(written by matt17br, edited by Jesleyh)

We’re proud to present the V2 update to the PCM.Daily Expansion Pack. As promised, the brand new update that the Database Crew is offering you is full of improvements, especially if we talk about new graphics and updated stats.

If you're looking for a database with great graphics, you won’t be disappointed. With about 100 new wheels, accurately created by felix_29, or with the implementation of all the sponsorkits by Jacky Durand, the V2 of the Expansion Pack is what every graphics junky desires. But that’s not all yet! 5 new sponsors were added, about 10 jersey packs were updated to make them totally PCM 14 style, as well as 10 2014-ready National Teams and about 20 new cyclist photos were added in order to bring the number of riders without one to less than 50, and that’s impressive, considering that there are more than 3000 riders in our community DB!

Though if you're looking for updated stats, you won’t be disappointed either. Indeed, Alakagom and matt17br got deeply into them and updated all the World Tour and Professional Continental Tour stats one by one. Besides that, we've also changed the stat matrix in order to make hilly classics gameplay much more realistic.

Also, realism is the key word here at PCMdaily. Implementing all of clamel’s races’ classification files, lots of races of every division now have a correct and updated point system. Previously you might've had some unrealistic career race results, but those days are over now!

But that’s not all, of course! Several bugs were discovered thanks to a deep testing, and all of them were fixed, as were 3 races’ wrong UCI’s classification!

As well as the download link, here you can find some other interesting features.
Thanks to SportingNonsense, the DB has also been uploaded in the download center.
You need to have the V1.0 installed in order to make the V2.0 work.

We hope not to have disappointed you,

Enjoy this (late) X-mas present!

The PCM.Daily database crew.

I hope everyone enjoyed christmas and recieved tons of cycling presents (i only got one). New Year coming next, in case you hadn't had enough celebrations

Awards Season

Awards nominations are still open! Check out the Information / General Discussion thread for a full list of awards and rules and discussion. Any nominations should be PM'd to SportingNonsense. Voting will begin on January 1st but the sooner you nominate the better.

Man-Game Madness

Roturn concluded the Tour de France this week. Three weeks of action and surprises came to the end in Paris. I won't spoil the final result if you havn't seen it and just say it was a fight between the favorites that is well worth reading.

Meanwhile the PCT and CT teams are in action in the Post Danmark Rundt and at the Urkiola Igoera one-day event where, against expectations, Dario Cataldo of Magna-Ryanair came away victorius.

Thread of the Week

I was torn between two threads this week. First was the return of Writer's Block - The Monthly Story Writing Magazine thanks to Jakstar bringing us a special Chistmas edition. However it was Christmas so my Thread of the Week is Happy Christmas for obvious reasons.

In honor of Christmas fast approaching and taking more and more of peoples time this weeks new is going to short but packed. Hope you've all done your shopping!

PCM.Daily Banner Competition: Winner!

For the last week you've all been voting to decide on the new header banner. 92 votes were cast and a clear winner emerged. Before we announce the winner Valverde321's offering, which is the current 100k banner without the 100k part, finished in second place with 15 votes. The winner though took in 56 of 92 votes to completely dominate the competitoin!

OlegTinkov's 3rd option the clear winner. It won't be part of the site this weekend but is top of SN's list of things to do once he's got the time. Huge congratulations to Oleg for making such an incredible and popular banner, a well deserved victory and the site will be all the better for it! If you can't remember what it looks like pop into the thread.

Awards Season

As you should have seen in the last couple of days it's that time of year when we honor those members who make this site amazing with Awards. Check out the Information / General Discussion thread for a full list of awards and rules and discussion. Any nominations should be PM'd to SportingNonsense. Voting will begin on January 1st but the sooner you nominate the better.

Thread of the Week

I said i'd keep it brief. With nearly 250posts this week it's comfortably the busiest thread this week as well as being on of the most intriguing concepts on the site. Ian Butlers Cyclo-Cross: A New Dawn is my Thread of the Week, even if sign-ups are now closed. Still very much worth keeping an eye on,

It's that time of year once again. No, not Christmas, but the PCM.daily Awards Season!

As usual it is up to you to nominate and later decide the winners of the most important awards in internet history.

Nominations can be made by PMing me, SportingNonsense, up to 3 candidates for each Award category. For a full list of rules and awards, check out the Information / General Discussion thread.

Voting will start on January 1st, so you have until then to submit your nominations.

Vote: New PCM.daily Banner!

The competition to design the new PCM.Daily Banner has been running for a few weeks. SN has just opened the voting today! There are 4 Banners to choose from and to cast your vote simply take part in the poll at the top of the thread. Voting is open and the winner will be announced in the next Weekly News.

PCM.Daily DB Stats Update

Might seem like deja vu but the DB team is almost ready to give us another Stats Update. The work continues on a v2 and on the 2015 DB which has lead to this Stats Update. Some improvments have been made the the matrix and a low of domestiques have been tweaked. For a full rundown of what to expect read Alakagoms post here.

Man-Game Madness

Le Tour de France is upon us. Week One is complete and it's been a tale of gaps. Quickstep have possibly the team of the week with the Wildcard entry winning the opening 2 stages. Taylor Phinney of Wikipedia navigated the splits and time trial to hold the race lead. A number of pre-race favorites have lost time on the flat so expect some great climbing action.

Matty Goss kicked off a great week for Oz when he won the Zimnyanya GP. Michael Rogers capped the PCT action by winning the Isle of Man ITT by less than a second over Metinvest's Mikhail Ignatiev. The CT teams having been battling at the Tour de Pologne where after 5 stages the race lead is held by Nordeus rider Grega Bole.

Finally we've had two rankings updates! One for the PT and one for the PCT/CT. The rankings battles are shaping up and the final months will be real scraps for promotions and relegations.

Story Games Summary

Busy times if you're involved in any games. EPIC began it's off-season by crowning Team Sky winners of the 2013 season. Rider Progression is currently underway as everyone begins preparations for the 2014 season. Finally the Velo d'Or awards are being held here. There is still time to join EPIC as well!

The ICL is also moving through it's off-season and transfers are half-way complete. The teams are taking shape and will continue to do so over the next couple of weeks. Racing should be back in the new year.

Thread of the Week

Depths of December and the site has quietened down to just those die-hard members. The Story sections are increaseing in activity and Astana's ongoing discussion keeps the Cycling threads ticking over. My Thread of the Week this week goes to The Amazing Race for the complications arising by traveling from Staniago to Tokyo, or in one teams case, not traveling.