| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erik Dekker | Rabobank | 05:16:01 | |
| 2 | Andrei Tchmil | Lotto - Adecco | + 04 | + 04 |
| 3 | Romans Vainsteins | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 04 | + 04 |
| 4 | Paolo Bettini | Mapei - Quick Step | + 04 | + 04 |
| 5 | Óscar Freire | Mapei - Quick Step | + 04 | + 04 |
| 6 | David Canada | ONCE - Deutsche Bank | + 04 | + 04 |
| 7 | Davide Rebellin | Liquigas - Pata | + 04 | + 04 |
| 8 | Andrei Kivilev | Ag2r - Décathlon | + 04 | + 04 |
| 9 | Ángel Martin Miguel | Vitalicio Seguros - Grupo Generali | + 04 | + 04 |
| 10 | Peter Farazijn | Cofidis | + 04 | + 04 |
| 11 | Igor Pugaci | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 04 | + 04 |
| 12 | Unai Etxebarria Arana | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 04 | + 04 |
| 13 | David Clinger | Festina - Lotus | + 04 | + 04 |
| 14 | Oscar Camenzind | Lampre-Daikin | + 04 | + 04 |
| 15 | Aitor Osa | Banesto | + 04 | + 04 |
| 16 | Gabriele Missaglia | Lampre-Daikin | + 04 | + 04 |
| 17 | Marco Serpellini | Lampre-Daikin | + 04 | + 04 |
| 18 | Peter Luttenberger | ONCE - Deutsche Bank | + 04 | + 04 |
| 19 | David Etxebarria | ONCE - Deutsche Bank | + 04 | + 04 |
| 20 | Nico Mattan | Cofidis | + 04 | + 04 |
| 21 | Raimondas Rumsas | Fassa Bortolo | + 04 | + 04 |
| 22 | Francesco Casagrande | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 04 | + 04 |
| 23 | Andrei Teteriouk | Liquigas - Pata | + 04 | + 04 |
| 24 | Gorka Gerrikagoitia | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 04 | + 04 |
| 25 | Javier Pascual Llorente | Kelme - Costa Blanca | + 04 | + 04 |
| 26 | Alberto Martinez José | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 04 | + 04 |
| 27 | Manuel Garcia Felix | Festina - Lotus | + 04 | + 04 |
| 28 | Andrea Peron | Fassa Bortolo | + 04 | + 04 |
| 29 | Gianni Faresin | Liquigas - Pata | + 04 | + 04 |
| 30 | Laurent Dufaux | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 04 | + 04 |
| 31 | Haimar Zubeldia | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 04 | + 04 |
| 32 | Oscar Sevilla | Kelme - Costa Blanca | + 04 | + 04 |
| 33 | Manuel Vazquez Jose | Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada | + 04 | + 04 |
| 34 | Volodymir Gustov | Fassa Bortolo | + 04 | + 04 |
| 35 | Richard Virenque | Team Polti | + 04 | + 04 |
| 36 | Pascal Hervé | Team Polti | + 04 | + 04 |
| 37 | Antonio Flecha Juan | Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada | + 04 | + 04 |
| 38 | Eladio Jiménez | Banesto | + 04 | + 04 |
| 39 | Dario Frigo | Fassa Bortolo | + 04 | + 04 |
| 40 | Manuel Beltrán | Mapei - Quick Step | + 04 | + 04 |
| 41 | Kurt van de Wouwer | Lotto - Adecco | + 04 | + 04 |
| 42 | Mikel Zarrabeitia | ONCE - Deutsche Bank | + 04 | + 04 |
| 43 | Jon Odriozola Mugarza | Banesto | + 04 | + 04 |
| 44 | José Castelblanco | Kelme - Costa Blanca | + 04 | + 04 |
| 45 | Igor González de Galdeano | Vitalicio Seguros - Grupo Generali | + 04 | + 04 |
| 46 | Santiago Blanco | Vitalicio Seguros - Grupo Generali | + 04 | + 04 |
| 47 | Michele Bartoli | Mapei - Quick Step | + 04 | + 04 |
| 48 | Ángel Casero | Festina - Lotus | + 04 | + 04 |
| 49 | Massimo Codol | Lampre-Daikin | + 04 | + 04 |
| 50 | Ramón González Arrieta | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 04 | + 04 |
| 51 | Wladimir Belli | Fassa Bortolo | + 04 | + 04 |
| 52 | Ricardo Otxoa Palacios | Kelme - Costa Blanca | + 04 | + 04 |
| 53 | Félix Cárdenas | Kelme - Costa Blanca | + 04 | + 04 |
| 54 | Ellis Rastelli | Liquigas - Pata | + 38 | + 38 |
| 55 | Erik Zabel | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 56 | Jo Planckaert | Cofidis | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 57 | Giovanni Lombardi | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 58 | Christophe Mengin | La Française des Jeux | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 59 | George Hincapie | US Postal Service | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 60 | Markus Zberg | Rabobank | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 61 | Bo Hamburger | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 62 | Nacor Burgos | Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 63 | Yvon Ledanois | La Française des Jeux | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 64 | Imanol Ayestraran Odriozola | Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 65 | Pedro Horrillo | Vitalicio Seguros - Grupo Generali | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 66 | Carlos Vicario Barbera Juan | Vitalicio Seguros - Grupo Generali | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 67 | Peter van Petegem | Farm Frites | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 68 | Stéphane Heulot | La Française des Jeux | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 69 | Tyler Hamilton | US Postal Service | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 70 | Marc Lotz | Rabobank | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 71 | Massimiliano Lelli | Cofidis | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 72 | Mario Aerts | Lotto - Adecco | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 73 | Daniel Clavero | Team Polti | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 74 | Enrique Gutiérrez José | Kelme - Costa Blanca | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 75 | Mauro Gianetti | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 76 | Geert Verheyen | Lotto - Adecco | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 77 | Maarten den Bakker | Rabobank | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 78 | Jörg Jaksche | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 79 | Marco Velo | Mercatone Uno - Albacom | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 80 | Kevin Livingston | US Postal Service | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 81 | Cristiano Frattini | Liquigas - Pata | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 82 | Martin Rittsel | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 83 | Steffen Kjærgaard | US Postal Service | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 84 | Oscar Pellicioli | Team Polti | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 85 | Gilberto Simoni | Lampre-Daikin | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 86 | Marcello Siboni | Mercatone Uno - Albacom | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 87 | Frankie Andreu | US Postal Service | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 88 | Stefano Garzelli | Mercatone Uno - Albacom | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 89 | Udo Bölts | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 90 | Georg Totschnig | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 91 | Daniele de Paoli | Mercatone Uno - Albacom | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 92 | Igor Astarloa | Mercatone Uno - Albacom | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 93 | Xavier Jan | La Française des Jeux | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 94 | Isidro Nozal Vega | ONCE - Deutsche Bank | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 95 | Unai Osa | Banesto | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 96 | Sergio Barbero | Lampre-Daikin | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 97 | Oscar Mason | Mercatone Uno - Albacom | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 98 | Cristian Moreni | Liquigas - Pata | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 99 | Jan Hruska | Vitalicio Seguros - Grupo Generali | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 100 | Massimo Donati | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 101 | Stefano Cattai | Liquigas - Pata | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 102 | Kai Hundertmarck | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 103 | Viatcheslav Ekimov | US Postal Service | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 104 | Matthias Kessler | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 105 | Vicente García José | Banesto | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 106 | Paolo Tiralongo | Fassa Bortolo | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 107 | Guido Trentin | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 108 | Massimiliano Mori | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 109 | Giuliano Figueras | Mapei - Quick Step | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 110 | Francesco Secchiari | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 111 | Francisco Mancebo | Banesto | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 112 | Manuel Uria Gonzalez Jose | Team Polti | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 113 | Daniel Atienza | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 114 | Elia Aggiano | Vitalicio Seguros - Grupo Generali | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 115 | Luis Rubiera José | Kelme - Costa Blanca | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 116 | Roberto Laiseka | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 117 | Fabrizio Guidi | La Française des Jeux | + 10:17 | + 10:17 |
| 118 | Ramon Golbano Garcia Carlos | Jazztel - Costa de Almeria | + 10:17 | + 10:17 |
| 119 | Pascal Chanteur | Ag2r - Décathlon | + 11:18 | + 11:18 |
| 120 | Valdez Prieto Ricardo | Jazztel - Costa de Almeria | + 11:18 | + 11:18 |
| 121 | Gennady Mikhailov | Farm Frites | + 11:18 | + 11:18 |
| 122 | Álvaro González de Galdeano | Vitalicio Seguros - Grupo Generali | + 11:18 | + 11:18 |
| 123 | Gines Salmeron Martinez | Jazztel - Costa de Almeria | + 11:18 | + 11:18 |
| 124 | Chris Peers | Cofidis | + 11:18 | + 11:18 |
| 125 | Cédric Vasseur | US Postal Service | + 11:18 | + 11:18 |
| 126 | Hernan Munoz | Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada | + 11:18 | + 11:18 |
| 127 | Rafael Mateos Perez | Team Polti | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 128 | Manuel Garate Juan | Lampre-Daikin | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 129 | Michael Boogerd | Rabobank | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 130 | Léon van Bon | Rabobank | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 131 | Rene Jørgensen | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 132 | Bram de Groot | Rabobank | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 133 | Miquel van Kessel | Farm Frites | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 134 | Luca Scinto | Mapei - Quick Step | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 135 | Marc Wauters | Rabobank | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 136 | Michael Blaudzun | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 137 | Allan Johansen | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 138 | Glenn D'hollander | Lotto - Adecco | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 139 | Alessandro Spezialetti | Liquigas - Pata | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 140 | Daniel Schnider | La Française des Jeux | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 141 | Roland Meier | Cofidis | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 142 | Massimo Cigana | Mercatone Uno - Albacom | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 143 | Pedro Diaz Lobato | Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 144 | Eduardo Hernandez Bailo | Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 145 | Alberto Lopez | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 146 | Grzegorz Gwiazdowski | La Française des Jeux | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 147 | Eleuterio Anguita | Jazztel - Costa de Almeria | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 148 | Andres Bermejo Siller | Colchon Relax - Fuenlabrada | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 149 | Jakob Piil | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 150 | Holst Kyneb Mikael | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 151 | Mariano Piccoli | Lampre-Daikin | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 152 | Christophe Agnolutto | Ag2r - Décathlon | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 153 | David Delrieu | Ag2r - Décathlon | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 154 | Wim Vansevenant | Farm Frites | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 155 | Gilles Maignan | Ag2r - Décathlon | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 156 | Serge Baguet | Lotto - Adecco | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 157 | Rik Verbrugghe | Lotto - Adecco | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 158 | Benoît Salmon | Ag2r - Décathlon | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 159 | Andreas Klier | Farm Frites | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |
| 160 | Geert van Bondt | Farm Frites | + 14:32 | + 14:32 |