L'ordre des départs (de minute en minute, sauf pour les 19 derniers coureurs à partir de Gerdemann séparés par un intervalle de 1 min 30 sec):
16h00: Van Hummel, Wrolich, B. Feillu, Napolitano, De Jongh, Haddou, Furlan, Augé, Pasamontes, Veikkanen, Vanotti, Dupont, Monfort, R. Pérez, Dean, ten Dam, Arvesen, Armstrong (16h17), Wegelius, Klier, Rooijakkers, P. Velits, Calzati, Trussov, Van de Walle, Pichot, Bandiera, B. Fernandez, Arroyo, Coppel, Sabatini, Mondory, T. Martin, A. Pérez, Farrar, Posthuma, Larsson, Leipheimer (16h37), Lloyd, Gustov, Beppu, Fröhlinger, Lequatre, Horrach, Tosatto, Lefèvre, Spilak, Dumoulin, Coyot, Vaugrenard, Kuschynski, Arrieta, Grabsch, K. Fernandez, Millar, Freire, O'Grady, Paulinho, Lang, Cuesta
17h00: Timmer, Terpstra, Bouet, Botcharov, Barredo, Rolland, Sapa, Duque, Uran, Casar, Willems, Goubert, Eisel, Verdugo, Hesjedal, Garate, Voigt, Muravyev, Scheirlinckx, Roulston, Geschke, Wegmann, Gonzalo, Vandenbergh, Pineau, Trofimov, Righi, Moinard, Rojas, Joly, Vandborg, Riblon, Renshaw, Oroz, Maaskant, Niermann, C. Sörensen, Zubeldia, Delage, Gomez Marchante, Hivert, Ciolek, R. Feillu, Ivanov, Rosseler, Arashiro, Bruseghin, Minard, Costa, Le Mével, Bennati, Roche, Cavendish, Txurruka, Pate, Gesink, F. Schleck, Rast, Van Avermaet, Haussler
18h00: Hupond, Knees, Le Lay, Ignatiev, Devolder, Bonnet, Santambrogio, Pauriol, Pereiro, Roy, Kreuziger, Nocentini, Hincapie, Anton, Zabriskie, Flecha, N. Sörensen, Klöden, Vansummeren, Lancaster, De Kort, Fothen, Vogondy, Pozzato, Boonen, Fédrigo, Loosli, Kern, Guttierez, Hutarovich, Nibali, Dessel, Rogers, E. Martinez, Vande Velde, Clement, A. Schleck, Popovych, Van den Broeck, Hushovd, Lemoine (18h40), Gerdemann, Moreau, Karpets, Chavanel, Voeckler, Ballan, Moncoutié, Sanchez, Geslin, Pellizotti, Efimkin, Kirchen, Astarloza
19h01: Wiggins, Menchov, Cancellara, Contador, Evans, Sastre
Source : Cyclismactu
