En la escapada se encontraban: Codol y Donati (Acqua), Dupont y Efimkin (AG2R), Serpa (Androni), Voeckler, Gaudin y Trofimov (Bouygues), amador, Arroyo, Jeannesson, Kiryienka y Losada (Caisse), Sastre, Tondo, Gustov y Wyss (Cervélo), Moncoutie y Fouchard (Cofidis), Pozzovivo (Colnago), millar y Martin (Garmin), Cheula y MAYOZ (Footon), Bono (Lampre), Dall Antonia, Agnoli, Kiserlovski (Liquigas), Bakelants, De Greef, Lloyd y Wegelius (Omega), Cataldo y Pineau (quick STEP), Kruijswijk y Ardila (Rabobank), Wiggins, Barry, Cummings y Possoni (Sky), Goss (Columbia), caruso, Petrov y Horrach (Katusha), Gerdemann, Russ (Milram), C. Sorensen, Didier y porte (saxo Bank).
Lasterketa buruan 55 txirrindulariko taldea geratu da txirrindulari hauekin:: Codol, Donati (Acqua), Dupont, Efimkin (AG2R), Serpa (Androni), Voeckler, Gaudin, Trofimov (Bouygues), amador, Arroyo, Jeannesson, Kiryienka, Losada (Caisse), Sastre, tondo, Gustov, Wyss (Cervélo), Moncoutie, Fouchard (Cofidis), Pozzovivo (Colnago), Millar, Martin (Garmin), Cheula, Mayoz (Footon), Bono (Lampre), Dall Antonia, Agnoli, Kiserlovski (Liquigas), Bakelants, De Greef, Lloyd, Wegelius (Omega), Cataldo, Pineau (quick STEP), Kruijswijk, Ardila (Rabobank), Wiggins, Barry, Cummings, Possoni (Sky), Goss (Columbia), caruso, Petrov, Horrach (Katusha), Gerdemann, Russ (Milram), C. Sorensen, Didier.