Orica-GreenEdge is the surprise winner of the 2013 Tour de France’s team time trial. The Australian squad, which furnished yesterday’s winner in the person of Simon Gerrans, powered over the flat, 25-km course in Nice in 25:56. World team time trial champion Omega Pharma-Quick Step finished second at 0:01, and Sky took third at 0:03. Gerrans is the new maillot jaune.

Team GreenEdge powers to victory in stage 4 team time trial of Tour de France 2013 ahead of Omega Pharma-QuickStep; Simon Gerrans takes overall Tour de France lead.

Orica-GreenEdge has won its first Tour de France stage. Simon Gerrans did the honors for the Australian squad, using a bike throw to pip Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and take Stage 3 of the Tour de France 2013, a hilly, 145.5-km ride from Ajaccio to Calvi, in 3:41:24. Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) took third, and Jan Bakelants (RadioShack-Leopard) remains the maillot jaune.

It isn't the Tour de France unless things get a little crazy.

Team GreenEdge's Simon Gerrans sprints to victory in stage 3 of Tour de France 2013; Jan Bakelants maintains overall Tour de France lead for Team RadioShack.

Jan Bakelants (RadioShack-Leopard) has soloed to victory at the Tour de France 2013. The 27-year-old Belgian surged away from five companions in the last two km and held on to win Stage 2, a hilly, 156-km ride from Bastia to Ajaccio, Corsica in 3:43:11. Peter Sagan (Cannondale) outsprinted Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) for second at 0:01. Bakelants’s exploit has given him the yellow jersey.

Team RadioShack's Jan Bakelants soloes to victory in stage 2 of Tour de France 2013 and takes overall Tour de France lead from Team Argos-Shimano's Marcel Kittel.

Bus sandwiches, disrespect for a former Tour champion, and funny glasses were all on the menu. Tour de France viewers and spectators yesterday experienced what may have been the most unprofessional and disorganized start of a Tour de France in its entire history.

Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) has drawn first blood at the Tour de France 2013. The German took a bunch sprint after a chaotic finale to win Stage 1, a flat, 213-km run from Porto Vecchio to Bastia, Corsica in 4:56:52. Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) finished second, and Danny Van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM) took third.

Team Argos-Shimano's Marcel Kittel (Germany) sprints to stage victory and overall Tour de France lead in crash-marred and confusing stage finish.