Marco Marcato of Italy celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the Paris-Tours cycling race in Tours, central France, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Christopher Ena)
Italian Marco Marcato wins the 2012 Paris-Tours cycling race in a 300-m sprint finish last Sunday.
Marco Marcato was beaten to the line by Greg Van Avermet of Belgium in a head-to-head sprint last year, but this year he held firm and accepted a challenge from Laurens De Vresse of Belgium and Dutch rider Niki Terpstra.
A 146-mile (234.964 kilometers) trek from Chateauneuff-en-Thymerais to Tours is favored sprinters in recent years, and this was the case again as the three riders broke away.
German rider John Degenkolb, one of the pre-race favorites, could not match the pace and finished in fourth place, six seconds behind the front three, who all had times of 4 hours, 50 minutes, 34 seconds.
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