| 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole | 4:37 |
| 2 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road | at 0:06 |
| 3 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:07 |
| 4 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Team High Road |
| 5 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Esp) Karpin Galicia | both s.t. |
| 6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone | 0:08 |
| 7 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole | 0:09 |
| 8 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram |
| 9 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Team CSC |
| 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone | all s.t. |
| 11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:10 |
| 12 Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Saunier Duval - Scott | s.t. |
| 13 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Esp) Bouygues Telecom | 0:11 |
| 14 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre | 0:12 |
| 15 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole |
| 16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi |
| 17 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale |
| 18 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi |
| 19 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom | all s.t. |
| 20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | 0:13 |
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| 40 Craig Lewis (USA) Team High Road | 0:15 |
| 48 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road | 0:16 |
| 68 Chris Horner (USA) Astana | 0:18 |
| 78 Tom Peterson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 | 0:19 |
| 105 Jason Donald (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 | 0:22 |
| 122 Tom Danielson (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 | 0:25 |
| 136 John Devine (USA) Team High Road | 0:26 |
| 164 Lucas Euser (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 | 0:38 |
| 174 Blake Caldwell (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30 | 0:50 |
