| Stage 3: Tournus to Saint-Étienne, 182km |
| 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram |
4:32:34 |
| 2 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale |
| 3 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom |
| 4 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne |
| 5 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi |
all s.t. |
| 6 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha |
1:32 |
| 7 Murillo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Liquigas |
| 8 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C |
| 9 Markus Zberg (Sui) BMC Racing Team |
| 10 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram |
| 11 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha |
| 12 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road |
| 13 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram |
| 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank |
| 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto |
| 16 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne |
| 17 William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom |
| 18 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas |
| 19 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Esp) Fuji-Servetto |
| 20 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne |
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| 27 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream |
| 118 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - High Road |
| 125 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream |
all s.t. |
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| GC |
| 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram |
10:23:45 |
| 2 Remi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne |
at 0:26 |
| 3 Yuri Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom |
0:27 |
| 4 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale |
0:36 |
| 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto |
1:01 |
| 6 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi |
1:04 |
| 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Astana |
1:09 |
| 8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne |
1:24 |
| 9 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step |
1:34 |
| 10 Vicenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas |
1:35 |
| 11 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - High Road |
| 12 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram |
both s.t. |
| 13 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux |
1:37 |
| 14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne |
| 15 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream |
1:38 |
| 16 Jeróme Coppel (Fra) Française Des Jeux |
1:40 |
| 17 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank |
s.t. |
| 18 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha |
1:43 |
| 19 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team |
s.t. |
| 20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step |
1:44 |
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| 68 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream |
2:12 |
| 81 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream |
2:19 |
| 111 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - High Road |
2:39 |
