According to Amazon.fr, Cyanide will release two cycling games this year: Pro Cycling Manager - Season 2011 for PC and, as revealed a while ago, Tour de France 2011 for both Playstation 3 and XBOX.

Amazon confirms 16th of June as the release date for the PC-version (as we announced earlier today), and apparently, the console versions will be released on the same date.

Along with the release date, Amazon.fr also reveals the cover of the upcoming PCM. You can see the PC-cover below and the XBOX/PS3-covers in our new PCM11 Screenshot Section.

Although Cyanide has been surprisingly quiet for quite some time, a few details on Pro Cycling Manager 2011 do slip out from time to time.

This time, it's the Scandinavian release date of the game. Although it may not be much, it's something: The Scandinavians can expect the game to be released on the 29th of June, according to Nordic Game Supply, the official Scandinavian distributor of the game.

So far, there's no word on the international / download version of the game, but at least one website has it listed as being released on the 17th of June -- which does sound somewhat reliable. Either way, it's safe to expect it to be released around that date.

French website PlayFrance.com has revealed that Cyanide is currently working on a Playstation 3 version of its upcoming Pro Cycling Manager 2011.

Very few details have been revealed so far, but according to PlayFrance the game will be released in mid-June for a price of c. 50 €.

For that price, it does seem likely that the game is more than just the PSP-like XBOX-version that was released in 2009. Cyanide refused to make any comments on the matter, though.

The Official World Championship in Pro Cycling Manager 10 is now open for registrations.

As last year, it's being held by the Italian fan-site Cycling-Manager.eu, and it's once again possible to participate in both track and road events. There will be plenty of prizes at stake, and it's completely free to participate.

PCM.daily had plenty of representation in the track finals last year, and hopefully, we'll be able to have some fun again this year.

Since the site is in Italian, you may have to follow this tutorial in order to register on the forum. Registration happens over here for track events and here for the road championship. If you have any questions, the organisers can answer your questions in this PCM.daily thread.

The last day for signing up is on the 13th of April at 23:59 - so there's still plenty of time until the action begins.

Milan San Remo

The first monument of the season.

The first real test for the sprinters.

Forget Qatar. Forget Oman. Forget Tirreno Adriatico. Forget Mallorca. THIS is where it matters.

Last year Freire took us by surprise, he didn’t win a Tirreno stage, he didn’t win in Qatar or Oman. But, he won where it mattered. Not only did he take out Milan San Remo, but he bookended his season with Paris-Tours.

However, he gave certain members an insight into his form by winning Trofeo Cala Millor.

If we look back to the previous season, Mark Cavendish proved his media doubters wrong by getting over the Cipresso and Poggio di San Remo and outsprinting Heinrich Haussler. Again he gave a flash of his form by winning the final stage of Tirreno - Adriatico.

The season before that, Fabian Cancellara took the sprinters on and spoilt their game by his late breakaway. But, again, he wasn’t really such a surprise as he didn’t just win once before Milan San Remo, but three times. With two time trial wins in Tirreno – Adriatico and California, and with a dusty win in Strade Bianchi.

In fact, Pozzato in 2006 was the last rider to have won Milan San Remo without a win, although he did take 4 top 5 results in Belgium and Italy. Which takes us to another valid point, is Tirreno – Adriatico the best way to prepare for Milan San Remo? Well, all of the riders since Andrei Tchmil, in 1999, have ridden Tirreno – Adriatico in preference over Paris – Nice. So whether it’s the confidence that comes from early season results, or the supposedly better weather further south, it looks like a statistically less likely event that riders such as Heinrich Haussler will stand a chance of winning this season. But, I wait to be proven wrong, of course!

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