Around 50 teams have already entered our Fantasy Tour de France, which is great news - and if you haven't already please do take the time to enter a team. Now might be a great time to do just that, as we now have confirmation for the rosters of almost all the teams.

This inevitably means some of you will need to make changes to your teams though. Please make a new comment in either the original news article or this one or by PM to SportingNonsense with your edited team - do not edit your original post as I will most likely not notice any changes in it.

If you have selected any of the following riders, you need to change your team as they will not be riding:

Alexander Efimkin, John Gadret, Sebastien Hinault, Julien Loubet, Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r), Freddy Bichot, Jann Huguet, Christophe Laurent, Anthony Ravard (Agritubel), Marcus Burghardt (Columbia High Road), Mirko Lorenzetto, Marco Marzano, Massimiliano Mori, Simone Ponzi, Paolo Tiralongo, Volodymyr Zagordny (Lampre), Dominique Cornu, Kevin de Weerdt, Kevin Hulsmans, Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quick Step), Mitchell Docker, Theo Eltink, Tom Veelers, Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano)

There are also now a few new riders available for selection.

Remember that Friday is the last day for you to either enter or make changes to your team.

We've been receiving a lot of good ideas for our 1st competition to win Pro Cycling Manager 2009 - and thanks a lot for that. But as we also said in that news message, we've several copies of PCM that we'd like to give you. Therefore, it's now time to present the 2nd competition.

It's rather simple. If you bet your fantasy money on the winning rider in this bet, you're in the 'lottery' to win PCM09. Af those who've got the winner correctly, we'll pick one, and the winner will not only receive PCM$, but also Pro Cycling Manager 2009.

Good luck! :)

With the PCM.daily Expansion Pack released, the work on the next projects have started. For that, we're going to need some help, and we're quite confident that there's a lot of unused ressources out there ;)

We need several different 'talents'. People who are good at working with stats are more than welcome. So are stage makers and people who're good with Photoshop (to make team accessories, mini shirts, logos, etc.).

In general, if you feel that you can contribute in any way, send me a PM labelled "Database Crew" and let us know what you can help out with.

And for those who applied last time (as in a few weeks back), please re-apply.

I've made a guide for obtaining an unlimited budget in the Custom Team mode featured in Pro Cycling Manager 2009.

You will be able to find the guide by clicking here.

We said after our Fantasy Olympics last year that we would look to do more fantasy events in the future, and here we are. As the Tour de France approaches, PCM.daily is launching it's own Fantasy Game for the race.

And to keep it different from other fantasy games, we have taken a different approach to the points scoring systems which should hopefully provide just as much fun for you. Stage results mean nothing - it's all about a rider's position in the classifications at the end of each stage. Points are on offer in all classifications - overall, points, king of the mountains, young rider and teams, as well as points awarded for the most combative rider of the stage. The full scoring system is viewable by reading this article.

In terms of teams, you all receive an allocation of 100 points. There are different ways in which you could spend these points though. There are 9 riders who can score points in a team, but you may also wish to use your pts to buy one or more reserve riders aswell. Reserve riders come into play should one of your original 9 riders pull out of the race for various reasons (injury, fatigue, failed drugs test etc). You keep the pts that that rider has earned before his withdrawal, but if you have a reserve rider then he comes into your team meaning that you still have 9 scoring riders. Your 9 riders plus any reserves must not exceed 100 points though.

Speaking of the riders, the rider lists (including prices) have been made. Not all teams have announced their 9 riders and for those teams there are currently more than 9 riders available to be picked for now. These lists will be updated following further team announcements and you will be able to make changes to your fantasy team if you pick a rider who is then not selected for the race. The rider lists are sorted by both in team order and in cost order.

You can enter the game either by posting your team in the comments section below, or by PMing SportingNonsense. When you do, please use the following template:

Team Name:
Rider 1:
Rider 2:
Rider 3:
Rider 4:
Rider 5:
Rider 6:
Rider 7:
Rider 8:
Rider 9:
Reserve Rider 1: (Leave blank if none)
Reserve Rider 2: (Leave blank if none)
Reserve Rider 3: (Leave blank if none)

The Tour de France starts on July 4th, so your entry must be made by July 3rd (which is in one week's time). That is also the deadline for you to make any changes towards your team.

If you have any questions, rather than use the comments section for this article which is to be left for team entries, please ask them in the Fantasy Tour de France 2009 topic.

Good luck!

Edit: If you decide to change your team, you must do so in a new comment or else it may not be noticed.