The pair cooperated well together to resist to the peloton's charge and Veilleux beat Delaplace to the sprint, while the bunch reached the finish line only 5 seconds after them.

He and his team successfully defended his leader's jersey for the remaining three stages and he pocketed the general classification victory by 57 seconds on his nearest competitor.

[9] In the same month, Veilleux took a great step forward in his career as he won the Tre Valli Varesine, an Italian semi-classic.

Veilleux was part of a ten men escape group, and dropped them with 17 kilometres (11 mi) to go, winning solo.

[11] On 11 September 2013, he announced his retirement from professional cycling, saying he wanted to continue his studies in mechanical engineering at Laval University and to start a family.