| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rik Verbrugghe | Quick Step | 04:14:19 | |
| 2 | Patrice Halgand | Crédit Agricole | + 00 | |
| 3 | Emanuele Sella | Ceramica Panaria - Navigare | + 14 | + 14 |
| 4 | Roberto Petito | Fassa Bortolo | + 14 | + 14 |
| 5 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Liquigas - Bianchi | + 14 | + 14 |
| 6 | David Moncoutié | Cofidis | + 14 | + 14 |
| 7 | Mikel Astarloza | AG2R Prévoyance | + 26 | + 26 |
| 8 | Mauro Facci | Fassa Bortolo | + 01:09 | + 01:09 |
| 9 | Ronny Scholz | Gerolsteiner | + 01:09 | + 01:09 |
| 10 | Matej Mugerli | Liquigas - Bianchi | + 01:09 | + 01:09 |
| 11 | Alexandre Bazhenov | Naturino - Sapore di Mare | + 01:09 | + 01:09 |
| 12 | Patrick Calcagni | Liquigas - Bianchi | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 13 | Stéphane Goubert | AG2R Prévoyance | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 14 | Ivan Fanelli | Team LPR | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 15 | Michael Rogers | Quick Step | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 16 | Alejandro Borrajo | Ceramica Panaria - Navigare | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 17 | Marcel Strauss | Gerolsteiner | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 18 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Domina Vacanze | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 19 | Hubert Dupont | R.A.G.T. Semences | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 20 | Gilberto Simoni | Lampre-Caffita | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 21 | Ruben Lobato | Saunier Duval - Prodir | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 22 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Miche | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 23 | Volodymir Gustov | Fassa Bortolo | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 24 | Andrea Noè | Liquigas - Bianchi | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 25 | Ruggero Borghi | Domina Vacanze | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 26 | Laurent Lefèvre | Bouygues Telecom | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 27 | Massimo Codol | Fassa Bortolo | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 28 | Michele Scotto D'abusco | Lampre-Caffita | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 29 | Vincenzo Nibali | Fassa Bortolo | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 30 | Evgeni Petrov | Lampre-Caffita | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 33 | Oliver Zaugg | Saunier Duval - Prodir | + 01:45 | + 01:45 |