| | leader | |  | | JULICH Bobby | | CSC | | 14h18'18" | | 10 | |
| | 1. | |  | | SIMONI Gilberto | | LAM | | 4h07'27" | | 35 | |
| | 2. | |  | | EVANS Cadel | | DVL | | 19" | | 25 | |
| | 3. | |  | | MONCOUTIE David | | COF | | 19" | | 15 | |
| | 4. | |  | | GOMEZ MARCHANTE Jose Angel | | SDV | | 22" | | 10 | |
| | 5. | | | | PELLIZOTTI Franco | | LIQ | | 25" | | 5 | |
| | 6. | | | | VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro | | IBA | | 33" | | 3 | |
| | 7. | | | | PIEPOLI Leonardo | | SDV | | 33" | | 0 | |
| | 8. | | | | ZABALLA GUTIERREZ Constantino | | SDV | | 33" | | 0 | |
| | 9. | | | | REBELLIN Davide | | GST | | 36" | | 0 | |
| | 10. | | | | JULICH Bobby | | CSC | | 41" | | 0 | |
| | 11. | |  | | JAKSCHE Jörg | | LSW | | 44" | | 0 | |
| | 12. | | | | CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto | | LSW | | 51" | | 0 | |
| | 13. | |  | | SCHLECK Fränk | | CSC | | 01'08" | | 0 | |
| | 14. | |  | | LÖFKVIST Thomas | | FDJ | | 01'08" | | 0 | |
| | 15. | | | | VOIGT Jens | | CSC | | 01'08" | | 0 | |
| | 16. | |  | | POPOVYCH Yaroslav | | DSC | | 01'22" | | 0 | |
| | 17. | | | | BELTRAN MARTINEZ Manuel | | DSC | | 01'22" | | 0 | |
| | 18. | |  | | BARANOWSKI Dariusz | | LSW | | 01'22" | | 0 | |
| | 19. | | | | GOUBERT Stéphane | | A2R | | 01'22" | | 0 | |
| | 20. | | | | RUBIERA VIGIL Jose Luis | | DSC | | 01'22" | | 0 | |
| | 21. | |  | | AERTS Mario | | DVL | | 01'27" | | 0 | |
| | 22. | | | | VILA ERRANDONEA Patxi Javier | | LAM | | 01'27" | | 0 | |
| | 23. | |  | | IGLINSKIY Maxim | | DOM | | 01'32" | | 0 | |
| | 24. | |  | | VALJAVEC Tadej | | PHO | | 01'42" | | 0 | |
| | 25. | | | | CUESTA LOPEZ DE CASTRO Iñigo | | SDV | | 01'42" | | 0 | |
| | 26. | | | | VOECKLER Thomas | | BTL | | 01'42" | | 0 | |
| | 27. | | | | CIONI Dario David | | LIQ | | 01'47" | | 0 | |
| | 28. | |  | | DEKKER Erik | | RAB | | 01'53" | | 0 | |
| | 29. | | | | VINOKUROV Alexandr | | TMO | | 01'55" | | 0 | |
| | 30. | |  | | PETROV Evgeny | | LAM | | 01'58" | | 0 | |
