We're only a third completed and the grande boucle has already given us a roller coaster ride.

Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) has won Stage 9 of the Tour de France 2013. Martin took a two-up sprint from Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) to win the mountainous, 168.5-km ride from Saint Girons to Bagneres-de-Bigorre in 4:43:03. Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) towed home the maillot jaune group at 0:20, and Chris Froome (Sky) remains the maillot jaune.

Team Garmin-Sharp's Dan Martin wins stage 9 of Tour de France 2013 ahead of breakaway companion Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark/Team Astana); Team Sky Procycling's Chris Froome maintains overall Tour de France lead before the Tour's first rest day.

Sky has blown open the Tour de France 2013. Two of its riders, Chris Froome and Richie Porte, have taken the first two positions in Stage 8, the first high mountain stage of this year’s Tour. Froome won the 195-km ride from Castres to Ax 3 Domaines in 5:03:18. Porte finished second at 0:51, and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) finished third at 1:08. Froome is the new maillot jaune.

Team Sky Procycling's Chris Froome catapults himself to victory in first mountain stage of Tour de France 2013 and takes overall Tour de France lead.

Before today, Peter Sagan (Cannondale) had finished second in three stages of this year’s Tour de France. Today, however, the Slovak broke through. Sagan took a bunch sprint to win Stage 7, a hilly, 205.5-km ride from Montpellier to Albi, in 4:54:12. John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) finished second, and Daniele Bennati (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) took third. Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) remains the maillot jaune.

Peter Sagan takes his first stage victory in the Tour de France 2013; Daryl Impey maintains overall Tour de France lead before the peloton reaches the mountains.

For the second consecutive day, a Belgian squad has won a stage of the Tour de France 2013. Yesterday, Mark Cavendish did the honors for Omega Pharma-Quick Step, and today, Andre Greipel won the day for Lotto-Belisol. Greipel took a bunch sprint to win Stage 6, a flat, 176.5-km run from Aix-en-Provence to Montpellier, in 3:59:02. Peter Sagan (Cannondale) outsprinted Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) for second.

German national champion André Greipel sprints to stage 6 victory in Tour de France 2013; GreenEdge's Daryl Impey takes overall Tour de France lead from teammate Simon Gerrans.

Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) has opened his account at this year’s Tour de France. The Manx missile took a crash-marred bunch sprint to win Stage 5 of the 2013 Tour, a flat, 228. 5-km run from Cagnes-sur-Mer to Marseille in 5:31:51. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) took second, and Peter Sagan (Cannondale) finished third. Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) remains the maillot jaune.