Stage 1: Maubec-Coustellet → Pertuis Full Results and Report
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Team Katusha presenting their winter fashion line | 
Thomas VOECKLER gets the main break of the day started on Opede le Vieux after just 17 km of racing | 
Thomas VOECKLER looking good early in the season | 
The day turned out rather nice | 
The finish in Pertuis some 120 km later. The five man break barely succeeds and now it's down to two men with just meters to go. | 
For some unknown reason, Laurent MANGEL of Saur-Sojasun thought he had plenty of time for a victory salute when he should have been throwing his bike... | 
... Laurent MANGEL looks over to see that the wily veteran Thomas VOECKLER of Europcar has stolen the win | 
Now there's a victory salute | 
Thomas VOECKLER your stage 1 winner | 
"Your team logo goes here" unless it's cold enough to wear your team jersey underneath for the semi-transparent look |
Stage 2: Saint-Cannat → Rousset Full Results and Report
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"Russian Global Cycling Project": did you know there are six UCI road races in Russia on the UCI World Calendar but nothing above class 1.2 or 2.2 ? | 
Thomas Voeckler, ready to defend the Yellow Jersey which he did successfully today | 
Saur-Sojasun's Laurent Mangel should be wearing yellow instead of green today, but he doesn't seem to mind | 
The start in Saint-Cannat just north of Aix-en-Provence | 
A lone rider off the front... | 
... making his way up the cat 1 Col des Portes at the halfway point of the 120 km stage | 
France's Anthony Colin of Roubaix Lille Metropole was first to the top of Col des Portes | 
The remaining KOM points on Col des Portes went to Rémi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ, Franck Bouyer (Fra) Team Europcar and Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar | 
The peloton crossing the top with the race leader, Thomas Voeckler, zipping up for the descent | 
Romain FEILLU leaning into the final bend with 200m to go | 
A tight, strung out finish with a bump before the line | 
Romain FEILLU (Vacansoleil) leads a strung out field sprint into Rousset just south of Aix-en-Provence | 
1st Romain FEILLU (Vacansoleil), 2nd Davide APPOLLONIO (Sky), 3 Danilo NAPOLITANO (Acqua e Sapone) | 
Some welcome good news for Vacansoleil | 
Third two weeks ago at Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise and now his first win of the year. It's also the first win for the new ProTour team, Vacansoleil-DCM |
Stage 3: Carnoux-en-Provence → La Farlede Full Results and Report
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Race leader Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) multi-tasking at the start in Carnoux-en-Provence | 
Thomas Voeckler would lose his Yellow Jersey on the last day for the pure sprinters | 
Action on and off the road | 
Justin JULES (La Pomme Marseille) on the right has given up on the sprint finish in La Farlede | 
Romain FEILLU (Vacansoleil-DCM) gets his second win in as many days while Yauheni HUTAROVICH (FDJ) nips in for second ahead of Justin JULES (La Pomme Marseille) who, apparently, is only concerned with winning | 
Things are looking up for Vacansoleil-DCM | 
Your stage 3 winner... | 
... and your new race leader |
Stage 4: La Londe Les Maures → Biot Full Results and Report
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The break led by a Movistar rider on the cat 3 Col du Pas du Cerf very early in the race. Chapeau to Anthony Rous of FDJ (second man) for staying away until the 2 km mark. | 
Peloton panoramic from the descent of Col du Pas du Cerf at km 15 | 
The Yellow Jersey under attack on the 1 km uphill finish in Biot | 
Garmin-Cervelo's Daniel Martin leads Alessandro Proni (Acqua e Sapone), Jeremie Galland (Saur-Sojasun), Davide Apollonio (Sky), Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM), Nick Nuyens (Saxo Bank-Sungard) and Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) | 
Jeremie Galland (Saur-Sojasun) now attacks up the other side of the road | 
Garmin-Cervelo's Daniel Martin and Alessandro Proni (Acqua e Sapone) | 
Davide Apollonio (Sky) ahead of Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) digging deep | 
Ho, ho... look who made his way to the front | 
Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) not only keeps his Yellow Jersey on the uphill finish... | 
... he also wins the stage, his third in a row, ahead of Davide Apollonio (Sky) | 
2nd Davide Apollonio (Sky) and 3rd Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) | 
Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM), your stage 4 winner and race leader heading into the final stage with a mountaintop finish |
Stage 5: Biot → Toulon, Mont-Faron Full Results and Report
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Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2R) attacked at the base of Mt Faron (5.5 km avg grade 9%) and later joined by David Moncoutie (Cofidis) | 
Peraud and Moncoutie neck and neck with about 1 km to go | 
The last 3 km were 10-12% | 
This gives you an idea of how steep and narrow the road is | 
Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM climbed his way to third on the day (+ 0:18) and 3rd overall | 
Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin-Cervelo closed the gap on Wout Poels and finished with the same time for 4th overall | 
Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar put in a good effort finishing 13th (+ 0:38) | 
Most people expected the Yellow Jersey to change hands today... | 
... David Moncoutie (Cofidis) wins Mont Faron and the overall | 
Not a good day for scenic shots, but this gives you an idea of the view overlooking Toulon and the Mediterranean Sea. See last year's Mont Faron photos for more scenic shots | 
Today's winner also won Mont Faron at Tour Med in 2003 | 
... and Moncoutie wins the overall by 11s over Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale and 24s over 3rd Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM |
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