With the first trailer of Pro Cycling Manager 2010 having been revealed last month, it's now time to have a look at the 2nd one. Again, the main focus is the environment which, admittely, does look stunning. Enjoy - and thanks to Julian for the tip.

Although 01Net.com's interview with Clément Pinget doesn't bring any new screenshots, I did stumble upon a small tidbit of information that's, as far as I know, new information. Apparently, there'll be a 3rd way of playing races. It's a mix of the usual simulation and the 3D race and sounds very much like the traditional way of playing matches in Football Manager. You can follow what happens on the road in a 'text mode', and it'll take between one second (what?!) and two minutes to get through a stage.

You can read the original interview here or Google-Translated to English here.

Ok, so here's my second betting article.

It seems like the true gambler amongst us is schleck93, who put all his earnings into an outside favourite, Oscar Freire, for the Milan San Remo, and it worked. A massive lead now and I think we all know who’ll be winning come the end of the season.

Still, a bit of a learning curve for me with the odds, and a bit of a learning curve for you all as you should all take a bit of risk and do as schleck93 did!

Next race up starts tomorrow with a short prologue.

The Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.

Odds for the favourites stay open until the 2^nd stage (or the 1^st stage if you count the prologue as a stage 0).

Read on for my take on a few riders.

Last year, PCMBenelux organized the World Championship in PCM08 - a championship that was eventually won by Paul-Boogerd (road), Joem (Elimination) and Gheto1 (Keirin). Thiis year, it's Cycling Manager Italy's turn.

As with last year, there's both a championship in road race and in track cycling. The next World Champion will win a copy of PCM10 while the track winners will be able to get a game from ImboGams, an Italian game shop. There's also a few smaller prizes for the runner-ups.

You can sign up here and read the rules here.

With the Paris - Nice and Tirreno - Adriatico behind us, we've seen the first hints of those in form, and those, sadly, out of form riders, just before the first monument of the season.

The Milan San Remo is an extremely important race for many riders, with the reaction Cavendish giving last year example of just what it means to a sprinter. Whilst some sprinters need tonnes of chances at victory, others need very few, and in the remaining few years, sprinters don't even get a look in.

Milan San Remo

It seems logical to point out the obvious at this point. This is a betting article, as such, you should hopefully see why the favourites get the odds they do. If you have no concern over the PCM Betting System, that's not to mean you shouldn't read this, hopefully it might provide a bit of insight into a rider you've overlooked, or just give you something to argue with me about!

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