Fantasy Cycling: prizes announced for our bonus February races!

Roll up roll up! It's time for the second instalment in our Fantasy Cycling season. The second and third, in fact, as the pro peloton heads off to the Arabian peninsula for the Tour of Qatar (5-10 February) and the Tour of Oman (14-19 February). Not a bad area to spend your February, you should at least be guaranteed a bit of sun to work on those tan lines. Keep 'em sharp.

Those of you that have just joined the game (or haven't joined at all - head over to fantasy.road.cc for details) will be 831 points off the pace where the overall table is concerned, but that doesn't matter a jot. Each tour runs as a standalone competition and that means everyone's in with a shot at the prizes. Even if you come in halfway through the tour you could still win a stage...

And what are the prizes? Well, thanks to the lovely chaps at Upgrade Bikes you could be walking off with some serious, erm, upgrades to your bike's braking system. Top prize for these two tours is a set of 970SL brakes from TRP. We've tested these beauties and it's fair to say that they're a no-expense-spared option if you want really light, really good brakes. They weight just 104g per calliper, and your wallet would be pretty light too if you had to buy them at £399 a pair. But you won't have to, assuming you're the best at picking riders that excel in flat, sandy conditions.

Second placed Directeur Sportif in each of the two February tours will walk away with a Lezyne CNC Floor Drive pump worth £89.99, and third place gets a Lezyne Carbon Road Drive mini pump worth £79.99. And there's a Cycloc worth £59.99 for the winner of the purist competition for each tour, too.

On top of that you can win every day! On every stage there's a prize to be won for the highest score on the day. This time around you stand to win a GreenOil Eco Rider kit worth £34.99 if you're top of the pile on any given day, giving you no excuse to not have your bike looking just so.

Have we piqued your interest? Good! if you're not yet registered you can head over to fantasy.road.cc to find out more. The full list of who's riding the Tour of Qatar should be finalised by the end of next week ahead of the start on 5 February; the Tour Oman startlist should be broadly similar and it'll be finalised before the start of that race on 14 February. Happy picking and good luck!