| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Hunter | Barloworld | 03:18:10 | |
| 2 | Christoff van Heerden | Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub | + 00 | |
| 3 | Juan van Heerden | Team MTN | + 00 | |
| 4 | Hugo Sabido | Barloworld | + 00 | |
| 5 | Claudio Corioni | Liquigas | + 00 | |
| 6 | Arran Brown | House of Paint | + 00 | |
| 7 | Malcolm Lange | Team MTN | + 00 | |
| 8 | Manuel Quinziato | Liquigas | + 00 | |
| 9 | Herman Fouche | Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub | + 00 | |
| 10 | Jamie Ball | House of Paint | + 00 | |
| 11 | Enrico Gasparotto | Barloworld | + 00 | |
| 12 | Ciaran Power | Pezula Racing | + 00 | |
| 13 | Michael Robinson | + 00 | ||
| 14 | Nolan Hoffman | Team Neotel | + 00 | |
| 15 | Björn Schröder | Team Milram | + 00 | |
| 16 | Robert Thomson Jay | Team MTN | + 00 | |
| 17 | Peter Velits | Team Milram | + 00 | |
| 18 | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg | + 00 | ||
| 19 | Michael Pepper | House of Paint | + 00 | |
| 20 | Luthando Kaka | Glud & Marstrand - Horsens | + 00 | |
| 21 | Adrien Niyonshuti | + 00 | ||
| 22 | Filippo Pozzato | Liquigas | + 00 | |
| 23 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas | + 00 | |
| 24 | Luca Barla | Team Milram | + 00 | |
| 25 | Bradley Potgieter | Team MTN | + 00 | |
| 26 | Jaco Venter | Team Neotel | + 00 | |
| 27 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | Liquigas | + 00 | |
| 28 | Jonathan Kinnear | Team MTN | + 00 | |
| 29 | Nathan Byukusenge | + 26 | + 26 | |
| 30 | Rafiki Uwimana | + 26 | + 26 | |
| 31 | Ahmed Atunsi Fahti | + 26 | + 26 | |
| 32 | Hanco Kachelhoffer | House of Paint | + 26 | + 26 |
| 33 | Pieter Botha | Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub | + 26 | + 26 |
| 34 | Michael Sowerby | + 26 | + 26 | |
| 35 | Andriy Grivko | Team Milram | + 26 | + 26 |
| 36 | Christian Kux | Team Milram | + 26 | + 26 |
| 37 | Duncan Viljoen | + 26 | + 26 | |
| 38 | Johann Rabie | Team Neotel | + 26 | + 26 |
| 39 | Markus Eichler | Team Milram | + 26 | + 26 |
| 40 | Patrick Calcagni | Barloworld | + 32 | + 32 |
| 41 | Michael van Staden | + 38 | + 38 | |
| 42 | Kevin Evans | Team MTN | + 38 | + 38 |
| 43 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Barloworld | + 39 | + 39 |
| 44 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas | + 41 | + 41 |
| 45 | Norberto Wilches | Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub | + 41 | + 41 |
| 46 | Travis Allen | Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub | + 43 | + 43 |
| 47 | Chris Froome | Barloworld | + 43 | + 43 |
| 48 | John-lee Augustyn | Barloworld | + 45 | + 45 |
| 49 | Diego Caccia | Barloworld | + 47 | + 47 |
| 50 | Uwase Nyandwi | + 49 | + 49 | |
| 51 | Kieran Page | Pezula Racing | + 51 | + 51 |
| 52 | Jacques Janse van Rensburg | Team Neotel | + 54 | + 54 |
| 53 | Siphiwe Sowella | Team Neotel | + 54 | + 54 |
| 54 | Dean Edwards | House of Paint | + 01:00 | + 01:00 |
| 55 | Sebastian Schwager | Team Milram | + 01:06 | + 01:06 |
| 56 | Nicholas White | Team MTN | + 01:11 | + 01:11 |
| 57 | Jeremy Maartens | Team Neotel | + 01:11 | + 01:11 |
| 58 | Artur Gajek | Team Milram | + 01:16 | + 01:16 |
| 59 | Roman Kreuziger | Liquigas | + 01:24 | + 01:24 |
| 60 | Christian Pfannberger | Barloworld | + 01:24 | + 01:24 |
| 61 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas | + 01:24 | + 01:24 |
| 62 | David O'loughlin | Pezula Racing | + 01:35 | + 01:35 |
| 63 | Ahadi Seghewir Ali | + 11:29 | + 11:29 | |
| 64 | Khalifa Al Mehdi Abdelnasser | + 14:08 | + 14:08 | |
| 65 | Mathew Funnell | House of Paint | + 14:08 | + 14:08 |
| 66 | Lewis Perry James | Team Neotel | + 14:08 | + 14:08 |
| 67 | Poloko Makara | + 16:51 | + 16:51 | |
| 68 | Jason Bakke | House of Paint | + 16:51 | + 16:51 |
| 69 | Ryan Connor | Pezula Racing | + 16:51 | + 16:51 |
| 70 | Pablo Wilches Juan | Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub | + 17:18 | + 17:18 |
| 71 | Morgan Fox | Pezula Racing | + 25:00 | + 25:00 |
| 72 | Adam Armstrong | Pezula Racing | + 25:00 | + 25:00 |
| 73 | Adrian Maaske | + 25:00 | + 25:00 | |
| 74 | Pieter Seyffert | Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub | + 25:00 | + 25:00 |
| 75 | Hichem Chaabane | Team Konica Minolta - Bizhub | + 26:48 | + 26:48 |
| 76 | Martyn Irvine | Pezula Racing | + 37:18 | + 37:18 |
| 77 | William Connolly | Pezula Racing | + 37:18 | + 37:18 |