| leader | |  GOSS Matthew | | OGE | | 18'41" | | 10 | |
| 1. | | Orica - GreenEDGE | | 18'41" | | 10 | |
| GOSS Matthew, TUFT Svein, LANGEVELD Sebastian, O'GRADY Stuart, MEYER Cameron | |
| 2. | | Radioshack - Nissan | | 17" | | 6 | |
| BENNATI Daniele, CANCELLARA Fabian, ROULSTON Hayden, GALLOPIN Tony, HORNER Chris | |
| 3. | | Team Garmin - Sharp | | 17" | | 3 | |
| FARRAR Tyler, TALANSKY Andrew, NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas, VANSUMMEREN Johan | |
| 4. | | Sky Procycling | | 23" | | 2 | |
| STANNARD Ian, BOASSON HAGEN Edvald, LÖFKVIST Thomas, CAVENDISH Mark, EISEL Bernhard | |
| 5. | | Astana Pro Team | | 30" | | 1 | |
| IGLINSKIY Maxim, KREUZIGER Roman, TIRALONGO Paolo, KESSIAKOFF Fredrik, GASPAROTTO Enrico, BOZIC Borut, MURAVYEV Dmitriy, PONZI Simone | |
| 6. | | Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank | | 38" | | 0 | |
| TOSATTO Matteo, SØRENSEN Nicki, BOARO Manuele, CHRISTENSEN Mads, MAJKA Rafal, TANNER David, PIRES Bruno Manuel Silva, PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira | |
| 7. | | Acqua & Sapone | | 39" | | 0 | |
| BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto, GARZELLI Stefano, DI LUCA Danilo, CODOL Massimo, TABORRE Fabio, GINANNI Francesco, MIHOLJEVIC Vladimir | |
| 8. | | Katusha Team | | 40" | | 0 | |
| IGNATIEV Mikhail, BRUTT Pavel, GUSEV Vladimir, MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel, RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim, FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar, PAOLINI Luca | |
| 9. | | Ag2r - La Mondiale | | 43" | | 0 | |
| HOUANARD Steve, GODDAERT Kristof, RIBLON Christophe, NOCENTINI Rinaldo, MONTAGUTI Matteo, BELLETTI Manuel | |
| 10. | | Lotto - Belisol | | 45" | | 0 | |
| WILLEMS Frederik, GREIPEL André, REYNES MIMO Vicente, VANENDERT Jelle, VAN DE WALLE Jurgen, SIEBERG Marcel, DOCKX Gert | |
| 11. | | Lampre - ISD | | 46" | | 0 | |
| PETACCHI Alessandro, MALORI Adriano, STORTONI Simone, HONDO Danilo, SCARPONI Michele, NIEMIEC Przemyslaw | |
| 12. | | Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | | 47" | | 0 | |
| FAVILLI Elia, POZZATO Filippo, FAILLI Francesco, CACCIA Diego, HULSMANS Kevin, MAZZANTI Luca, ASCANI Luca | |
| 13. | | Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team | | 51" | | 0 | |
| HOOGERLAND Johnny, CARRARA Matteo, SELVAGGI Mirko, DEVOLDER Stijn, MARCATO Marco, POELS Wout | |
| 14. | | OmegaPharma - Quick Step | | | | 0 | |
| VELITS Peter, CATALDO Dario, PINEAU Jérôme, PAUWELS Serge, TERPSTRA Niki | |
| 15. | | Liquigas - Cannondale | | 55" | | 0 | |
| OSS Daniel, KOREN Kristjan, SAGAN Peter, NIBALI Vincenzo, BODNAR Maciej, AGNOLI Valerio | |
| 16. | | Rabobank | | 57" | | 0 | |
| BOOM Lars, KRUIJSWIJK Steven, TANKINK Bram, BRESCHEL Matti, GARATE CEPA Juan Manuel, MARTENS Paul, MATTHEWS Michael | |
| 17. | | BMC Racing Team | | 58" | | 0 | |
| BALLAN Alessandro, EVANS Cadel, PINOTTI Marco, HINCAPIE George, VAN AVERMAET Greg | |
| 18. | | Colnago - CSF Inox | | 01'09" | | 0 | |
| POZZOVIVO Domenico, BATTAGLIN Enrico, MODOLO Sacha, PAGANI Angelo, SAVINI Filippo, BRAMBILLA Gianluca, PIRAZZI Stefano, COLEDAN Marco | |
| 19. | | Movistar Team | | 01'11" | | 0 | |
| AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey, VISCONTI Giovanni, COSTA Rui Alberto Faria, SAMOILAU Branislau, INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat, HERRADA LOPEZ Jose, VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco Jose | |
| 20. | | FDJ - BigMat | | 01'18" | | 0 | |
| GERARD Arnaud, PINOT Thibaut, VICHOT Arthur, BONNET William, VAUGRENARD Benoît | |
| 21. | | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | 01'25" | | 0 | |
| IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Ion, MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN Egoi, VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI Gorka, TXURRUKA ANSOLA Amets, OROZ UGALDE Juan Jose, URTASUN PEREZ Pablo, PEREZ MORENO Ruben | |
| 22. | | Colombia - Coldeportes | | 01'45" | | 0 | |
| PEÑA GRISALES Victor Hugo, DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres, CHAVES RUBIO Johan Esteban, PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson, CHALAPUD GOMEZ Robinson Eduardo, ATAPUMA HURTADO John Darwin, MARENTES TORRES Wilson Alexander, LAVERDE JIMENEZ Luis Felipe | |
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| - | | COOKE Baden | | OGE | | 05" | | 0 | |
| - | |  NIZZOLO Giacomo | | RNT | | 18" | | 0 | |
| - | |  MOURIS Jens | | OGE | | 20" | | 0 | |
| - | |  VAITKUS Tomas | | OGE | | 30" | | 0 | |
| - | |  HUNTER Robert | | GRS | | 35" | | 0 | |
| - | | HAYMAN Mathew | | SKY | | 36" | | 0 | |
| - | |  MONDORY Lloyd | | ALM | | 46" | | 0 | |
| - | | VIGANO Davide | | LAM | | 01'04" | | 0 | |
| - | |  DEBUSSCHERE Jens | | LTB | | 01'04" | | 0 | |
| - | |  GRABSCH Bert | | OPQ | | 01'06" | | 0 | |
| - | | TJALLINGII Maarten | | RAB | | 01'19" | | 0 | |
| - | | VAN HUMMEL Kenny | | VCD | | 01'23" | | 0 | |
| - | | NAPOLITANO Danilo | | ASA | | 01'29" | | 0 | |
| - | |  MILLAR David | | GRS | | 01'46" | | 0 | |
| - | | HINAULT Sébastien | | ALM | | 01'58" | | 0 | |
| - | | LIGTHART Pim | | VCD | | 02'03" | | 0 | |
| - | | SPEZIALETTI Alessandro | | LAM | | 02'09" | | 0 | |
| - | |  HORRACH RIPOLL Joan | | KAT | | 02'30" | | 0 | |
| - | | ROUX Anthony | | FDJ | | 02'30" | | 0 | |
| - | | WEGMANN Fabian | | GRS | | 02'43" | | 0 | |
| - | | LANDA MEANA Mikel | | EUS | | 02'46" | | 0 | |
| - | | GATTO Oscar | | FAR | | 02'53" | | 0 | |
| - | |  POPOVYCH Yaroslav | | RNT | | 03'08" | | 0 | |
| - | |  RAST Gregory | | RNT | | 03'08" | | 0 | |
| - | | STEEGMANS Gert | | OPQ | | 03'13" | | 0 | |
| - | | CIOLEK Gerald | | OPQ | | 03'13" | | 0 | |
| - | | QUINZIATO Manuel | | BMC | | 03'32" | | 0 | |
| - | | GILBERT Philippe | | BMC | | 03'32" | | 0 | |
| - | | SCHÄR Michael | | BMC | | 03'32" | | 0 | |
| - | | HUNT Jeremy | | SKY | | 03'37" | | 0 | |
| - | | SUTTON Christopher | | SKY | | 03'57" | | 0 | |
| - | |  RASCH Gabriel | | FDJ | | 04'01" | | 0 | |
| - | |  ROLLIN Dominique | | FDJ | | 04'11" | | 0 | |
| - | | LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo | | MOV | | 04'31" | | 0 | |
| - | | DA DALTO Mauro | | LIQ | | 04'34" | | 0 | |
| - | | CANUTI Federico | | LIQ | | 04'34" | | 0 | |
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| DQ | |  RASMUSSEN Alex | | GRS | | | | 0 | |
