The Cycling Bundle 2021

One is played from the manager's chair, the other from inside the peloton.

The management half puts you in charge of a professional squad as its sporting director. You sign riders, court sponsors, balance a budget, hire trainers, scouts and medical staff, and fund equipment research. More than two hundred and sixty races and over seven hundred stages sit on the calendar, and you decide who rides which one. Riders carry fatigue, morale and form, and weather feeds into how tired they get. A second mode lets you build a single cyclist instead, growing him through a skill tree while a manager sets your targets.

The racing half hands you cycling's premier three-week stage race, all twenty-one stages of it, plus a set of one-day classics. Before each stage you assign roles to your riders, then read the race as it unfolds. The pack behaves as a group, wind matters, and riders recover between stages rather than resetting. A team mode tracks your climb up the professional standings. A leader mode grows one rider as a climber, sprinter, puncher or all-rounder. A custom mode lets you assemble your own race from eighty-nine stages and pick which squads turn up.

KEY FEATURES

• Two Titles in One - The set combines a professional cycling management simulation with a stage-racing simulation.
• Run a Squad - Sign riders, court sponsors, hire staff, fund equipment research and keep the budget straight.
• A Full Calendar - More than two hundred and sixty races and over seven hundred stages are open to enter.
• Ride the Grand Tour - The racing title covers all twenty-one stages of cycling's premier three-week race plus one-day classics.
• Tactics in the Pack - Assign rider roles before a stage, then handle wind, fatigue and pack behaviour as it plays out.
• Build One Rider - Career modes let you grow a single cyclist as a climber, sprinter, puncher or all-rounder.