For this year’s game, which will follow the format of last year’s Fantasy Tour de France with the option to start and enter your own mini-leagues, we have teamed up with Merlin Cycles to offer some great prizes.

The overall winner of the game – namely the person whose team collects the most points across the three weeks of the Tour – will bag themselves Merlin Cycles’ Yellow Jersey prize, a Merlin ROC 2017 road bike worth £1,120.

Second place will bag the ‘Sprinter’ prize of a full Merlin Team Kit and Merlin Socks, with a combined RRP of £104.97 and third prize, or the “King of the Mountain” package can earn themselves the Merlin Wear Core Kit and Merlin Socks (RRP £52.98).

There will also be weekly prizes of a £10 Merlin Cycles voucher up for grabs.

So who will be making your final nine-man team, which stage do you fancy as your bonus stage – with double points available – and which bonus team could mean the difference between a place on the podium and burning out on the final weekend?

Remember to stay tuned to RCUK for the latest Tour de France news and team selections, and stay tuned for the 2016 RoadCyclingUK Fantasy Tour de France, with those great prizes from Merlin Cycles up for grabs.