| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronny Scholz | Gerolsteiner | 03:22:14 | |
| 2 | Raffaele Ferrara | Team Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casali | + 25 | + 25 |
| 3 | Jan Valach | eD'system - ZVVZ | + 26 | + 26 |
| 4 | André Greipel | Team Wiesenhof | + 33 | + 33 |
| 5 | Marcel Sieberg | Team Lamonta | + 33 | + 33 |
| 6 | Andriy Grivko | Domina Vacanze | + 33 | + 33 |
| 7 | Karsten Volkmann | RSH | + 36 | + 36 |
| 8 | Mark Cavendish | Team Sparkasse | + 48 | + 48 |
| 9 | Markus Zberg | Gerolsteiner | + 48 | + 48 |
| 10 | Kenny van Hummel | Eurogifts.com | + 48 | + 48 |
| 11 | Martin Hebik | AC Sparta Praha | + 48 | + 48 |
| 12 | Robert Bengsch | T-Mobile Team | + 48 | + 48 |
| 13 | Peter Wrolich | Gerolsteiner | + 48 | + 48 |
| 14 | Lars Teutenberg | Team Sparkasse | + 48 | + 48 |
| 15 | Gerald Ciolek | Akud Arnolds Sicherheit | + 48 | + 48 |
| 16 | Robert Retschke | Team ComNet - Senges | + 48 | + 48 |
| 17 | Milan Kadlec | eD'system - ZVVZ | + 48 | + 48 |
| 18 | Michal Precechtel | eD'system - ZVVZ | + 48 | + 48 |
| 19 | Alexander Gut | Team Lamonta | + 48 | + 48 |
| 20 | Gideon de Jong | Eurogifts.com | + 48 | + 48 |
| 21 | Marco Marcato | Team Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casali | + 48 | + 48 |
| 22 | Petr Pucelik | AC Sparta Praha | + 48 | + 48 |
| 23 | Jens Renders | MrBookmaker - Sports Tech | + 48 | + 48 |
| 24 | Harald Morscher | Volksbank - Leingruber - Ideal | + 48 | + 48 |
| 25 | Elnathan Heizmann | Team ComNet - Senges | + 48 | + 48 |
| 26 | Roy Curvers | Eurogifts.com | + 48 | + 48 |
| 27 | Konstantin Schubert | Team ComNet - Senges | + 48 | + 48 |
| 28 | Stefan Rucker | Elk Haus - Simplon | + 48 | + 48 |
| 29 | Gil Suray | MrBookmaker - Sports Tech | + 48 | + 48 |
| 30 | Sebastien Siedler | Team Wiesenhof | + 48 | + 48 |
| 31 | Dennis Kraft | Intel - Action | + 48 | + 48 |
| 32 | Krzysztof Krzywy | Intel - Action | + 48 | + 48 |
| 33 | Daniel Strauch | RSH | + 48 | + 48 |
| 34 | Luke Roberts | Team CSC | + 48 | + 48 |
| 35 | Wolfgang Murer | Elk Haus - Simplon | + 48 | + 48 |
| 36 | Radek Becka | AC Sparta Praha | + 48 | + 48 |
| 37 | Asle Arvesen Kurt | Team CSC | + 48 | + 48 |
| 38 | Harald Totschnig | Elk Haus - Simplon | + 48 | + 48 |
| 39 | Thomas Oredsson | Volksbank - Leingruber - Ideal | + 48 | + 48 |
| 40 | Anker Sørensen Chris | Team CSC | + 48 | + 48 |
| 41 | Bobbie Traksel | MrBookmaker - Sports Tech | + 48 | + 48 |
| 42 | Jelle van Groezen | Eurogifts.com | + 48 | + 48 |
| 43 | Giovanni Visconti | Domina Vacanze | + 48 | + 48 |
| 44 | Tim Klinger | Team Sparkasse | + 48 | + 48 |
| 45 | Jan Ullrich | T-Mobile Team | + 48 | + 48 |
| 46 | Pablo Magallanes Aranda Juan | Team Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casali | + 48 | + 48 |
| 47 | Massimo Mazzanti | Team Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casali | + 48 | + 48 |
| 48 | Konstantin Klyuev | Team Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casali | + 48 | + 48 |
| 49 | Michael Rich | Gerolsteiner | + 48 | + 48 |
| 50 | Christian Werner | T-Mobile Team | + 48 | + 48 |
| 51 | Sebastian Lang | Gerolsteiner | + 48 | + 48 |
| 52 | Nicola Scattolin | Team Androni Giocattoli - 3C Casali | + 48 | + 48 |
| 53 | Kurt van de Wouwer | MrBookmaker - Sports Tech | + 48 | + 48 |
| 54 | Corey Sweet | Team ComNet - Senges | + 48 | + 48 |
| 55 | Jeroen Boelen | Eurogifts.com | + 48 | + 48 |
| 56 | Georg Totschnig | Gerolsteiner | + 48 | + 48 |
| 57 | Zbigniew Piatek | Intel - Action | + 48 | + 48 |
| 58 | Anders Berendt Hansen | Team GLS | + 48 | + 48 |
| 59 | Ivan Basso | Team CSC | + 48 | + 48 |
| 60 | Edward Clancy | Team Sparkasse | + 48 | + 48 |
| 61 | Lars Wackernagel | Team Wiesenhof | + 48 | + 48 |
| 62 | Klaas de Gruyter | MrBookmaker - Sports Tech | + 48 | + 48 |
| 63 | Daniel Musiol | Team Wiesenhof | + 48 | + 48 |
| 64 | Björn Glasner | Team Lamonta | + 48 | + 48 |
| 65 | Søren Petersen | Team Lamonta | + 48 | + 48 |
| 66 | Martin Mares | eD'system - ZVVZ | + 48 | + 48 |
| 67 | Thorsten Rund | RSH | + 48 | + 48 |
| 68 | Bjorn Hoeben | Eurogifts.com | + 48 | + 48 |
| 69 | Petr Bencik | eD'system - ZVVZ | + 48 | + 48 |
| 70 | Martin Pecenka | AC Sparta Praha | + 01:00 | + 01:00 |
| 71 | Torsten Hiekmann | T-Mobile Team | + 01:37 | + 01:37 |
| 72 | René Weissinger | Volksbank - Leingruber - Ideal | + 01:37 | + 01:37 |
| 73 | Thomas Liese | Akud Arnolds Sicherheit | + 01:46 | + 01:46 |
| 74 | Wolfram Wiese | Team ComNet - Senges | + 01:57 | + 01:57 |
| 75 | Dennis Haueisen | RSH | + 01:57 | + 01:57 |
| 76 | Fraser Mcmaster | Volksbank - Leingruber - Ideal | + 01:59 | + 01:59 |
| 77 | Roberto Lochowski | Team Wiesenhof | + 02:18 | + 02:18 |
| 78 | Geraint Thomas | Team Wiesenhof | + 02:18 | + 02:18 |