It's been a rather quiet week around here, but here's a small news update nevertheless!

Elect the "first" Story of the Month-winner

After being one of two big subjects (along with the Mini Man-Game) in the news for a couple of weeks, the storied award has made its official return today. Now it's up to you to decide who will be the first winner since the revival!

And the nominees? Have a look in the thread if you haven't already!

Add a new level of enjoyment to PCM with Stylus' Giro

Just over a month after uploading a terrific variant for the Giro, native Italian member Stylus has used his knowledge of the terrain Italy offers to add another Giro to his showroom. This version is quite possibly the most impressive I've personally ever seen, not to mention a well balanced route - which among other places includes a finish on Colle di Bettaforca, 2670m above sea level!

Even if you don't feel like downloading right now, it's definitely worth visiting his thread through the link above - just to look at the amazing screens from the race!

Norway next stop for the Man-Game ProTour

The Tour de France may have come to an end, leaving the Tour of America as the only remaining Grand Tour this season - but there's still many races to enjoy before the year is over. The biggest teams in the game are currently in Norway, where the first stage of an 8-day stage race was ridden today.

Norway's own superstar, Edvald Boasson Hagen, looks like the top favourite after winning both Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne earlier this year, but there's a long line of other strong riders present as well.

With school and work having started up again after the summer break for some of us, it feels pretty good to have reached the weekend. To make the day even better, check out the exciting new projects included in this edition of the news below!

Take part in the Mini Man-Game

We are pleased to announce a new addition to the Management Game, dubbed the 'Mini ManGame'. 24 teams are available to be claimed right now, on a first come, first serve basis. They will participate in a 10 race calendar, as part of the current Management Game season. The sign up thread is now open, and please use the general discussion thread for any questions.

How the Story of the Month-award will work

Alongside the obvious excitement, last week's announcement that a previous award for story writers would be making a return later this year was also met by some scepticism and worry that the same members would win the award every time. An understandable concern, but not to worry - Mresuperstar has worked out a set of rules to avoid such problems.

Click "Read More" to find out the details.

Enjoy the Vuelta with the other members

The 68th edition of the Vuelta starts later tonight, as most of you probably know. If you want to have some extra fun watching it, make sure to check out the discussion thread in the real life cycling section of the forum. You'll find all the information you need there, thanks to Malkael - who is once again doing a terrific job posting previews and other interesting stuff.

French community DB now available from the downloads section

After several days of small problems with the upload, Rin has successfully added PCM France's Full Cycling Manager DB to our own downloads section. It's definitely one of the most complete DBs available at the moment, so if you're excited to start a career, it's certainly worth downloading.

There is still time left to join in PCMdaily's Fantasy Vuelta a España league on Velogames.com. The deadline for picking your team is this Saturday, the 24th, at 18:30 CEST.

alexkr00 and Smowz took victory in the first two Grand Tours of the season. Who will triumph at the Vuelta?

League name: PCM.Daily
League code: 20065634

Here's a fresh, new edition of the weekly news!

"Story of the month" to be revived

As some of the the long-time members might remember, there was once an award given out monthly to the most popular story on the site. Unfortunately, it didn't last long and hasn't been around for several years. However, newly appointed crew member Mresuperstar has now decided to make an effort to bring this back.

So, story writers - make sure to write the best reports you can in the next couple of weeks, as the first "new" award will be handed out at the end of August. Further details surrounding this will be revealed in next week's news.

Stages forum running strong

There has always been at least a few talented stagemakers active on the forum, but during the past couple of weeks, the activity is excellent and many members are frequently updating their showrooms.

Among the most recent additions of races we have nathounet87's Vuelta variant, stardrummer91's 2013 Tour of Utah and the soon-to-be-finished 1995 Giro d'Italia by ricardo123. If you haven't visited the PCM13: Stages subforum yet, now is a great time to do so!

ManGame TDF approaching the end

The last time the ManGame Tour was mentioned in the news - two weeks ago - it had only reached stage 7 and not really begun yet in terms of decisive stages. That has now changed, as we've made it all the way to stage 16 and the 3rd week - with the potential for some amazing final stages ahead.

Team B&O's Aleksandr Pluchkin was the man in yellow two weeks ago, but the Moldovan champion has since then suffered a poorly timed puncture that cost him over 5 minutes to his main rivals, and subsequently all chances of winning his first Tour ever.

Instead, the fight looks to be the same as last year - ManGame legend and defending champion Damiano Cunego vs. young supertalent Angel Madrazo. At the moment, it is the former who has the upper hand, leading Madrazo by 27 seconds heading into the final five stages. However, a long ITT and several mountain stages remain - meaning that anything can still happen. Don't miss the end of this very exciting race!

Lastly - not a part of the ManGame? Stay tuned for next week's news for an opportunity to join a new development in the game.

With another week coming to an end, it's time for a new edition of the news.

Meet the new admins

Their new tags may not have been spotted yet, but two new moderators have been chosen. Please welcome Mresuperstar and Rin to the PCM.daily crew!

Both went into great depth in their applications, showing their interest in making the site an even better place. Some of their new tasks include helping out with these news articles, keeping the betting section active and uploading files. Make sure to wish them good luck with the new roles!

Graphical artists wanted by the Daily DB team

If you're skilled with graphics and interested in helping out with the upcoming Daily DB, then here's your chance. Some help creating team logos, minishirts and a number of other similar things is requested by lluuiiggii, so let him know via PM if this sounds like something for you.

valv321 starting strong with new story

With stories about Ryder Hesjedal, Caisse d'Epargne and, most famously, David Veilleux, to his name, everyone's favourite Canadian member valverde321 is certainly one of the most famous story writers on the site. He has now returned to the stories forum - this time with the small Czech AC Sparta Praha team.

After only a week of existence, the thread has already reached page 8 and seems to be very popular among the site's members. If you haven't payed a visit already, make sure to do so!

bigggassi, master of variants

Ever since posting some high-quality stages for PCM12 last year, bigggassi has been a known face (or avatar, really) in the stages forum. The German has now moved to PCM13, and has probably been the most productive stagemaker so far, with no less than five Tour variants, plus a number of other races. If you're looking for a good variant, his showroom is the place to go.