Major race results from October

By Cycle Sport staff

Memorial Marco Pantani (1.1) Italy

Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua e Sapone

Tour de Vendée (1.HC) France

Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM

Sparkassen Münsterland Giro (1.1) Germany

Marcel Kittel (Ger) Skil-Shimano

Binche-Tournai-Binche (1.1) Belgium

Rudiger Selig (Ger) Leopard-Trek

Tour of Beijing (WT) China

Stage one: Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad

Stage two: Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Cervélo

Stage three: Nicolas Roche (Ire) Ag2r-La Mondiale

Stage four: Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale

Stage five: Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha

Overall winner: Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad

Coppa Sabatini (1.1) Italy

Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox

Paris-Bourges (1.1) France

Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky

Giro dell'Emilia (1.HC) Italy

Carlos Alberto Betancur (Col) Acqua e Sapone

GP Beghelli (1.1) Italy

Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha

Paris-Tours (1.HC) France

Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC

Nationale Sluitingprijs (1.1) Belgium

Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ

Giro del Piemonte (1.HC) Italy

Daniel Moreno (Spa) Katusha

Tour of Lombardy (WT) Italy

1 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard-Trek

2 Daniel Martin (Ire) Garmin-Cervélo

3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha

Chrono des Nations (1.1) France

Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad

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Edward Pickering is a writer and journalist, editor of Pro Cycling and previous deputy editor of Cycle Sport. As well as contributing to Cycling Weekly, he has also written for the likes of the New York Times. His book, The Race Against Time, saw him shortlisted for Best New Writer at the British Sports Book Awards. A self-confessed 'fair weather cyclist', Pickering also enjoys running.