Stage 1: Limoux → Gruissan, 147 km Full Results and Report
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Winter fashion at Tour of Med; Romain Zingle in the 2013 Cofidis winter kit and a bulbous helmet | 
Lone man (Jose Goncalves, La Pomme Marseille) dangling off the front as the race enters Gruissan | 
Peloton packed together setting up for a mass sprint | 
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The back of the bus | 
The sprint finish in full-flight | 
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) wins stage 1 ahead of Italian Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling) and Frenchman Maxime Daniel (Sojasun) | 
Up from Down Under, warm or cold, Greipel wins again early in the year | 
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One of the GC favorites, Jean Christophe Péraud (AG2R), didn't get off to a good start... | 
... but he finished unlike Andy Schleck who didn't waste anytime abandoning another race | 
André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) dons the first leader's jersey | 
With a TT on Stage 2, this will likely be André Greipel's only leader's jersey this week |
Stage 2: Cap d'Agde → Sete, 24 km (TT) Full Results and Report
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Booming through with the best time on the 24 individual time-trial with an uphill finish... | 
Lars Boom (Blanco) wins the 24 km ITT by a healthy 22s after doing a 'cross-style bike change at the foot of the final climb' | 
Lars Boom (Blanco) on a road bike for the finishing climb (max 15%) | 
4th Thomas Lövkvist (IAM Cycling) + 43s | 
6th Bob Jungels (Lux) RadioShack Leopard + 51s | 
13th Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff + 1:17 | 
14th Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale + 1:18 | 
Big Mat rider with the Med. Sea in the background | 
The race leader after stage 1, André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol was 81st + 2:58 | 
A nice shot of Mateusz Taciak (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice. Nevermind he finished 152nd + 12:17. | 
Lars Boom (Blanco) easily won today's Stage 2 ITT after swithcing to a standard road bike near the finish | 
Everyone loves a winner... | 
Your new race leader, Lars Boom (Blanco) by 22s heading into Saturday's Stage 4 (Stage 3 has been canceled) |
Stage 3: Marseille → Saint Remy de Provence, 159 km Full Results and Report
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Stage 3 was canceled |
Stage 4: Rousset → Toulon (Mt Faron), 145 km Full Results and Report
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Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r La Mondiale) attacked shortly after the start of the 5.5 km long (average 9%) climb to Mont Faron | 
3rd Bauke MOLLEMA (BLANCO) + 24s | 
4th Matteo MONTAGUTI (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 31s | 
9th Nicolas ROCHE (TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF) + 44s and 8th Davide REBELLIN (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) + 41s | 
11th Thibaut PINOT (FDJ) + 45s | 
17th + 54s was good enough for Maxime MONFORT (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) to move into the race lead | 
27th Lars BOOM (BLANCO) + 1:17 was almost good enough to retain the race lead. He's just 1s back in second now. | 
1st Jean-Christophe PERAUD (AG2R LA MONDIALE) in 3:33:12 and now 4th overall just + 2s | 
2nd Francesco REDA (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) + 19s... | 
Francesco REDA (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) moves up to 6th overall + 26s | 
6th Thomas LÖVKVIST (IAM CYCLING) + 35s and now 3rd overall + 2s | 
Frenchman Jean-Christophe PERAUD (AG2R LA MONDIALE) and ex-mountain biker, winner of this year's first mountaintop finish in Europe | 
Your stage 4 winner Jean-Christophe PERAUD (AG2R LA MONDIALE) | 
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Maxime MONFORT (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) will take a slim 1s race lead over Lars BOOM and a 2s lead over of PERAUD and LÖVKVIST into the final stage |
Stage 5: Bandol → Grasse, 192 km Full Results and Report
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Jürgen Roelandts (Lotto-Belisol) was the last man standing as the peloton fragmented on the run into Grasse. For the second stage in a row, Francesco Reda (Androni Giocattoli) was second + 4s. | 
“It was a tough stage today. In the end there was a group of about thirty riders left,” Roelandts said of the win. “Seven of us could take off after a climb in the final. The final kilometre went uphill and then the strongest man won.” -- read more on velonation | 
Thomas Lövkvist (IAM Cycling) crossed 7th +17s which makes him the overall winner | 
Your stage 5 winner, Jürgen Roelandts (Lotto-Belisol) capping off an exciting race. | 
Thomas Lövkvist (IAM Cycling) dons the Yellow Jersey when it counts most; the race lead changed hands after every stage just like every race organizer could hope for. Too bad there wasn't no live video for any of the stages. | 
It's been four years since Thomas Lövkvist (IAM Cycling) has been kissed after a race including the three unsuccessful years he spent with Sky Procycling |
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