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Saturday, July 5: Stage 1, Leeds - Harrogate, 190.5 km

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Marcel Kittel wins stage 1. Photo ©Sirotti

Rated ascents:

• Km 68.0: Cray, 1.6 km @ 7.1% average gradient, category 4
• Km 103.5: Buttertubs, 4.4 km @ 6.8%, category 3
• Km 129.5, Grinton Moor, 3 km @ 6.6%, category 3

The Race: A hard, hilly day in Yorkshire yielded German sprinter Marcel Kittel as the first Yellow Jersey of the year. Just as the sprinters were getting going, a bad crash took down Mark Cavendish and Simon Gerrans, slowing much of the peloton. A few were ahead and safe and Kittel was the fastest of them.

A last-minute flyer by Fabian Cancellara almost won the day, but he was caught within sight of the finish.

A savvy escape that started a almost the drop of the flag let the oldest rider in the peloton, Jens Voigt, hoover up the lion's share of the KOM points. For a report of the stage in detail, please see our stage 1 live-updates.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.2 km/hr

1	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	4hr 44min 7sec
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
3	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
4	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
5	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO
6	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
7	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
8	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
9	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
10	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
11	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING
12	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
13	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
14	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
15	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
16	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE
17	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
18	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
19	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
20	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
21	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
22	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
23	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
24	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
25	Janier Alexis Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP
26	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
27	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
28	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
29	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
30	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
31	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
32	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
33	Haimar Zubeldia	TREK FACTORY RACING
34	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
35	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
36	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
37	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
38	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
39	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
40	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
41	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR
42	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
43	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP
44	Andy Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
45	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
46	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO
47	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
48	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
49	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
50	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
51	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
52	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
53	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
54	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
55	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
56	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
57	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
58	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
59	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
60	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
61	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
62	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
63	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
64	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
65	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
66	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
67	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
68	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM
69	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
70	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
71	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
72	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA
73	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
74	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
75	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
76	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA
77	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
78	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
79	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
80	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
81	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
82	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
83	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
84	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
85	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
86	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
87	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
88	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
89	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
90	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
91	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR
92	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
93	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
94	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
95	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR
96	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
97	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
98	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
99	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
100	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
101	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
102	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
103	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
104	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
105	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
106	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR
107	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
108	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
109	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
110	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL
111	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
112	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
113	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA
114	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
115	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL
116	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
117	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
118	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
119	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
120	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
121	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
122	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
123	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM
124	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
125	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
126	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA
127	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
128	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
129	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
130	Xabier Zandio Echaide	TEAM SKY
131	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
132	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
133	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
134	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
135	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
136	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
137	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
138	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
139	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
140	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
141	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
142	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
143	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
144	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
145	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
146	Stef Clement	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
147	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
148	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
149	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
150	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
151	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING
152	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE
153	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
154	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
155	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE
156	Jesus Hernandez	TINKOFF-SAXO
157	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
158	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
159	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
160	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA
161	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE
162	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
163	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP
164	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE
165	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	@ 1min 28sec
166	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 30''
167	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA
168	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO
169	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
170	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01' 38''
171	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01' 50''
172	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
173	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01' 54''
174	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 02' 05''
175	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE
176	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02' 10''
177	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
178	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 15''
179	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02' 22''
180	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02' 25''
181	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
182	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 02' 29''
183	Gregory Henderson	LOTTO-BELISOL
184	Edward King	CANNONDALE
185	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 02' 39''
186	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02' 42''
187	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02' 46''
188	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02' 49''
189	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03' 11''
190	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03' 20''
191	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03' 37''
192	Mark Cavendish	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03' 39''
193	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 03' 47''
194	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 04' 15''
195	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 08' 52''
196	Sacha Modolo	LAMPRE - MERIDA
197	Ariel Maximiliano Richeze	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 14' 09''
198	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP

GC after Stage 1:

1	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	4hr 44min 7sec
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
3	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
4	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
5	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO
6	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
7	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
8	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
9	José Joaquin Rojas Gil	MOVISTAR TEAM
10	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
11	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING
12	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
13	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
14	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
15	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
16	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE
17	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
18	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
19	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
20	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
21	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
22	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
23	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
24	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
25	Janier Alexis Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP
26	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
27	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
28	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
29	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
30	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
31	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
32	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
33	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
34	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
35	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
36	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
37	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
38	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
39	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
40	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
41	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR
42	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
43	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP
44	Andy Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
45	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
46	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO
47	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
48	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
49	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
50	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
51	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
52	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
53	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
54	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
55	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
56	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
57	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
58	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
59	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
60	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
61	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
62	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
63	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
64	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
65	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
66	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
67	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM
68	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
69	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
70	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
71	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA
72	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
73	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
74	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
75	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA
76	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
77	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
78	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
79	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
80	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
81	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
82	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
83	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
84	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
85	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
86	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
87	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
88	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
89	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
90	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR
91	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
92	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
93	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
94	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR
95	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
96	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
97	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
98	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
99	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
100	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
101	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
102	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
103	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
104	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
105	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR
106	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
107	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
108	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
109	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL
110	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
111	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
112	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA
113	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
114	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL
115	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
116	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
117	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
118	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
119	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
120	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
121	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
122	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM
123	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
124	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
125	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA
126	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
127	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
128	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
129	Xabier Zandio Echaide	TEAM SKY
130	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
131	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
132	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
133	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
134	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
135	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
136	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
137	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
138	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
139	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
140	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
141	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
142	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
143	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
144	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
145	Stef Clement	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
146	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
147	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
148	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
149	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
150	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING
151	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE
152	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
153	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
154	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE
155	Jesus Alberto Hernandez	TINKOFF-SAXO
156	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
157	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
158	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
159	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA
160	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE
161	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
162	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP
163	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE
164	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 00' 20''
165	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01' 28''
166	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 30''
167	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA
168	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO
169	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
170	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01' 38''
171	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01' 50''
172	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
173	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01' 54''
174	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 02' 05''
175	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE
176	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02' 10''
177	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
178	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 15''
179	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02' 22''
180	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02' 25''
181	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
182	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 02' 29''
183	Gregory Henderson	LOTTO-BELISOL
184	Edward King	CANNONDALE
185	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 02' 39''
186	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02' 42''
187	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02' 46''
188	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02' 49''
189	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03' 11''
190	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03' 20''
191	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03' 37''
192	Mark Cavendish	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03' 39''
193	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 03' 47''
194	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 04' 15''
195	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 08' 52''
196	Sacha Modolo	LAMPRE - MERIDA

Points Classification:

1	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	45 points
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	45
3	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	39
4	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	30
5	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	22
6	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
7	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	20
8	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	18
9	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
10	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	16
11	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
12	Joaquin Rojas Gil José	MOVISTAR TEAM	14
13	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	12
14	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	11
15	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	10
16	Mark Cavendish	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	9
17	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	8
18	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	8
19	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	7
20	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	6
21	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	6
22	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	5
23	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	4
24	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	4
25	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	3
26	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2
27	Gregory Henderson	LOTTO-BELISOL	2
28	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4 pts
2	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
3	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	1
4	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	4hr 44min 7sec'
2	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
3	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
4	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
5	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
6	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR
7	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP
8	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
9	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
10	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
11	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
12	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
13	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
14	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
15	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
16	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
17	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
18	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
19	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
20	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 1min 30sec
21	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01' 38''
22	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 02' 05''
23	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02' 25''
24	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02' 42''
25	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02' 49''
26	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03' 11''
27	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 08' 52''

Team Classification:

1	TEAM SKY	14hr 12min 21sec
2	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	@ same time
3	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
4	GARMIN - SHARP
5	TINKOFF-SAXO
6	MOVISTAR TEAM
7	AG2R LA MONDIALE
8	ORICA GREENEDGE
9	TREK FACTORY RACING
10	BMC RACING TEAM
11	IAM CYCLING
12	ASTANA PRO TEAM
13	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
14	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
15	TEAM EUROPCAR
16	LOTTO-BELISOL
17	FDJ.FR
18	TEAM KATUSHA
19	LAMPRE - MERIDA
20	CANNONDALE
21	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
22	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP

Live updates:

Weather in Leeds @ 12:30 local time: 15C (59F), lots of blue sky. Wind from the west at 31 kph (19 mph), 64% humidity, some clouds, no chance of rain.

Km 12 (4:14 PDT): Good Day. All 198 riders started. Already we have a break: Jens Voigt (Trek), Nicolas Edet (Bretagne) and Benoit Jarrier (Cofidis) with the peloton 2min 15sec behind. The trio attacked from the gun and seemed to gain the almost immediate consent of the peloton. So far, there seems to be no interest in chasing. Lotto Belisol (André Greipel is staying near the front) and Giant-Shimano are leading the peloton with Omega-Pharma close at hand.

As the race goes through the town of Otley the crowds are big and enthusiastic. This is the fourth British visit for the Tour. The first being the badly received 1974 stage in Plymouth.

Km 31: The trio leads the peloton by 2min 40sec. FDJ sprinter Arnaud Demare just got a quick bike change and was safely paced back to the peloton by a teammate.

Km 42: Break member Nicolas Edet suffered a mechanical, got a new bike and motored back up to Voigt and Jarrier. The gap between the trio and the pack is 3min 7sec. Jens Voigt is the oldest rider in this year's peloton. He'll turn 43 in September. This is his 17th Tour participation, equalling the record held by George Hincapie and Stuart O'Grady.

Km 57: Romain Bardet(?), riding near the back of the peloton, looked to touch wheels and fell. Sky's mechanic generously got his bike working and the rider was soon up and chasing. The gap to the trio sits at 3min 14sec. Giant-Shimano and Lotto remain at the front. The Tour is passing a flock of yellow painted sheep.

Km 64: Coming to the 2014 Tour's first rated ascent, the 4th category Cray. There's just a single KOM point available. The roads are very narrow with stone walls near the verge and when the pack slows on a hill, some riders in the back of the pack have to slow to almost a stop.

Km 68: The crowds at the top of the Cray are thick. Voigt led out the sprint to the top and Edet, looking to win the single KOM point in play had trouble getting by because of the narrow path through the spectators lining the road. He did, but Benoit Jarrier surprised Edet and was first to the top.

Km 77: Jens Voigt takes off to take the 20 sprinter's points in the 2014 Tour's first intermediate sprint. He puts his head down and keeps going. Now Edet and Jarrier, surprised, have to chase down one of cycling's hardest, toughest men. Cannondale is lined up back in the peloton, looking to help Sagan get some of the remaining sprint points. But Bryan Coquard beat both Greipel and Sagan. Cavendish was fourth in the field sprint.

Km 86: Through the feed station, Voigt is gone, 30 seconds ahead of Edet and Jarrier and 4min 56sec ahead of the peloton. Voigt has 104 km (about 64 miles) to go to the finish. Voigt's DS Alain Gallopin said that Voigt attacked after the intermediate sprint to stay away for the remaining two climbs and therefore take the polka-dot jersey. Voigt is pounding away, thrashing his bike. It's not pretty, but at km 91 he's now a full minute ahead of Edet and Jarrier.

Km 104: Over the third category Buttertubs, Voigt is alone and going through a defile of huge crowds. He crests the mountain 3min 14sec ahead of Edet, Jarrier is not too far behind. The peloton is at 4min 22sec. Some of the peloton has had to come to a halt because of the ultra narrow path through the spectators.

Km 120: Edet and Jarrier have been caught by the peloton, now 2min 58sec behind Voigt, who is pressing on to the third category Grinton Moor ascent. The Buttertubs climb has caused a split in the peloton with Joaquin Rodriguez, Thibaut Pinot, Chris Horner among the dropped riders. The Rodriguez group is a minute and a half behind the Froome/Contador main peloton. Is Rodriguez' Tour over already?

Km 130: Voigt was first over the Grinton Moor ascent. But his lead is getting smaller (he went up the Grinton Moor in his lowest gear), now just 34 seconds. Voigt will be in polka-dots tonight, the 2014 Tour de France's first King of the Mountains. Saxo-Tinkoff and BMC have put riders on the front, perhaps to make sure Joaquin Rodriguez stays off the back. Both Froome and Contador are staying alert and near the front. Voigt was caught shortly after the crest of the Grinton Moor. Vincenzo Nibali has just shown up near the front.

Km 140: The chasing Rodriguez group can see the peloton when the road straightens. The gap is down to 25 seconds. In the Rodriguez group is Alessandro Petacchi, an important member of Mark Cavendish's leadout train. Lotto-Belisol is spending watts like madmen at the front, making sure André Greipel is in contention for the sprint and the first yellow jersey.

Km 145: The Rodriguez/Petacchi/Horner group has caught the peloton, which has slowed. Average speed of the stage so far is 38.3 km/hr.

Km 162: Nope, Petacchi as well as Elia Viviani and Sacha Modolo have not made it back to the main peloton. At the front it's Omega-Pharma, Lotto-Belisol and Tinkoff-Saxo. With the moderate pace, the riders are all bunched up. Arnaud Demare's leadout man Mickaël Delage along with Elia Viviani and Ji Cheng (the first Chinese Tour participant) have just rejoined the peloton.

Km 175, 16 to go: Lotto-Belisol is starting to line up. Peter Sagan is riding next to André Greipel. Belkin riders Lars Boom and Stef Clement have crashed. Cannondale and Katusha and Omega Pharma are lining up at the front as well.

Km 180: OK, here we go, the speed is going up and the pack is starting to line out. Riders are trying to move up. Astana is leading the pack on the left, Katusha to the right. Leadout riders are looking back for their prime sprinters. Peter Sagan is well positioned. Who will get the first yellow jersey?

Km 184: Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol) is leading the pack. The road is rolling and Katusha can't keep up. Omega Pharma (6 riders in a line) with Cavendish has taken over. Another rise in the road and the pack is zooming. Giant-Shimano is trying to come up to Omega Pharma.

Bam! Fabian Cancellara has gone clear. What a move.

A crash! Cavendish (looks like Simon Gerrans and Cavendish were leaning on each other with Cavendish trying to go through a hole that wasn't there) is holding his shoulder and looking to be in much pain. This doesn't look good.

Cancellara is caught.

It's a drag race between the remaining upright sprinters and Marcel Kittel beats Peter Sagan to win the Tour's first stage and yellow jersey.

Stage 1 photos:

The scene in Leeds for the departure. Photo ©Sirotti

Oh the stories he could tell... Raymond Poulidor at the start. Photo ©Sirotti

Ag2r bikes ready to go. Photo ©Sirotti

Thomas Voeckler heads to the start. Photo ©Sirotti

Arnaud Démare. Photo ©Sirotti

Andrew Talansky. Photo ©Sirotti

Tejay Van Garderen gets his bike to start the stage. Photo ©Sirotti

If that's Beranard Thévenet walking behind Bernard Hinault, that's seven Tour wins headed to the camera. Photo ©Sirotti

Chris Froome. Photo ©Sirotti

He's tanned, rested and ready. Alberto Contador heads to the start. Photo ©Sirotti

Mark Cavendish. Photo ©Sirotti

Simon Gerrans has just signed in.

Fabian Cancellara and Frank Schleck

The publicity caravan gives the Tour a lot of its color. The Festina watch car is nice, but I miss the giant fly car. Photo ©Sirotti

The crowds along the route were huge. Here are the fans in Harrogate.

Marcel Kittel was easily the fastest of the riders who avoided the crash. Photo ©Sirotti

Mark Cavendish nursing his separated shoulder. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner and first yellow jersey with Princes Harry, William and Kate Middleton. Photo ©Sirotti

Marcel Kittel also leads the points classification. Photo ©Sirotti

Jens Voigt is appluaded by royalty as he enjoys his hard-won KOM jersey. Photo ©Sirotti

Peter Sagan is the best young rider. Photo ©Sirotti

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