Fantasy Le Tour game - registration closes soon

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Win a Cervélo Soloist Carbon(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Entry deadline: There's no disadvantage to . You can until Stage 4 begins on Wednesday, July 11. Unlike most Fantasy games, this gives you the chance to try out the game for free and exper♑iment with different strategies without having to pay for mistakes. If you didn't get time to create your teams before Saturday's start you can still take part now with just as good a chance of winning as a manager who joined before the Prologue began. Just make sure you register and finalise your teams before Stage 4 begins.

- a pair of BBB's BSG-23 Winner Team Quick-Step glasses. There will be 32 prize winners with over 40 prizes making up this year's roster.

In what's set to be the most wide open Tour in decades picking your team of 15 riders couldn't be more challenging. If you are relatively new to the Tour it can be a daunting prospect choosing from Saturday's start list of over 200 participants. You need to choose your riders carefully for all 4 elements of the game. The new ranking system can tell you some of the answers you need to know based on last year's results. Here's some direct links to real life riders that scored well in the 2006 Le🌜 Tour Fantasy Game♐:

There are loads of other sources of rider selection information right here on Cyclingnews:
1). Read our on each stage so far to see who's on form.
2). Read our to find out inside info on the riders.
3). Read up on the so you know what type of stage is coming. Is it a relatively flat stage, a mountains stage or a Time Trial? Select your sprinters, climbers or GC riders accordingly.
4). Look at the strategy advice given by previous winners of the game in the section of the site.
5). There's also more strategy advice from players of the .
6). Watch our everyday.
7). Follow the as it happens right here at Cyclingnews.

Prize summary: From one grand prize and one first runner-up to three each second, third, and fourth runner-up prize packages, there are eleven chances for you to win based on your overall performance in the 2007 Le ꦆTour Fantasy Game. There are also 21 daily prizes for each stage's top performer. All prizes are as listed (substitution requests cannot be honored). The roster o🐼f prizes so far is as follows:

The online game allows you to assume the role of a professional team manager for the 2007 Le Tour and create your own dream team from any of the real life riders in this year's Tour. Based on the live racing action, you will take up the challenge of using your knowledge and tactical skill as a race team manager to compete with other virtual managers from around the world. Follow the races live and use your skill and knowledge to win some . Remember you can still enter teams until stage 4 begins. You can re-edit and re-enter teams for stages 1-3 of the Le Tour 2007 competition up until stage 4 begins. Unlike most Fantasy games, this gives you the chance to try out the game for free and experiment with di🤡fferent strategies without having to pay for mistakes. If you join the Tour after the start date you can still take part with just as good a chance of winni💝ng as a manager who joined before Stage 1. !

We've added some great improvements to the game this year:
1. new ranking and results service, offering new depths of rider statistics on races over the last four years.
2. see your friends exact selections in the this year's game as it happens.
3. look up the winning managers team selections for last year to imporve your selection this year.
4. follow the progress of the key fantasy managers whilst also tracking your friends' progress in the new "Watch Teams" tool.
5. build your own Mini-Leagues.
6. try out the Forum/Chat area, which provides new ways to communicate with your fellow players from around the world in real time as the races unfold.
7. 𒉰new stage selection system to make sure you never miss a stage pick again.