Tour de France Live Blog 2013 12:21am: So, the rest of the points as the peloton crossed the line: Greipel 10 points, Cavendish 9 points, Sagan 8, Boeckmans 7, Goss 6, Bouhanni 5, Sabatini 4, Steegmans 3, Chavanel 2, and Hiver 1 point ... 12:11am: There was a bit of talk earlier about the Corsican flag. Here's a closer look: The pack passes a flag featuring a Moor's head, the Corsican emblem, during the first stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France. 12:00am: Lars Boom, Belkin Procycling Team, first for 20 points. Juan Antonio Flecha, Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team, second, 17 points. Cyril Lemoine, Sojasun, third, 15 points. 11:50pm: And finally, a bit of excitement with 4km to the intermediate sprint. In the breakaway: Juan Antonio Flecha, Lars Boom, Cyril Lemoine, Juan Jose Lobato, Jerome Cousin ... 11:48pm: On the eve of this year's Tour, Lance Armstrong popped up again to say the Tour couldn't be won by a clean rider. He meant, during the years in which he was racing. It attracted a lot of attention. Here's Rupert Guinness reporting on what Cadel Evans' teammate, Tejay Van Garderen, had to say. 11:43pm: Ohhh ... kayyyyy! Spectators on home trainers cheer as the pack passes in Ghisonaccia during the first stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France. 11:23pm: This being the 100th edition, what about the first Tour de France? Won by Maurice Garin. 2428km in SIX stages, most in the 400km zone. Appalling roads, no support, a few days to finish each stage, single speed bike. Average speed for the winner? 25.6km/h. 11:16pm: And there he is. The 16th Tour for Jens Voigt aka "the Jensie," who turns 42 this year. He's worth following on Twitter ... 11:03pm: If you've just joined us, here's a poll you might to click. More than 10 per cent of you are backing a rider not listed in the poll (or just being cheeky). This is an all singing, all interacting blog BTW ... there is a comments field down below. Poll: Who will win the yellow jersey in this year's Tour de France? Chris Froome Alberto Contador Cadel Evans Richie Porte Joaquim Rodriguez Tejay Van Garderen Thibaut Pinot Alejandro Valverde Someone else and I can't believe you left him out Total votes: 293. 10:41pm: Posters of previous winners of the Tour. On the right, Sir Bradley Wiggins, who hasn't returned to defend his title, citing a knee injury. Hence, Chris Froome is wearing #1. Spectators are seen walking through an exhibition of winners of the race from previous years before the start of stage one of the 2013 Tour de France. 10:38pm: What you don't see on TV. The publicity caravans that precede the cyclists. The publicity caravan makes its way on the course before the start of stage one of the 2013 Tour de France, a 213km road stage from Porto-Vecchio to Bastia. 10:15pm: All right, early poll. Much talk of Froome being the out and out favourite. What do you reckon?