| leader | |  BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | | SKY | | 09'41" | | 6 | |
| 1. | | Sky Professional Cycling Team | | 09'41" | | 5 | |
| BOASSON HAGEN Edvald, FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio, WIGGINS Bradley, THOMAS Geraint, NORDHAUG Lars Petter | |
| 2. | | Garmin - Transitions | | 08" | | 2 | |
| FARRAR Tyler, MAASKANT Martijn, FISCHER Murilo Antonio, TUFT Svein, VANSUMMEREN Johan, CARLSEN Kirk | |
| 3. | | Team Saxo Bank | | 13" | | 1 | |
| O'GRADY Stuart, HØJ Frank, BRESCHEL Matti, HAEDO Juan Jose, KLEMME Dominic, HAEDO Lucas Sebastian | |
| 4. | | Team HTC - Columbia | | 18" | | 0 | |
| GOSS Matthew, EISEL Bernhard, VELITS Martin, GRETSCH Patrick, BAK Lars Ytting, GHYSELINCK Jan, HANSEN Adam | |
| 5. | | Quick Step | | 20" | | 0 | |
| BOONEN Tom, WYNANTS Maarten, VELO Marco, TOSATTO Matteo, VAN IMPE Kevin | |
| 6. | | Saur - Sojasun | | 21" | | 0 | |
| LEMOINE Cyril, MARTIAS Rony, COUTOULY Cédric, MANGEL Laurent, ENGOULVENT Jimmy, CASPER Jimmy, MATHEOU Romain | |
| 7. | | Liquigas - Doimo | | 21" | | 0 | |
| BENNATI Daniele, CHICCHI Francesco, OSS Daniel, QUINZIATO Manuel, PATERSKI Maciej, SANTAROMITA Ivan, CIMOLAI Davide | |
| 8. | | BMC Racing Team | | 21" | | 0 | |
| BALLAN Alessandro, SCHÄR Michael, ZAHNER Simon, MURPHY John, BURGHARDT Marcus, KOHLER Martin, STEWART Jackson | |
| 9. | | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | | 22" | | 0 | |
| FEILLU Romain, WESTRA Lieuwe, VAN GROEN Arnoud, RUIJGH Rob, MOL Wouter | |
| 10. | | Team Milram | | 25" | | 0 | |
| SCHRÖDER Björn, KNAVEN Servais, DE VOCHT Wim, KLUGE Roger, CIOLEK Gerald, WROLICH Peter, SENTJENS Roy | |
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| - | |  DOWNING Russell | | SKY | | 02" | | 0 | |
| - | |  COOKE Baden | | SAX | | 18" | | 0 | |
| - | | STANNARD Ian | | SKY | | 24" | | 0 | |
| - | |  POULHIES Stéphane | | SAU | | 26" | | 0 | |
