On behalf of the PCM.daily crew, I'd like to say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of our visitors :)

Thanks for playing, round 5 returns in January 2010. Thanks for playing in 2009, Merry Christmas.

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SportingNonsense keeps his lead after round 4's 2nd event but newcomer Jonathan put in a strong performance to gain 66 points and move to 6th overall. 4 Rounds in the final title is still very open with the top positions being so close.

You can still play the final event of round 4 on Tuesday at 8pm GMT or 21:00cet.

And for all you regular players, don't forget to visit the Stat increase shop to get an advantage on your opponents.

After some hectic 24 hours, PCM.daily is now back online on a new server. 40+ GB of files have been moved, meaning that everything should be as before. We're still testing, though, and if this server isn't capable of hosting PCM.daily at a good speed, we'll have to move again.

On paper, this should be good enough, but there's no other way to find out than by opening the site and see what happens :)

Edit: Thanks a lot to those who have donated money. It really means a lot.

A few minutes ago, I received a message saying that PCM.daily will be removed from the current server tonight which of course means that the website will be unavailable.

Unfortunately, this is a rather serious issue. We're currently being hosted by a very nice guy called Michael who's hosting the site on his own internet connection and on his own servers. But due to complaints, he can no longer host websites, meaning that PCM.daily will - once again - have to find a new home.

It won't be easy to find a new hosting service. The solution we have now is very cheap (c. 600 € per year) compared to what we got, and it's pretty much impossible to find anything like the current hosting for the same amount of money. It'll probably end up being more expensive which is a difficult situation for me since I already pay 100 % of the expenses.

Anyway, in short: The site will probably go offline during the night. We'll keep you updated on the situation through our Twitter account. For the time being, we don't have any solutions. If you have any good ideas for hosting plans or know someone who might be helpful, feel free to send me an e-mail to CrueTrue@gmail.com . Thanks.

This morning, Cyanide's new season-based online game (and best of all, free!), Cycling Manager Online, was launched.

A lot of you participated in Tour de France: Online and therefore know the basics of the game, but as we've described previously, a lot have changed. First of all, you now get to control your team throughout an entire season (well, not ALL races, but the most important ones are there). More importantly, the training system has been changed, meaning that the skill tree is gone and replaced by a more 'realistic' rider progression system. Secondly, a PCM-like rider fitness feature has also been implented.

In general, the game has been tuned from being a quick and fun solution to one where your long-term planning and tactical skills are in focus, meaning that it's more "manager like" this time.

The "official" racing starts on the 17th of December. By registering now, you will have a chance to play a few tutorial races, thus getting an idea of how to play the game before it gets serious. It's also worth mentioning that a division system will be implented in January / February. The higher you are on the ranking by then, the better division you'll be in.

For the ones who haven't played the game at all, a guide for the beginners has been made available.

And the most important part of this news article: the link to the game. Enjoy!