Fantasy Le Tour, only days left to join

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With the Tour de France Prologue on Saturday fast approaching, now is a good time to register your teams here at Cyclingnews. In what's set to be the most wide open Tour in decades, picking your team of 15 riders couldn't be more challenging. 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 great prizes.

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 different 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 winning as a manager who joined before Stage 1. Try out a team today!

New ranking and results service, offering new depths of rider statistics on races over the last four years.
See your friends exact selections in the this year's game as it happens.
Look up the winning managers team selections for last year to improve your selection this year.
Follow the progress of the key fantasy managers whilst also tracking your friends' progress in the new "Watch Teams" tool.
Build your own Mini-Leagues.
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.

The online game allows you to assume the role of a professional team manager for the 2007 Tour and create your own dream team from any of the real life riders in this year's Tour. In what's set to be the most open Tour in decades, 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.

Remember you can play for free for the first three stages! Try the game out and see how best to play. It's easy to play the Tour games - all you need to do is pick your dream team of 15 from the riders racing in this year's Le Tour start list. Then each day pick nine riders to race for your fantasy team from these 15. You'll need a good combination of climbers, sprinters, and general classification riders.