| | leader | |  | | ARMSTRONG Lance | | USP | | 9h57'25" | | 10 | |
| | 1. | |  | | BOTERO ECHEVERRY Santiago | | KEL | | 52'30" | | 35 | |
| | 2. | | | | ARMSTRONG Lance | | USP | | 42" | | 25 | |
| | 3. | |  | | ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar | | EUS | | 01'49" | | 15 | |
| | 4. | |  | | MCGEE Bradley | | FDJ | | 02'12" | | 10 | |
| | 5. | |  | | ROUS Didier | | BJR | | 02'23" | | 5 | |
| | 6. | |  | | MILLAR David | | COF | | 02'30" | | 3 | |
| | 7. | | | | VAUGHTERS Jonathan | | C.A | | 02'39" | | 0 | |
| | 8. | |  | | BRUSEGHIN Marzio | | BAN | | 02'42" | | 0 | |
| | 9. | | | | MOREAU Christophe | | C.A | | 02'44" | | 0 | |
| | 10. | | | | PEÑA GRISALES Victor Hugo | | USP | | 02'50" | | 0 | |
| | 11. | | | | MORIN Anthony | | C.A | | 02'57" | | 0 | |
| | 12. | | | | TAULER LLULL Antonio | | KEL | | 02'58" | | 0 | |
| | 13. | |  | | MENCHOV Denis | | BAN | | 03'03" | | 0 | |
| | 14. | | | | SEVILLA RIVERA Oscar Miguel | | KEL | | 03'21" | | 0 | |
| | 15. | | | | PERON Andrea | | CSC | | 03'23" | | 0 | |
| | 16. | | | | DURAND Jacky | | FDJ | | 03'25" | | 0 | |
| | 17. | | | | LANDIS Floyd | | USP | | 03'25" | | 0 | |
| | 18. | | | | LEFEVRE Laurent | | DEL | | 03'32" | | 0 | |
| | 19. | |  | | VAN GOOLEN Jurgen | | DOM | | 03'47" | | 0 | |
| | 20. | | | | CHAURREAU BERNARDEZ Iñigo | | A2R | | 03'49" | | 0 | |
| | 21. | |  | | KIVILEV Andrey | | COF | | 03'50" | | 0 | |
| | 22. | | | | VIRENQUE Richard | | DOM | | 03'50" | | 0 | |
| | 23. | | | | BERNARD Jérôme | | DEL | | 04'03" | | 0 | |
| | 24. | | | | PORTAL Nicolas | | A2R | | 04'05" | | 0 | |
| | 25. | | | | KINTANA ZARATE Aitor | | BIG | | 04'06" | | 0 | |
| | 26. | | | | VAN DE WOUWER Kurt | | LOT | | 04'07" | | 0 | |
| | 27. | | | | GARCIA CASAS Felix Manuel | | BIG | | 04'09" | | 0 | |
| | 28. | | | | SIVAKOV Aleksey | | BIG | | 04'14" | | 0 | |
| | 29. | | | | VASSEUR Cédric | | COF | | 04'22" | | 0 | |
| | 30. | | | | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | | USP | | 04'27" | | 0 | |
