 Kittel took his second stage of the Tour win from the bunch sprint in the tenth stage , with his compatriot Greipel second . Stage eleven 's individual time trial between Avranches and Mont Saint @-@ Michel was taken by Omega Pharma – Quick @-@ Step 's Tony Martin . Froome came second with a deficit of twelve seconds , over two minutes ahead of the second placed overall Valverde , extending his lead to over three minutes . Two flat stages ending with bunch sprints then followed ; the first , stage twelve , was won by Kittel , ahead of Cavendish , who came back to win the next . The stage saw Valverde suffer a punctured tyre and lose almost ten minutes , struggling to match the pace set by Cavendish 's Omega Pharma – Quick @-@ Step team at the head of the race . Stage fourteen was taken by Omega Pharma – Quick @-@ Step 's Matteo Trentin from a large breakaway that held off the peloton . Stage fifteen , finishing on Mont Ventoux , saw all of the leading contenders , with exception of Froome and Contador , dropped on the early part of the final climb . Froome then moved away from Contador and caught Quintana , who had attacked earlier in the climb . The pair worked together to put time into their rivals , before Froome attacked with 1 @.@ 2 km ( 0 @.@ 7 mi ) remaining and soloed to the finish . This gave Froome a lead of four minutes and fourteen seconds over Mollema in second place , with Contador a further eleven seconds back . Froome regained the lead in the mountains classification . The following day was the Tour 's second rest day . 
