| Stage 5: Güeñes to Zalla, 169km |
| 1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad |
4:15:56 |
| 2 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha |
0:19 |
| 3 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. |
| 4 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram |
| 5 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram |
| 6 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale |
| 7 David López García (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne |
| 8 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram |
| 9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step |
| 10 Alberto Contador (Esp) Astana |
all s.t. |
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| 79 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream |
7:15 |
| DNF Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream |
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| GC |
| 1 Alberto Contador (Esp) Astana |
20:16:31 |
| 2 Samuel Sánchez (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi |
0:08 |
| 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto |
| 4 Antonio Colom Mas (Esp) Team Katusha |
both s.t. |
| 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. |
0:27 |
| 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank |
0:32 |
| 7 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne |
0:35 |
| 8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas |
0:54 |
| 9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas |
| 10 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux |
both s.t. |
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| 61 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream |
21:14 |
