 In the first stage , the Orica – GreenEDGE team bus had become stuck under the finishing arch in Bastia , Corsica , and with the peloton ( the main group ) 10 km ( 6 @.@ 2 mi ) away , the race officials moved the finish to the 3 km ( 1 @.@ 9 mi ) to go marker . As the peloton closed in , the bus was freed , and the decision was reversed . Marcel Kittel took the victory from the bunch sprint , putting him in the race leader 's yellow jersey ; he also became the first leader of the points classification , with Juan José Lobato ( Euskaltel – Euskadi ) taking the polka dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification . Two crashes occurred in the stage ; the first with 37 km ( 23 mi ) remaining and the second in the final kilometers , which included a contender for the stage , Mark Cavendish . The second stage RadioShack – Leopard 's Jan Bakelants launched an attack from a breakaway group in the final kilometer to win in Ajaccio , one second ahead of the encroaching peloton . The yellow jersey switched to Bakelants , and Pierre Rolland of Team Europcar claimed the polka dot . Simon Gerrans ( Orica – GreenEDGE ) won the third stage , the final in Corsica , from a bunch sprint in Calvi . Peter Sagan took over the points classification . Orica – GreenEDGE won stage four 's 33 km ( 20 @.@ 5 mi ) team time trial in and around Nice , putting Gerrans in the yellow jersey . Omega Pharma – Quick @-@ Step came in second place , one second in arrears , with Team Sky a further two . 
