| leader | |  NIBALI Vincenzo | | LIQ | | 10h44'00" | | 18 | |
| 1. | | Liquigas - Doimo | | 36'37" | | 17 | |
| AGNOLI Valerio, NIBALI Vincenzo, KISERLOVSKI Robert, DALL'ANTONIA Tiziano, BASSO Ivan, SZMYD Sylwester | |
| 2. | | Sky Professional Cycling Team | | 13" | | 10 | |
| BARRY Michael, WIGGINS Bradley, CUMMINGS Stephen, CIONI Dario David, HENDERSON Gregory | |
| 3. | | Team HTC - Columbia | | 21" | | 6 | |
| GOSS Matthew, PINOTTI Marco, LEWIS Craig, RABON Frantisek, GREIPEL André | |
| 4. | | Team Katusha | | 27" | | 3 | |
| POZZATO Filippo, PETROV Evgeny, KARPETS Vladimir, HORRACH RIPOLL Joan, CARUSO Giampaolo | |
| 5. | | Astana | | 38" | | 2 | |
| TIRALONGO Paolo, GRIVKO Andriy, VINOKOUROV Alexandr, JUFRE POU Josep, STANGELJ Gorazd | |
| 6. | | Cervélo Test Team | | 38" | | 1 | |
| WYSS Marcel, KONOVALOVAS Ignatas, TONDO VOLPINI Xavier, CUESTA LOPEZ DE CASTRO Iñigo, GUSTOV Volodymyr, SASTRE CANDIL Carlos | |
| 7. | | OmegaPharma - Lotto | | 46" | | 1 | |
| MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel, BAKELANTS Jan, LANG Sebastian, DE GREEF Francis, LLOYD Matthew, WEGELIUS Charles, KAISEN Olivier | |
| 8. | | Garmin - Transitions | | 49" | | 0 | |
| TUFT Svein, MILLAR David, MEYER Cameron, MARTIN Daniel, BOBRIDGE Jack | |
| 9. | | Team Saxo Bank | | 50" | | 0 | |
| PORTE Richie, MØRKØV CHRISTENSEN Michael, COOKE Baden, SØRENSEN Chris Anker, LARSSON Gustav Erik, SØRENSEN Nicki, DIDIER Laurent | |
| 10. | | Team Milram | | 57" | | 0 | |
| FOTHEN Markus, GERDEMANN Linus, ROHREGGER Thomas, ROELS Dominik, ROBERTS Luke | |
| 11. | | Rabobank | | 01'04" | | 0 | |
| VAN EMDEN Jos, BROWN Graeme, MOLLEMA Bauke, STAMSNIJDER Tom, WEENING Pieter, ARDILA CANO Mauricio Alberto | |
| 12. | | BMC Racing Team | | 01'21" | | 0 | |
| EVANS Cadel, SANTAMBROGIO Mauro, SCHÄR Michael, WYSS Danilo, MURPHY John, BOOKWALTER Brent | |
| 13. | | Lampre - Farnese Vini | | 01'43" | | 0 | |
| PETACCHI Alessandro, BONO Matteo, CUNEGO Damiano, HONDO Danilo, MARZANO Marco, SIMONI Gilberto | |
| 14. | | Footon - Servetto | | 02'03" | | 0 | |
| CAPECCHI Eros, MAYOZ ETXEBERRIA Iban, CHEULA Giampaolo, BRÄNDLE Matthias, EIBEGGER Markus | |
| 15. | | Colnago - CSF Inox | | 02'08" | | 0 | |
| PIRAZZI Stefano, POZZOVIVO Domenico, STORTONI Simone, MARANGONI Alan, CANUTI Federico, BELLETTI Manuel, BISOLTI Alessandro, MODOLO Sacha | |
| 16. | | Quick Step | | 02'15" | | 0 | |
| CATALDO Dario, PINEAU Jérôme, SAMOILAU Branislau, VELO Marco, WEYLANDT Wouter, REDA Francesco | |
| 17. | | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | | 02'19" | | 0 | |
| VOECKLER Thomas, BONNET William, TSCHOPP Johann, GAUDIN Damien, TROFIMOV Yury | |
| 18. | | Caisse d'Epargne | | 02'21" | | 0 | |
| ARROYO DURAN David, URAN URAN Rigoberto, LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto, BRUSEGHIN Marzio, AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey | |
| 19. | | Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni | | 02'24" | | 0 | |
| WURF Cameron, BERTOGLIATI Rubens, SERPA PEREZ Jose Rodolfo, SCARPONI Michele, RODRIGUEZ ORTIZ Jackson Jesus | |
| 20. | | Cofidis, le Crédit en Ligne | | 02'29" | | 0 | |
| DUQUE Leonardo Fabio, MONIER Damien, KRIIT Kalle, FOUCHARD Julien, CUSIN Rémi, MONCOUTIE David, SIJMENS Nico, BUFFAZ Mickaël | |
| 21. | | Acqua & Sapone - D'Angelo & Antenucci | | 02'39" | | 0 | |
| GARZELLI Stefano, CODOL Massimo, MASCIARELLI Francesco, SARMIENTO TUNARROSA Jose Cayetano, FAILLI Francesco | |
| 22. | | Ag2r La Mondiale | | 02'50" | | 0 | |
| KRIVTSOV Yuriy, EFIMKIN Aleksandr, MANDRI René, BONNAFOND Guillaume, TURPIN Ludovic, DUPONT Hubert, RAVARD Anthony, GADRET John | |
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| - | |  BODNAR Maciej | | LIQ | | 04" | | 0 | |
| - | | VANOTTI Alessandro | | LIQ | | 27" | | 0 | |
| - | |  ALBASINI Michael | | THR | | 37" | | 0 | |
| - | |  KIREYEV Roman | | AST | | 49" | | 0 | |
| - | | MAZZANTI Luca | | KAT | | 55" | | 0 | |
| - | |  KLIMOV Sergey | | KAT | | 55" | | 0 | |
| - | |  REYNES MIMO Vicente | | THR | | 58" | | 0 | |
| - | |  HANSEN Adam | | THR | | 58" | | 0 | |
| - | | IGNATIEV Mikhail | | KAT | | 01'03" | | 0 | |
| - | |  RUSS Matthias | | MRM | | 01'07" | | 0 | |
| - | |  KRUIJSWIJK Steven | | RAB | | 01'07" | | 0 | |
| - | | SABATINI Fabio | | LIQ | | 01'17" | | 0 | |
| - | | ELIJZEN Michiel | | OLO | | 01'25" | | 0 | |
| - | |  FARRAR Tyler | | GRM | | 01'54" | | 0 | |
| - | |  FROOME Chris | | SKY | | 02'14" | | 0 | |
| - | | POSSONI Morris | | SKY | | 02'21" | | 0 | |
| - | | RIGHI Daniele | | LAM | | 02'21" | | 0 | |
| - | | TOSATTO Matteo | | QST | | 02'23" | | 0 | |
| - | | SIEBERG Marcel | | THR | | 02'26" | | 0 | |
| - | |  OCHOA Carlos Jose | | AND | | 02'28" | | 0 | |
| - | |  KIRYIENKA Vasil | | GCE | | 02'31" | | 0 | |
| - | | ENGELS Addy | | QST | | 02'35" | | 0 | |
| - | | MCEWEN Robbie | | KAT | | 02'36" | | 0 | |
| - | | ZANDIO ECHAIDE Xabier | | GCE | | 02'36" | | 0 | |
| - | |  ARASHIRO Yukiya | | BTL | | 02'42" | | 0 | |
| - | |  MIHOLJEVIC Vladimir | | ASA | | 02'53" | | 0 | |
| - | | ANDRIOTTO Dario | | ASA | | 02'57" | | 0 | |
| - | | FLENS Rick | | RAB | | 03'04" | | 0 | |
| - | | VOSS Paul | | MRM | | 03'12" | | 0 | |
| - | | FÖRSTER Robert | | MRM | | 03'12" | | 0 | |
| - | |  HAEDO Lucas Sebastian | | SAX | | 03'13" | | 0 | |
| - | | SPEZIALETTI Alessandro | | LAM | | 03'15" | | 0 | |
| - | | LOOSLI David | | LAM | | 03'15" | | 0 | |
| - | | BERTAGNOLLI Leonardo | | AND | | 03'18" | | 0 | |
| - | | FACCI Mauro | | QST | | 03'24" | | 0 | |
| - | | KOZONTCHUK Dmitry | | RAB | | 03'25" | | 0 | |
| - | | SUTTON Christopher | | SKY | | 03'30" | | 0 | |
| - | | HAYMAN Mathew | | SKY | | 03'31" | | 0 | |
| - | | GASPAROTTO Enrico | | AST | | 03'50" | | 0 | |
| - | | DONATI Alessandro | | ASA | | 04'09" | | 0 | |
| - | | BERTOLINI Alessandro | | AND | | 04'24" | | 0 | |
| - | |  JEANNESSON Arnold | | GCE | | 04'33" | | 0 | |
| - | |  RASCH Gabriel | | CTT | | 04'44" | | 0 | |
| - | | LLOYD Daniel | | CTT | | 04'44" | | 0 | |
| - | | KING Edward | | CTT | | 04'45" | | 0 | |
| - | | IGLINSKIY Valentin | | AST | | 04'45" | | 0 | |
| - | |  LUND Anders | | SAX | | 04'46" | | 0 | |
| - | | DYACHENKO Alexandr | | AST | | 04'46" | | 0 | |
| - | | FRAPPORTI Marco | | COG | | 04'49" | | 0 | |
| - | | MERLO Michele | | FOT | | 04'53" | | 0 | |
| - | | MASCIARELLI Andrea | | ASA | | 04'57" | | 0 | |
| - | | STALDER Florian | | BMC | | 05'43" | | 0 | |
| - | | CAPELLI Ermanno | | FOT | | 05'43" | | 0 | |
| - | | LOUDER Jeff | | BMC | | 05'43" | | 0 | |
| - | | PEDERSEN Martin | | FOT | | 05'43" | | 0 | |
| - | | CORTI Marco | | FOT | | 05'44" | | 0 | |
| - | |  DEAN Julian | | GRM | | 05'47" | | 0 | |
| - | |  FISCHER Murilo Antonio | | GRM | | 05'47" | | 0 | |
| - | | WEGMANN Fabian | | MRM | | 05'51" | | 0 | |
| - | | CHARTEAU Anthony | | BTL | | 06'37" | | 0 | |
| - | | LE FLOCH Guillaume | | BTL | | 06'37" | | 0 | |
| - | | LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo | | GCE | | 06'58" | | 0 | |
| - | | BLYTHE Adam | | OLO | | 07'07" | | 0 | |
| - | | BLOT Guillaume | | COF | | 07'19" | | 0 | |
| - | | LODDO Alberto | | AND | | 07'21" | | 0 | |
| - | | HINAULT Sébastien | | ALM | | 07'41" | | 0 | |
| - | | CLAUDE Mathieu | | BTL | | 08'06" | | 0 | |
