| 11 | Hugo Sabido | BARLOWORLD | + 2'36 |
| 12 | Roman Kreuziger | MAXBO BIANCHI | + 2'38 |
| 13 | Nicolas Portal | UNE ORBITEL | + 2'40 |
| 14 | Alberto Martinez Trinidad | AGRITUBEL | + 2'41 |
| 15 | Dmitri Muravjev | DESIGNA KØKKEN | + 2'43 |
| 16 | MatÃas Médici | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | s.t. |
| 17 | Gustav Larsson | AGRITUBEL | + 2'45 |
| 18 | Santo Anza | DESIGNA KØKKEN | + 2'48 |
| 19 | David Bernabéu | NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA | + 2'49 |
| 20 | Koos Moerenhout | TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS | + 2'50 |
| 21 | Tom Stubbe | TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS | + 2'51 |
| 22 | Markus Zberg | DESIGNA KØKKEN | + 2'58 |
| 23 | Adam Hansen | TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS | s.t. |
| 24 | Bert De Waele | LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER | s.t. |
| 25 | Luis Pasamontes | TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS | s.t. |
| 26 | Johan Lindgren | UNE ORBITEL | + 3'00 |
| 27 | Danny Pate | TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS | s.t. |
| 28 | Chris Horner | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 3'01 |
| 29 | Edwin Orozco | UNE ORBITEL | + 3'02 |
| 30 | Francisco Colorado | AGRITUBEL | s.t. |
| 31 | Aleksandr Efimkin | BARLOWORLD | + 3'04 |
| 32 | Iñigo Landaluze | LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER | + 3'05 |
| 33 | Andrea Moletta | VOLKSBANK | + 3'10 |
| 34 | Tom Leezer | UNE ORBITEL | s.t. |
| 35 | Pieter Mertens | NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA | s.t. |
| 36 | Wim Van Huffel | DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM | + 3'13 |
| 37 | Burke Swindlehurst | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | s.t. |
| 38 | Aldrin Salamanca | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | + 3'16 |
| 39 | Andrew Bajadali | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 3'19 |
| 40 | Nico Mattan | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | + 3'21 |
| 41 | Ruslan Sambris | HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS | + 3'24 |
| 42 | Tiaan Kannemeyer | PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM | s.t. |
| 43 | Amets Txurruka | DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM | + 3'25 |
| 44 | Ruben Elvira Lobato | LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER | + 3'27 |
| 45 | Grégory Rast | UNE ORBITEL | s.t. |
| 46 | Ivan Rovny | MAXBO BIANCHI | + 3'30 |
| 47 | Nico Sijmens | LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER | + 3'37 |
| 48 | Martin Mata Cabello | BENFICA | + 4'09 |
| 49 | Markus Eibegger | BARLOWORLD | + 4'48 |
| 50 | David McCann | LETUA CYCLING TEAM | + 5'00 |
| 51 | Cristiano Salerno | BARLOWORLD | + 5'03 |
| 52 | Ruslan Grychenko | SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS | + 5'06 |
| 53 | Pedro Arreitunandia | BARLOWORLD | + 5'13 |
| 54 | Bradley Wiggins | LETUA CYCLING TEAM | + 5'42 |
| 55 | Jason Donald | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 5'50 |
| 56 | Vladimir Miholjevic | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | + 5'57 |
| 57 | Joseph Cooper | DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM | + 5'58 |
| 58 | Gerben Löwik | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | + 6'02 |
| 59 | Frederik Wilman | MAXBO BIANCHI | s.t. |
| 60 | Fredrik Johansson | DESIGNA KØKKEN | + 6'03 |
| 61 | Markus Eichler | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | s.t. |
| 62 | Matteo Priamo | BARLOWORLD | + 6'10 |
| 63 | Sébastien Ivars | TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS | s.t. |
| 64 | Nuno Ribeiro | BENFICA | + 6'22 |
| 65 | Florentino Marquez | BENFICA | + 6'24 |
| 66 | Daniel Moreno | BENFICA | + 6'25 |
| 67 | Gerrit Glomser | VOLKSBANK | + 6'28 |
| 68 | Matej Mugerli | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | + 6'30 |
| 69 | Chris Froome | HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS | s.t. |
| 70 | Gabriele Balducci | WIESENHOF - FELT | + 6'40 |
| 71 | Erik Hoffmann | PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM | s.t. |
| 72 | Chris Anker Sørensen | MAXBO BIANCHI | + 6'46 |
| 73 | Andreas Matzbacher | VOLKSBANK | + 6'51 |
| 74 | Martin Hacecký | MAXBO BIANCHI | s.t. |
| 75 | Timothy Duggan | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 6'59 |
| 76 | Chris Newton | BRITAIN | + 7'29 |
| 77 | Frank Høj | DESIGNA KØKKEN | + 8'08 |
| 78 | Timothy Cassidy | WIESENHOF - FELT | + 8'35 |
| 79 | Teodoro Costagli | BENFICA | + 8'37 |
| 80 | Simone Cadamuro | WIESENHOF - FELT | + 8'55 |
| 81 | Jukka Vastaranta | AGRITUBEL | + 9'47 |
| 82 | René Weissinger | VOLKSBANK | + 9'51 |
| 83 | David George | PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM | + 9'57 |
| 84 | Jay Thomson | PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM | + 10'25 |
| 85 | César Salazar | SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS | + 10'37 |
| 86 | Timothy Johnson | SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS | + 10'48 |
| 87 | Christophe Riblon | CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE | + 13'04 |
| 88 | Kevin Ista | WIESENHOF - FELT | + 13'11 |
| 89 | Romain Feillu | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | + 13'31 |
| 90 | Mike Friedman | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 14'17 |
| 91 | Igor Abakoumov | NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA | + 14'39 |
| 92 | Danilo Wyss | WIESENHOF - FELT | + 14'56 |
| 93 | Tommy Zaini | SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS | + 15'02 |
| 94 | Sebastian Lang | DESIGNA KØKKEN | + 15'54 |
| 95 | Mark Jamieson | SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS | + 17'59 |
| 96 | Florian Stalder | VOLKSBANK | + 18'30 |
| 97 | Victor Gomes Colinas | BENFICA | + 19'50 |
| 98 | Roger Hammond | LETUA CYCLING TEAM | + 19'51 |
| 99 | Ivan Dominguez | LETUA CYCLING TEAM | + 19'59 |
| 100 | Gian Piero Signorini | BENFICA | s.t. |
| 101 | Robert Hamish Haynes | BRITAIN | + 20'31 |
| 102 | Marco Guillén | HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS | + 20'53 |
| 103 | John Murphy | HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS | + 20'54 |
| 104 | Jeremy Hunt | NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA | + 21'00 |
| 105 | Andy Cappelle | LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER | + 21'17 |
| 106 | Daniel Lloyd | LETUA CYCLING TEAM | + 21'22 |
| 107 | Daniel Stenkjær | MAXBO BIANCHI | + 21'31 |
| 108 | Edmund Hollands | DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM | + 21'59 |
| 109 | Fumiyuki Beppu | NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA | + 22'00 |
| 110 | Stephen Gallagher | VOLKSBANK | + 22'21 |
| 111 | Aleksei Markov | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | + 22'26 |
| 112 | Yasuharu Nakajima | NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA | + 22'27 |
| 113 | Stefan Van Dijk | WIESENHOF - FELT | + 23'14 |
| 114 | Luke Rowe | BRITAIN | + 24'38 |
| 115 | Adam Blythe | BRITAIN | + 25'46 |
| 116 | Kieran Page | BRITAIN | + 26'03 |
| 117 | Jens Erik Madsen | DESIGNA KØKKEN | + 26'05 |
| 118 | Matti Helminen | DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED | + 28'49 |
| 119 | Jérémie Ouédraogo | PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM | + 28'58 |
| 120 | Steven Cozza | TEAM SLIPSTREAM | + 29'29 |
| 121 | Martijn Lust | UNE ORBITEL | + 33'02 |
| 122 | Mohammad Umardi Rosdi | LETUA CYCLING TEAM | + 33'14 |
| 123 | Mariusz Wiesiak | NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA | + 35'37 |
| 124 | Vasilis Anastopoulos | HEALTH NET PRESENTED BY MAXXIS | + 40'35 |
| 125 | Lars Pria | DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM | + 41'45 |
| 126 | Patrick Riedesser | VOLKSBANK | + 43'03 |
| 127 | Artur Gajek | WIESENHOF - FELT | + 43'33 |
| 128 | Jacques Fullard | PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM | + 46'02 |
| 129 | Stian Sommerseth | MAXBO BIANCHI | + 47'29 |
| 130 | Andrew Tennant | BRITAIN | + 48'30 |
| 131 | Marius Nicolae Stoica | DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM | + 49'22 |
| 132 | Simon Clarke | SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS | + 51'54 |
| 133 | Alexandru Pulpa | DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM | + 53'54 |
| 134 | Peter Kennaugh | BRITAIN | + 54'15 |
| 135 | Brett Aitken | SOUTHAUSTRALIA.COM - AIS | + 1h03'11 |
| 136 | Omar Difelice | PCMDAILY - JOBS.COM | + 1h04'34 |