With the Vuelta a Espana well under-way, it's time for yet another edition of the Weekly News.

Contador to win the Vuelta
Not very surprisingly, 66 % of you think that Alberto Contador is going to win the Vuelta. He hasn't been destroying everyone else just yet, but we'll see what's going to happen today in the big mountains. Runner-up is Alejandro Valverde with 10 % of the votes followed by Robert Gesink with 7 % and TdF 2008 winner Carlos Sastre with 6 %. Our current poll is about how many riders you think will return a positive doping test during the Vuelta. The majority of you are rather positive (or pessimistic, depending on how you see it) since 25 % you think that 0 riders will be tested positive. The poll is still open.

Any large databases in sight?
With PCM Fusion being stopped, there's an empty room in the PCM World: A large database with more teams than the original database. Currently, it seems like there's only one other database in the making which adds more teams to the game: The PCM Giga Pack 2008. We don't know much about it so far, but it's made by the the Portuguese guy named Jan_Ullrich11, and the pack will have a size of approximately 1.30 GB -- meaning something like the largest ever (in terms of MB/GB) pack released to PCM. You can read more about it in this thread.

PCM.daily meets PCM-Portugal in a scratch race
A few weeks ago, PCM.daily met PCMBenelux in a elimination match - and lost. Since then, some guys found out that you can change the number of rounds and eliminations in the game and thereby create new "modes", e.g. scratch race which is way more suited for online matches than elimination which was .. well, not very good ;) Therefore, we are going to try out this "new" mode in a match against PCM-Portugal, and as last time, we first have to go through a qualification to find the best 8 players. There's two spots open for the qualification, and if you are interested, you need to sign up right away in this thread. Good luck.

Ladder Reminder
Speaking of online playing, we'd like to remind you that we launched a Keirin Ladder a while ago. Unfortunately, it hasn't been used since the 18th of August 2008, so it can't really be called a huge success ;) If you've any suggestions to how we can improve it, and what would make you use it, feel free to write it in the comments section of this article. If you'd like to know more about it, you can read more about it in this news article.

Management Game continuing - with help
Earlier this week, Crommy announced that we could use some help running the Management Game, and several people quickly showed up. We're very happy to know that people are so willing to help, and you can already see the result of their efforts in the Results forum where the Tour of Columbia, Dauphine Libere and Tour de Suisse is currently being run. If you're interested in running the races, you can read more in this thread. Also, we might also "out-source" some of the Continental races - more about this later.

Yes, the site still doesn't fully work
Unfortunately, we still have problems with the site due to our move to the V7 version of the CMS that we use. First of all, the site doesn't render perfectly in Internet Explorer in small resolutions. To help this, I'd suggest using Firefox instead. Not just for the sake of PCM.daily, but also for you personally since it's simply safer and faster ;)
Unfortunately, the next problem can't be solved by using another browser. The "submit screenshot"-function still doesn't work. I have no idea how to solve the problem, and the technical admin, AaB-ern, has no idea either. We're trying to get help from outside sources, but still no luck.

Want to become a crew member?
We haven't really added anyone to the crew for a while, and it's about time to bring in some fresh people with new ideas to continue the site's progress. Therefore, if you're interested in helping out running PCM.daily, you can apply to become a crew member by sending me a private message. We're basically looking for 'creative' people who can come up with new ideas and initiatives for the site (like Crommy and SportingNonsense). Also, we're also interested in people with good writing skills to write articles (cycling and PCM-related). When writing the application, please specify what you're good at, and what you think you can bring to the site. Thanks a lot!

I'm sorry to say, but PCM.daily's and PCM-Spain's database project, the PCM Fusion DB, has been stopped for now. We're of course very sorry to announce this, but we haven't been able to find other solutions. It's a decision which we have thought about for a while, and it's directly linked to the fact that we simply haven't received the help we were hoping to receive. You can read more about the reasons for the decision in this thread, made by project leader Roger.

It's a huge disappointment, not only to me, but to everyone. However, with that said, there's no reason to completely rule out a database from PCM.daily. We'll see in the future what's possible.

A while ago, dj-cycloteck announced that he's doing a 1998-2008 historical DB project. It has now reached a stage where he could use some feedback to improve the database, and to do this, he has decided to release an exclusive to PCM.daily public beta version of the DB. He hopes that this will make people more interested, and that you will now help him with coming up with some feedback. Therefore, this is primarily released to help the project advance - not to play for fun.

If you decide to use it, and if you're willing to help, you can post your comments in this thread. We need you to pay attention to how the race evolves, if any riders need stat changes, etc. You can find a posting template in the pre-mentioned thread. Ready to download? Find the link right here. You can also help dj-cycloteck if you have graphical skills.

Also, the download will be taken down again on Sunday, and this will also be the end of posting remarks - so be quick.

As you all know, the Olympics are now finished. However, we still haven't updated our Fantasy Olympics - until now. The mountain bike event ended with Julien Absalon taking the win ahead of his team mate Jean Peraud and the Swiss guy Nino Schurter. And with this result, we can now once and for all say that Addy291 and his team "Don't Mention The War" has secured the overall win as he scored 70 points. In fact, the top 3 didn't change at all even though 2nd placed "Edinburgh Road Club" didn't score any points at all in the MTB event.

Winner of the round was stuntlucas ("Fast Paralytics") who scored 450 points. That also meant that he jumped from 3rd last to a respectable 32nd place. However, the high-jumper of the round was Kanzo who jumped from 33rd to 22nd due to a 225 point scoring in this last round.

I'd like to thank everyone for participating and SportingNonsense for organizing this. It's a shame that he isn't here to round it off. Also, congratulations to Addy291, jamsque and Schleck93 - a top 3 in an event with 42 participants shows great cycling knowledge. Due to its huge success we might return with another Fantasy Cycling Event later on - we'll see. As always, you can see the full results by clicking "Read More".

While Chris Hoy showcase his dominance in the Sprint, beating Jason Kenny into 2nd and Mickael Bourgain into 3rd, there was a surprise in the Madison as the Argentinian duo of Perez and Curuchet (Combined age of 76) won ahead of Spain and Russia.

The Argentinians victory was good news for two teams who had selected Walter Perez (At a cost of 2 points): 'LDF - Velingnews.com' and 'Don't Mention The War!'. 'Don't Mention The War!' led going into the day and with Hoy, Kenny, Perez and Wiggins all scoring, Addy291's team has stormed ahead of everyone else making what is almost certainly an unassailable lead of 990 over 'Edinburgh Road Club' who move up 1 spot to 2nd.

Today's biggest movers were 'IFK Göteborg' who rose 13 places to 25th while there is just one change in the top ten, with 'Bjeldbak' replacing the 'ACR Team'. Here is the top 10:

Click on Read More to see the full standings.