 Marcel Kittel ( Argos – Shimano ) was the first rider to wear the race leader 's yellow jersey after winning stage one . He lost the lead the next day to Jan Bakelants of RadioShack – Leopard , who managed to obtain a one @-@ second lead from a late solo attack . Simon Gerrans gained the race lead after his team , Orica – GreenEDGE , won the stage four team time trial . Gerrans passed the lead on to teammate Daryl Impey after the fifth stage . Froome took the lead from Impey after the eighth stage , the first classified as mountainous . Froome maintained his lead for the remainder of the race by consolidating his lead through solid performances in the individual time trials and in the high mountains . 
