| 31 | Ben Swift | a 21" | Gran Bretagna | |
| 32 | Alessandro Petacchi | a 21" | Italia | LPR Brakes - Ballan |
| 33 | Kevin Evans | a 21" | Sudafrica | Team MTN |
| 34 | Stephen Gallagher | a 21" | Irlanda del Nord | An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team |
| 35 | Simon Richardson | a 26" | Gran Bretagna | Plowman Craven Racing Team |
| 36 | Tom Southam | a 34" | Gran Bretagna | |
| 37 | Evan Oliphant | a 34" | Gran Bretagna | Plowman Craven Racing Team |
| 38 | Robert Partridge | a 34" | Gran Bretagna | Rapha - Condor - ReCycling.co.uk |
| 39 | Juan Van Heerden | a 34" | Sudafrica | Team MTN |
| 40 | Victor Hugo Peña Grisales | a 34" | Colombia | Rock Racing |
| 41 | Zakkari Dempster | a 34" | Australia | SouthAustralia.com - AIS |
| 42 | Johnnie Walker | a 38" | Australia | SouthAustralia.com - AIS |
| 43 | Waylon Woolcock | a 49" | Sudafrica | Team MTN |
| 44 | Tyler Hamilton | a 49" | Usa | Rock Racing |
| 45 | Serge Pauwels | a 49" | Belgio | Topsport Vlaanderen |
| 46 | Fred Rodriguez | a 1'04" | Colombia | Rock Racing |
| 47 | Santiago Botero Echeverry | a 1'08" | Colombia | Rock Racing |
| 48 | Robert Hayles | a 1'08" | Gran Bretagna | |
| 49 | Magnus Backstedt | a 1'08" | Svezia | Slipstream Chipotle presented by H30 |
| 50 | Dale Appleby | a 1'08" | Gran Bretagna | Rapha - Condor - ReCycling.co.uk |
| 51 | Simon Clarke | a 1'08" | Australia | SouthAustralia.com - AIS |
| 52 | Kenny Lisabeth | a 1'08" | Belgio | An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team |
| 53 | Kim Kirchen | a 1'08" | Lussemburgo | High Road |
| 54 | Nicolas Vogondy | a 1'13" | Francia | Agritubel |
| 55 | Emilien-Benoît Berges | a 1'13" | Francia | Agritubel |
| 56 | Kristof Vandewalle | a 1'13" | Belgio | Topsport Vlaanderen |
| 57 | Gregory Henderson | a 1'18" | Nuova Zelanda | High Road |
| 58 | Hugo Sabido | a 1'20" | Portogallo | Barloworld |
| 59 | Robert Hunter | a 1'22" | Sudafrica | Barloworld |
| 60 | Neil McDonald | a 1'22" | Sudafrica | Team MTN |