In reply to Greasy Prusiks:
There's a well established UKC Velo mini league in the RoadCC Fantasy cycling game that runs all year. The TDF is a standalone competition in the league that all are free to enter - register with
http://fantasy.road.cc/home and log in with code 75382. With the Velogames you choose a team once - then there are no transfers, however the Roadcc league offers the equivalent of 2 transfers per stage to keep interest going throughout the whole 3 week race. Come and join fellow UKCers who have too much time on their hands.