| leader | | CAVENDISH Mark | | OPQ | | 20'13" | | 11 | |
| 1. | | OmegaPharma - Quick Step Cycling Team | | 20'13" | | 11 | |
| CAVENDISH Mark, KWIATKOWSKI Michal, URAN URAN Rigoberto, RENSHAW Mark, POELS Wout | |
| 2. | | Orica - GreenEDGE | | 11" | | 7 | |
| IMPEY Daryl, CLARKE Simon, DURBRIDGE Luke, TUFT Svein, HEPBURN Michael, SANTAROMITA Ivan, MEYER Cameron | |
| 3. | | Movistar Team | | 18" | | 4 | |
| INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat, MALORI Adriano, CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan, QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander, AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey, DOWSETT Alex, CAPECCHI Eros | |
| 4. | | Tinkoff - Saxo | | 24" | | 2 | |
| BOARO Manuele, ROCHE Nicolas, BENNATI Daniele, KREUZIGER Roman, PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira, CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto | |
| 5. | | Cannondale | | 26" | | 1 | |
| SAGAN Peter, MOSER Moreno, BASSO Ivan, GATTO Oscar, KOREN Kristijan, BODNAR Maciej, MARANGONI Alan | |
| 6. | | Team Sky | | 27" | | 0 | |
| CATALDO Dario, KENNAUGH Peter, WIGGINS Bradley, PORTE Richie, SIUTSOU Kanstantsin, NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel | |
| 7. | | Lotto - Belisol | | 28" | | 0 | |
| VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen, DE CLERCQ Bart, GREIPEL André, ROELANDTS Jürgen, SIEBERG Marcel | |
| 8. | | Trek Factory Racing | | 36" | | 0 | |
| IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel, DEVOLDER Stijn, ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David, CANCELLARA Fabian, SERGENT Jesse, KISERLOVSKI Robert, ROULSTON Hayden | |
| 9. | | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | | 37" | | 0 | |
| MOLLEMA Bauke, GESINK Robert, GOOS Marc, TJALLINGII Maarten, TANKINK Bram, WAGNER Robert | |
| 10. | | FDJ.fr | | 43" | | 0 | |
| DELAGE Mickaël, DEMARE Arnaud, GENIEZ Alexandre, OFFREDO Yoann, BOUCHER David, PINOT Thibaut | |
| 11. | | BMC Racing Team | | 47" | | 0 | |
| SCHÄR Michael, HERMANS Ben, QUINZIATO Manuel, MORABITO Steve, NERZ Dominik, GILBERT Philippe, WYSS Danilo, EVANS Cadel | |
| 12. | | IAM Cycling | | 50" | | 0 | |
| ELMIGER Martin, LÖFKVIST Thomas, WYSS Marcel, KLEMME Dominic, BRÄNDLE Matthias, KLUGE Roger, HAUSSLER Heinrich | |
| 13. | | Ag2r La Mondiale | | 53" | | 0 | |
| APPOLLONIO Davide, MONTAGUTI Matteo, NOCENTINI Rinaldo, POZZOVIVO Domenico, MONDORY Lloyd, PERAUD Jean-Christophe | |
| 14. | | Team NetApp - Endura | | 53" | | 0 | |
| DEMPSTER Zakkari, BENNETT Sam, MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto, DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David, CAMAÑO ORTUZAR Iker, VOSS Paul, BENEDETTI Cesare, HUZARSKI Bartosz | |
| 15. | | Lampre - Merida | | 53" | | 0 | |
| POZZATO Filippo, ULISSI Diego, MORI Manuele, CUNEGO Damiano, HORNER Chris, RICHEZE ARAQUISTAIN Maximiliano Ariel | |
| 16. | | Astana Pro Team | | 54" | | 0 | |
| GRIVKO Andriy, SCARPONI Michele, KANGERT Tanel, IGLINSKIY Maxim, LUTSENKO Alexey | |
| 17. | | Team Giant - Shimano | | 55" | | 0 | |
| VEELERS Tom, KITTEL Marcel, GESCHKE Simon, LUDVIGSSON Tobias, CURVERS Roy, DUMOULIN Tom | |
| 18. | | Garmin - Sharp | | 01'04" | | 0 | |
| KING Benjamin, TALANSKY Andrew, BAUER Jack, MARTIN Daniel, DEKKER Thomas, NUYENS Nick | |
| 19. | | Team Katusha | | 01'06" | | 0 | |
| VICIOSO ARCOS Angel, MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel, KOLOBNEV Aleksandr, GUSEV Vladimir, CARUSO Giampaolo, BELKOV Maxim, KOZONTCHUK Dmitry, PAOLINI Luca | |
| 20. | | Bardiani - CSF | | 01'17" | | 0 | |
| COLEDAN Marco, BOEM Nicola, COLBRELLI Sonny, PIRAZZI Stefano, CANOLA Marco, FORTIN Filippo | |
| 21. | | MTN - Qhubeka | | 01'19" | | 0 | |
| VENTER Jaco, THOMSON Jay Robert, SBARAGLI Kristian, PARDILLA BELLON Sergio, CIOLEK Gerald, TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel Girmazion, KONOVALOVAS Ignatas | |
| 22. | | Team Europcar | | 01'31" | | 0 | |
| PICHOT Alexandre, ARASHIRO Yukiya, THURAU Björn, ROLLAND Pierre, MALACARNE Davide, SICARD Romain, JEROME Vincent | |
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| - | | PETACCHI Alessandro | | OPQ | | 02" | | 0 | |
| - | | MARTIN Tony | | OPQ | | 03" | | 0 | |
| - | | STANNARD Ian | | SKY | | 29" | | 0 | |
| - | | HANSEN Adam | | LTB | | 30" | | 0 | |
| - | | MOURIS Jens | | OGE | | 37" | | 0 | |
| - | | POPOVYCH Yaroslav | | TFR | | 38" | | 0 | |
| - | | TOSATTO Matteo | | TCS | | 45" | | 0 | |
| - | | BRAJKOVIC Janez | | AST | | 56" | | 0 | |
| - | | GAUDIN Damien | | ALM | | 56" | | 0 | |
| - | | GRETSCH Patrick | | ALM | | 56" | | 0 | |
| - | | MODOLO Sacha | | LAM | | 57" | | 0 | |
| - | | TRENTIN Matteo | | OPQ | | 01'07" | | 0 | |
| - | | LEEZER Tom | | BEL | | 01'11" | | 0 | |
| - | | WILLEMS Frederik | | LTB | | 01'12" | | 0 | |
| - | | BONNET William | | FDJ | | 01'16" | | 0 | |
| - | | EISEL Bernhard | | SKY | | 01'17" | | 0 | |
| - | | RUFFONI Nicola | | BAR | | 01'19" | | 0 | |
| - | | MILLAR David | | GRS | | 01'25" | | 0 | |
| - | | ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor | | MOV | | 01'40" | | 0 | |
| - | | HUREL Tony | | EUC | | 01'54" | | 0 | |
| - | | ARNDT Nikias | | GIA | | 01'57" | | 0 | |
| - | | VANMARCKE Sep | | BEL | | 02'05" | | 0 | |
| - | | CIMOLAI Davide | | LAM | | 02'07" | | 0 | |
| - | | MØRKØV CHRISTENSEN Michael | | TCS | | 02'12" | | 0 | |
| - | | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | | LTB | | 02'13" | | 0 | |
| - | | PELUCCHI Matteo | | IAM | | 02'26" | | 0 | |
| - | | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | | AST | | 03'05" | | 0 | |
| - | | LONGO BORGHINI Paolo | | CAN | | 03'14" | | 0 | |
| - | | BATTAGLIN Enrico | | BAR | | 03'26" | | 0 | |
| - | | GUARNIERI Jacopo | | AST | | 03'28" | | 0 | |
| - | | FISCHER Murilo Antonio | | FDJ | | 03'29" | | 0 | |
| - | | STAUFF Andreas | | MTN | | 03'43" | | 0 | |
| - | | STAMSNIJDER Tom | | GIA | | 03'45" | | 0 | |
| - | | VANSUMMEREN Johan | | GRS | | 04'29" | | 0 | |