[3] He performed well the very next day on the undulating stage 3, ranking in a ninth position as he was part of a small group of about 30 riders that came in after 3 escapees crossed the line, the victor being David Zabriskie (Garmin–Transitions).
[5] In August, he finished short of the podium in the Italian semi-classic Tre Valli Varesine, in fourth place.
His fellow countryman from Quebec David Veilleux of Team Europcar took a solo victory by a margin of a little more than a minute over the group Parisien was part of.
[8] In March 2013, Parisien took the biggest victory of his career at that time as he beat Samuel Dumoulin for the bunch sprint in stage 5 of the Volta a Catalunya.
[9] An ecstatic Parisien stated that his team had concluded prior to the race that he had to be in the top 3 riders coming out of the last turn to have a chance at victory, and he followed that plan.