots of Pro Cycling Manager 2009? I didn't, so I was quite shocked when reading Aroda's (who, by the way, is a Spanish Cyanide employee) forum thread with a link to a French article with the first two screenshots of PCM09.

The screenshots are published at a French website, Clubic, which has also posted a few more details about PCM 09. There'll be 180 races and 65 teams, and they've also managed to get the official license for the Vuelta a Espana.

The AI has been improved, and graphically, the game has got another notch up, especially when it comes to 'side-effects' such as water, vegetation and animations. More importantly, the 1 unrevealed track event is revealed: Omnium will be in PCM09. The article also states that there'll be several different velodromes available.

You can see the screenshots here at PCM.daily, available at this link. You can read Cyanide's official announcement at this link.

Enjoy!