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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Rasmussen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | 4:34:49 |
| 2 | Ivan Stevic (Srb) Partizan Powermove | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Matthieu Converset (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 0:00:01 |
| 4 | Darko Blazevic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | 0:00:07 |
| 5 | Hening Bommel (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:01:30 |
| 6 | Gabor Kasa (Srb) Manisaspor Cycling Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Thomas Lebas (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Manuele Bindi (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Johannes Heider (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:01:38 |
| 11 | Aurelien Ribet (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 0:03:33 |
| 12 | Andi Bajc (Slo) Manisaspor Cycling Team | 0:04:01 |
| 13 | Michael Weicht (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Alexej Lyalko (Kaz) Astana Track | 0:04:16 |
| 15 | Der Zsolt (Srb) Radnicki Kragujevac | 0:04:17 |
| 16 | Dmitry Ignatyev (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Erwan Brenterch (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 0:04:54 |
| 18 | Rene Joergensen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | James Mclaughlin (GBr) CMI-BSI | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Sergei Rudaskov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Martin Lind (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Predrag Prokic (Srb) Radnicki Kragujevac | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Jeremy Yates (NZl) Manisaspor Cycling Team | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Martin Grašev (Bul) Bulgarian National Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Stefan Hristov (Bul) Bulgarian National Team | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Esad Hasanovic (Srb) Partizan Powermove | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) AVC Aix En Provence | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Nebojša Jovanovic (Srb) Partizan Powermove | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet - Fidea | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) KTM - Murcia | 0:06:40 |
| 33 | Goran Šmelcerovic (Srb) Radnicki Kragujevac | 0:06:50 |
| 34 | Wojciech Szlachta (Pol) Pasta Montenegrapa Zheroqudro | 0:07:00 |
| 35 | Pavel Gatskiy (Kaz) Astana Track | 0:07:20 |
| 36 | Gergeli Kiss (Hun) Aegon Cycling Team | 0:07:22 |
| 37 | Bruno Radotic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | 0:07:36 |
| 38 | Pierre Matthias (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:07:41 |
| 39 | Thiband Taboury (Fra) CMI-BSI | 0:08:19 |
| 40 | Arnaud Grand (Swi) Telenet - Fidea | 0:08:22 |
| 41 | Zoltan Vigh (Hun) Aegon Cycling Team | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Blaz Bonca (Slo) Meridiana Kamen Team | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Track | 0:08:29 |
| 44 | Plamen Dimov (Bul) Bulgarian National Team | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 45 | Stefan Schafer (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:08:37 |
| 46 | Svetislav Blagojevic (Srb) Radnicki Kragujevac | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| 47 | Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet - Fidea | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| 48 | Reinbert Wielinga (Ned) Itera - Katusha | 0:10:56 |
| 49 | Igor Frolov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:11:13 |
| 50 | Kristian Sobota (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| 51 | Borislav Ivanov (Bul) Bulgarian National Team | 0:16:35 |
| 52 | Michael Reihs (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | 0:16:54 |
| 53 | Marko Stankovic (Srb) Metalac Kraljevo | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| 54 | Dean Podgornik (Slo) Manisaspor Cycling Team | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| 55 | Aleksandar Milivojevic (Srb) Metalac Kraljevo | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| 56 | Robert Bartko (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| 57 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Christina Watches-Ofone | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| 58 | Svetoslav Nedev (Bul) Bulgarian National Team | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| 59 | Ahmet Akdilek (Tur) Manisaspor Cycling Team | 0:21:59 |
| 60 | Georgios Bouglas (Gre) KTM - Murcia | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| 61 | Nikita Panassenko (Kaz) Astana Track | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| 62 | Dimitriy Morkov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| 63 | Ben Stockdale (GBr) CMI-BSI | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| 64 | Sergey Kuzin (Kaz) Astana Track | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 65 | Dejan Vidakovic (Srb) Metalac Kraljevo | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| 66 | Romain Ramier (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| 67 | Alexsander Ray (NZl) Pasta Montenegrapa Zheroqudro | 0:29:10 |
| 68 | Tamas Pinter (Hun) Aegon Cycling Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| 69 | Stavros Papadimitrakis (Gre) KTM - Murcia | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| 70 | Jovan Zekavica (Srb) Partizan Powermove | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| 71 | Apostolos Bouglas (Gre) KTM - Murcia | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
| 72 | Miloš Stojanovic (Srb) Metalac Kraljevo | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| 73 | Viktor Verebelyi (Hun) Aegon Cycling Team | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| 74 | Nikola Kozomara (Srb) Partizan Powermove | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
| 75 | Konstantinos Efstathiou (Gre) KTM - Murcia | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| 76 | Sebastien Jullien (Fra) CMI-BSI | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
| 77 | Bunyamin Ozdemir (Tur) Manisaspor Cycling Team | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
| 78 | Istvan Molnar (Hun) Aegon Cycling Team | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| 79 | Dejan Maric (Srb) Radnicki Kragujevac | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| 80 | Vladimir Vulicevic (Srb) Metalac Kraljevo | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
| 81 | Balazs Ronaszeki (Hun) Aegon Cycling Team | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| 82 | Filip Pavlovic (Srb) Metalac Kraljevo | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| 83 | Rowan Dever (Aus) Pasta Montenegrapa Zheroqudro | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
| 84 | Simeon Green (GBr) CMI-BSI | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
| 85 | Stefan Petrovski (Mkd) FYR Macedonia National Team | 0:30:00 |
| DNF | Dragan Spasic (Srb) Partizan Powermove | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Micki Van Empel (Ned) Telenet - Fidea | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alexsandros Papaderos (Gre) KTM - Murcia | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ryan Pettit (USA) CMI-BSI | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Nebojša Petrovic (Srb) BSK Banja Luka | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ivan Jezdimirovic (Srb) BSK Banja Luka | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Goran Kuzmanovski (Mkd) FYR Macedonia National Team | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Boban Andevski (Mkd) FYR Macedonia National Team | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Joseph Perrett (GBr) Pasta Montenegrapa Zheroqudro | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Stefan Paunovic (Srb) Radnicki Kragujevac | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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| 1 | Pavel Gatskiy (Kaz) Astana Track | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Reinbert Wielinga (Ned) Itera - Katusha | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Andi Bajc (Slo) Manisaspor Cycling Team | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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| 1 | Pavel Gatskiy (Kaz) Astana Track | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Reinbert Wielinga (Ned) Itera - Katusha | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Gabor Kasa (Srb) Manisaspor Cycling Team | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Michael Rasmussen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabor Kasa (Srb) Manisaspor Cycling Team | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Matthieu Converset (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Thomas Lebas (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Michael Rasmussen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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| 1 | Reinbert Wielinga (Ned) Itera - Katusha | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Pavel Gatskiy (Kaz) Astana Track | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Bunyamin Ozdemir (Tur) Manisaspor Cycling Team | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Dean Podgornik (Slo) Manisaspor Cycling Team | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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| 1 | Reinbert Wielinga (Ned) Itera - Katusha | 10 | pts |
| 2 | Pavel Gatskiy (Kaz) Astana Track | 6 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Matthieu Converset (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 4 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Thomas Lebas (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Kristian Sobota (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | 1 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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| 1 | Ivan Stevic (Srb) Partizan Powermove | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Michael Rasmussen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Matthieu Converset (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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| 1 | Matthieu Converset (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Ivan Stevic (Srb) Partizan Powermove | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Michael Rasmussen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Darko Blazevic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Avc Aix En Provence | 13:49:31 |
| 2 | Meridiana Kamen Team | 0:01:27 |
| 3 | Lkt Brandenburg | 0:02:05 |
| 4 | Christina Watches-Onfone | 0:04:44 |
| 5 | Partizan Powermove | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Manisaspor Cycling Team | 0:05:21 |
| 7 | Itera Katusha | 0:05:37 |
| 8 | Radnicki Kragujevac | 0:10:57 |
| 9 | Telenet-Fidea | 0:13:06 |
| 10 | Bulgarian National Team | 0:13:13 |
| 11 | Astana Track | 0:15:01 |
| 12 | Cmi-Bsi | 0:30:08 |
| 13 | Aegon Cycling Team | 0:39:50 |
| 14 | Metalac Kraljevo | 0:50:43 |
| 15 | Ktm Murcia | 0:52:45 |
| 16 | Pasta Montenegrapa Zheroqudro | 1:00:16 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Ivan Stevic (Srb) Partizan Powermove | 11:15:45 |
| 2 | Michael Rasmussen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | 0:00:02 |
| 3 | Matthieu Converset (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 0:00:14 |
| 4 | Gabor Kasa (Srb) Manisaspor Cycling Team | 0:01:17 |
| 5 | Hening Bommel (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:01:40 |
| 6 | Thomas Lebas (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 0:01:41 |
| 7 | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:01:42 |
| 8 | Manuele Bindi (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | 0:01:45 |
| 9 | Johannes Heider (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:01:51 |
| 10 | Darko Blazevic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | 0:02:38 |
| 11 | Aurelien Ribet (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 0:03:48 |
| 12 | Andi Bajc (Slo) Manisaspor Cycling Team | 0:04:10 |
| 13 | Michael Weicht (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:04:16 |
| 14 | Der Zsolt (Srb) Radnicki Kragujevac | 0:04:32 |
| 15 | Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) AVC Aix En Provence | 0:04:53 |
| 16 | Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea | 0:05:00 |
| 17 | Martin Lind (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | 0:05:02 |
| 18 | Esad Hasanovic (Srb) Partizan Powermove | 0:05:03 |
| 19 | Rene Joergensen (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | 0:05:04 |
| 20 | Erwan Brenterch (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 0:05:06 |
| 21 | James Mclaughlin (GBr) CMI-BSI | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Sergei Rudaskov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:05:09 |
| 23 | Dmitry Ignatyev (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:05:13 |
| 24 | Alexej Lyalko (Kaz) Astana Track | 0:06:10 |
| 25 | Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet - Fidea | 0:06:16 |
| 26 | Stefan Hristov (Bul) Bulgarian National Team | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Alberto Di Lorenzo (Ita) Meridiana Kamen Team | 0:06:21 |
| 28 | Predrag Prokic (Srb) Radnicki Kragujevac | 0:06:52 |
| 29 | Nebojša Jovanovic (Srb) Partizan Powermove | 0:07:27 |
| 30 | Martin Grašev (Bul) Bulgarian National Team | 0:07:53 |
| 31 | Pierre Matthias (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:07:54 |
| 32 | Goran Šmelcerovic (Srb) Radnicki Kragujevac | 0:08:12 |
| 33 | Arnaud Grand (Swi) Telenet - Fidea | 0:08:37 |
| 34 | Stefan Schafer (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:08:49 |
| 35 | Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Track | 0:09:28 |
| 36 | Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) KTM - Murcia | 0:09:46 |
| 37 | Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet - Fidea | 0:09:59 |
| 38 | Jeremy Yates (NZl) Manisaspor Cycling Team | 0:10:07 |
| 39 | Wojciech Szlachta (Pol) Pasta Montenegrapa Zheroqudro | 0:11:47 |
| 40 | Reinbert Wielinga (Ned) Itera - Katusha | 0:12:50 |
| 41 | Gergeli Kiss (Hun) Aegon Cycling Team | 0:12:55 |
| 42 | Zoltan Vigh (Hun) Aegon Cycling Team | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Pavel Gatskiy (Kaz) Astana Track | 0:14:09 |
| 44 | Kristian Sobota (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | 0:16:26 |
| 45 | Michael Reihs (Den) Christina Watches-Ofone | 0:17:33 |
| 46 | Borislav Ivanov (Bul) Bulgarian National Team | 0:17:57 |
| 47 | Dean Podgornik (Slo) Manisaspor Cycling Team | 0:20:22 |
| 48 | Svetoslav Nedev (Bul) Bulgarian National Team | 0:22:07 |
| 49 | Aleksandar Milivojevic (Srb) Metalac Kraljevo | 0:22:48 |
| 50 | Nikita Panassenko (Kaz) Astana Track | 0:23:54 |
| 51 | Ben Stockdale (GBr) CMI-BSI | 0:24:03 |
| 52 | Romain Ramier (Fra) AVC Aix En Provence | 0:24:30 |
| 53 | Sergey Kuzin (Kaz) Astana Track | 0:25:05 |
| 54 | Bruno Radotic (Cro) Meridiana Kamen Team | 0:25:42 |
| 55 | Thiband Taboury (Fra) CMI-BSI | 0:26:25 |
| 56 | Blaz Bonca (Slo) Meridiana Kamen Team | 0:26:28 |
| 57 | Plamen Dimov (Bul) Bulgarian National Team | 0:26:35 |
| 58 | Svetislav Blagojevic (Srb) Radnicki Kragujevac | 0:26:43 |
| 59 | Igor Frolov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:29:19 |
| 60 | Georgios Bouglas (Gre) KTM - Murcia | 0:30:15 |
| 61 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Christina Watches-Ofone | 0:34:50 |
| 62 | Marko Stankovic (Srb) Metalac Kraljevo | 0:35:00 |
| 63 | Jovan Zekavica (Srb) Partizan Powermove | 0:35:04 |
| 64 | Robert Bartko (Ger) LKT Team Brandenburg | 0:35:46 |
| 65 | Viktor Verebelyi (Hun) Aegon Cycling Team | 0:37:46 |
| 66 | Dimitriy Morkov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | 0:40:05 |
| 67 | Dejan Vidakovic (Srb) Metalac Kraljevo | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| 68 | Ahmet Akdilek (Tur) Manisaspor Cycling Team | 0:40:15 |
| 69 | Simeon Green (GBr) CMI-BSI | 0:40:19 |
| 70 | Alexsander Ray (NZl) Pasta Montenegrapa Zheroqudro | 0:47:15 |
| 71 | Apostolos Bouglas (Gre) KTM - Murcia | 0:47:16 |
| 72 | Nikola Kozomara (Srb) Partizan Powermove | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| 73 | Sebastien Jullien (Fra) CMI-BSI | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| 74 | Stavros Papadimitrakis (Gre) KTM - Murcia | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
| 75 | Dejan Maric (Srb) Radnicki Kragujevac | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| 76 | Miloš Stojanovic (Srb) Metalac Kraljevo | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
| 77 | Filip Pavlovic (Srb) Metalac Kraljevo | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
| 78 | Istvan Molnar (Hun) Aegon Cycling Team | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| 79 | Bunyamin Ozdemir (Tur) Manisaspor Cycling Team | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| 80 | Vladimir Vulicevic (Srb) Metalac Kraljevo | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
| 81 | Balazs Ronaszeki (Hun) Aegon Cycling Team | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| 82 | Rowan Dever (Aus) Pasta Montenegrapa Zheroqudro | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| 83 | Konstantinos Efstathiou (Gre) KTM - Murcia | 0:47:38 |
| 84 | Stefan Petrovski (Mkd) FYR Macedonia National Team | 0:48:06 |
| 85 | Tamas Pinter (Hun) Aegon Cycling Team | 0:49:04 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avc Aix En Provence | 33:52:48 |
| 2 | Lkt Brandenburg | 0:02:11 |
| 3 | Christina Watches-Onfone | 0:04:57 |
| 4 | Meridiana Kamen Team | 0:05:11 |
| 5 | Itera Katusha | 0:06:31 |
| 6 | Partizan Powermove | 0:07:13 |
| 7 | Manisaspor Cycling Team | 0:08:17 |
| 8 | Radnicki Kragujevac | 0:14:03 |
| 9 | Telenet-Fidea | 0:14:26 |
| 10 | Bulgarian National Team | 0:18:36 |
| 11 | Astana Track | 0:19:24 |
| 12 | Cmi-Bsi | 0:43:04 |
| 13 | Aegon Cycling Team | 0:57:23 |
| 14 | Ktm Murcia | 1:11:54 |
| 15 | Pasta Montenegrapa Zheroqudr | 1:24:02 |
| 16 | Metalac Kraljevo | 1:32:00 |
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