As usual, the publisher of Pro Cycling Manager, Focus, has opened up for pre-downloading / pre-ordering the upcoming game a few weeks before the actual release.

If you pre-order the game, you will be able to download it instantly, but you won't be able to activate it until the day of release (which, for whatever reason, isn't mentioned on the website yet).

The price for most Europeans is 39.99 €, British can get it for 39.99 £ - while the Americans only have to pay 29.99 $. There's a few workarounds, but they may not work this year.

In previous years, PCM.daily have made an affiliation deal with Focus which is basically what pays for the costs of running the website. One is also being set-up for PCM12, so if you can wait and wish to support this site, don't preorder just yet and wait for the PCM.daily link. It will be available before the release of the game.

Can't/don't want to wait? Well, the pre-order page is right here.

Contest organized by Mresuperstar is currently under way. Already in it's Season 3, the contest is one of the most popular community games on our website. The riders are matched up against each other and you simply vote for your favourite. It couldn't be simpler !

Every vote counts and your vote might decide whether your favourite cyclist will make it to the next round. Or not...

More information about the simple rules of the game are available in PCM.Daily Favourite Cyclist Contest [Season 3] thread.You vote for your favourite cyclists in the match-ups in the same thread.

Currently we have some drama as already in the 1st round we might see a big favourite of many - Peter Sagan knocked out by Pierre Rolland. If you'd hate to see that happen there's still some time to vote and change history forever !

After a rather slow start, Focus' marketing team has really found its pace now. New screenshots will be revealed daily up until the release (they can be found in the screenshots section), and today, Focus also revealed the first trailer of Pro Cycling Manager 2012.

As always, it might not be too interesting for the fans who already know the ins and outs of the upcoming game, but it might be worth a watch anyway - at least for the new music ;)

In what's probably the last interview before the release of Pro Cycling Manager 2012, PCMBenelux has managed to get hold of some new information: the team list of the upcoming game.

As you probably remember, the number of teams has been expanded and a 3rd division has been added - and it seems that especially the Eastern / Central Europeans will be happy since teams such as AC Sparta Praha are now present. In total, there's 81 teams in PCM12.

Other than that, there's really not anything that we haven't heard before, but the interview does a good job of summing up the info. PCMBenelux has added a nice graphical touch to it, so that's another reason to read it.

One month before the release, the folks over at Cyanide (or more likely the publisher, Focus) have decided to reveal a few more screenshots of the upcoming PC game, Pro Cycling Manager 2012.

And while the 3D screenshots are as "predictable" (in lack of a better word) as always, one screenshots does stand out: one showing the new season planner which should make it easier to plan your riders' season race programs without external tools.

You can find all the new screenshots right here.