I'm not at all disappointed by this game, easy to handle little we read the tutorial that explains the basics beginners cycling and orders of play. The so-called simulation phases are more but you can not still act during those, one can choose a rider of his team for each phase "game", I did do a dozen steps at the moment but it's very addictive to defend his yellow jersey or try to take the green jersey with superb sprint to where it should not be overlooked strategy to hope to win!
I think the downside is that when one has completed his tour of France we do not want to start one.
The sets are not "disgusting" but could be better.
The multiplayer is played a "one against one" against another user, each chosen his team and rider to compete for the last portion of the selected step (drawback: the few people connected)
For those who played the 2011 unfortunately there are no huge improvement, cyanide takes us a good game but far from the PES, FIFA and NBA games that are well ahead.