InnerRing: Marco Marcato wins Paris-Tours from a three man sprint. The trio held off a surprise attack by John Degenkolb, the German sprinter went rogue with 10km to go and almost caught the leaders in the final straight.

Marco Marcato wins Paris Tours...

CyclingNews: Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil-DCM) won made up for finishing second in last year’s Paris-Tour by winning the French end of season classic with a strong attack in the finale and then a dogged sprint to the line.

VeloNews: Helen Wyman (Kona Factory Team) made a clean sweep of the Providence Cyclocross Festival weekend and Zach McDonald (Rapha-Focus) raced solo to an elite men’s victory as rain slickened Sunday’s course at Roger Williams Park.

CyclingNews: Lachlan Norris (Drapac) won his first overall NRS title on Sunday afternoon when he successfully defended his lead at the Cat Underground Tour of Tasmania. Norris finished 17 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger Mark O’Brien (Budget Forklifts) in second place while Nathan Earle (Genesys) rounded out the final general classification in third.

CyclingFans: Sunday's Paris-Tours departs Châteauneuf en Thymerais at 10:30am CET (4:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Tours at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).  Paris-Tours live streaming video should get underway at around *2:40pm CET (*8:40am U.S. Eastern).

VeloNation: Colombian jumps away in the final kilometre to take seventh victory in debut season at the top level.

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Paris - Tours - Oct 7 (Start List),
Tour of Tasmania - Oct 2-7 (Stages & Results),
Tour of Beijing - Oct 9-13 (Stages),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages),
Giro di Lombardia -  Sept 29 (Results),
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CyclingNews: Campbell Flakemore (Genesys) has won the final road stage of the Tour of Tasmania by winning a two-man sprint against Bradley Linfield (Plan B Racing). Sam McCallum (Polygon) outsprinted Neil Van Der Ploeg (Search2Retain) for the final podium spot.

VeloNation: American team determined ahead of tomorrow’s semi-Classic.

VeloNation: Mister Superprestige finally fights off Niels Albert in the closing turns of a fast, dry race.

CyclingNews: One year after finishing as runner-up, British rider Nikki Harris (Telenet-Fidea) moved up a spot to win the Hansgrohe Superprestige race in Ruddervoorde, Belgium on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

VeloNation: Olympic champion says goodbye to supporters.

CyclingNews: Team Europcar manager Jean-René Bernaudeau has confirmed that the French team has not applied for a place in the 2013 WorldTour, claiming he is happy to stay as a Professional Continental team, knowing that the results of team leaders Thomas Voeckler and Pierre Rolland will ensure wild card invitations to most of the major races, including the Tour de France.

CyclingFans: The 2012 Superprestige Cyclocross - Ruddervoorde is Sunday, October 7.  This is the first race in the season's superprestige series. Live streaming video: 4:45pm CET (10:45am U.S. Eastern).

CyclingNews: Former UCI anti-doping chief Anne Gripper, who played a major role in the introduction of the blood passport system as well as a number of doping cases during her tenure from 2006 to early 2012, says she is satisfied with the USADA investigation, charges, subsequent lifetime ban and stripping of Lance Armstong’s seven Tour de France titles.

BikeRadar: It has an atomic number of 22 and its chemical element symbol is Ti – which is fitting, as many people in the bike industry often refer to titanium as ‘ti’.

CyclingNews: The US Anti-Doping Agency's (USADA) report into the lifetime ban handed to Lance Armstrong is set to be delivered over the next week to the UCI and WADA but according to the former cyclist's spokesman, he is unconcerned by what it might contain.

VeloNews: Three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond discussed his struggles with attention deficit disorder, being abused as a 12-year-old, racing with (and against) Bernard Hinault, doping and Lance Armstrong on Saturday during a wide-ranging interview with Ger Gilroy posted as a podcast on the Irish website www.newstalk.ie.

VeloNation: Astana celebrating Alexandr Dyachenko’s victory in race.

EuroSport: Nicki Sorensen claimed victory in the final race of the Italian cycling season as he won the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli in Monteveglio.

VeloNation: Further information provided by sidelined rider.

BikeRadar: Felt's custom paint program was previously limited to its top-end F1 flagship. For 2013, though, Felt has extended the option to the more reasonably priced FC, bringing the appeal of a personalized finish to a much greater swathe of consumers.

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