| Stage1: Kilkenny to Cork, 174km | |
| 1. Stijn Vandenberg (Bel) Unibet.com | 4:02:03 | |
| 2. Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team | at 0:14 | |
| 3. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com - AIS | 0:15 | |
| 4. Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Maxbo Bianchi | |
| 5. Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com | |
| 6. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. | |
| 7. Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | |
| 8. Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle | |
| 9. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC | all s.t. | |
| 10. Glenn Bak DAN Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly | 0:32 | |
| 11. Luis Pasamontes SPA Unibet.com | 13:15 | |
| 12. Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC | |
| 13. Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team L.P.R. | 13:32 | |
| 14. Charles Dionne (Can) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 15. Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare | |
| 16. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC | |
| 17. Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental | |
| 18. Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com | |
| 19. Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank Continental | |
| 20. Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy & Gunn - Newlyn - M. Donnelly - Sean Kelly | |
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| 22. Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 38. Daniel Vaillancourt (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 43. Mike Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle | |
| 54. Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle | |
| 58. Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 62. Danny Pate (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle | |
| 76. Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | |
| 85. Timothy Duggan (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle | all s.t. | |
| 96. Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle | 15:02 | |
| 98. Adam Bergman (USA) Colavita - Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light | s.t. |
