| Stage 1 - May 2 
 ![]() 1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   4.08.58
 2 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
 3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
 4 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                      
 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                      
 6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
 7 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                            
 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                         
 9 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                      
 10 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                            
 
 General classification after stage one
 
 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                      4.13.33
 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                        0.05
 3 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      0.06
 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  0.07
 5 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                   
 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                                        0.09
 7 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        0.10
 8 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                            0.11
 9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          
 10 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        0.12
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