| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iban Mayo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 04:57:21 | |
| 2 | Lance Armstrong | US Postal Service | + 01:12 | + 01:12 |
| 3 | Pavel Tonkov | Mercury - Viatel | + 01:12 | + 01:12 |
| 4 | Félix Cárdenas | Kelme - Costa Blanca | + 02:27 | + 02:27 |
| 5 | Benoît Salmon | Ag2r Prevoyance - Decathlon | + 02:43 | + 02:43 |
| 6 | Unai Etxebarria Arana | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 03:13 | + 03:13 |
| 7 | Beat Zberg | Rabobank | + 04:12 | + 04:12 |
| 8 | Andrei Kivilev | Cofidis | + 04:12 | + 04:12 |
| 9 | Santiago Botero | Kelme - Costa Blanca | + 04:12 | + 04:12 |
| 10 | Frederic Bessy | Crédit Agricole | + 04:12 | + 04:12 |
| 11 | Ramón González Arrieta | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 04:20 | + 04:20 |
| 12 | Thorwald Veneberg | Rabobank | + 05:36 | + 05:36 |
| 13 | Xavier Jan | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 07:04 | + 07:04 |
| 14 | Kurt van de Wouwer | Lotto - Adecco | + 07:23 | + 07:23 |
| 15 | Jens Voigt | Crédit Agricole | + 08:43 | + 08:43 |
| 16 | Guido Trentin | Cofidis | + 08:43 | + 08:43 |
| 17 | Daniel Atienza | Cofidis | + 08:43 | + 08:43 |
| 18 | Francisco Mancebo | iBanesto.com | + 09:19 | + 09:19 |
| 19 | Chann Mcrae William | Mercury - Viatel | + 11:34 | + 11:34 |
| 20 | Daniel Schnider | La Française des Jeux | + 11:34 | + 11:34 |
| 21 | Bobby Julich | Crédit Agricole | + 11:34 | + 11:34 |
| 22 | Oscar Sevilla | Kelme - Costa Blanca | + 11:34 | + 11:34 |
| 23 | Laurent Jalabert | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 11:34 | + 11:34 |
| 24 | Bram de Groot | Rabobank | + 12:06 | + 12:06 |
| 25 | Hugo Pena Victor | US Postal Service | + 12:23 | + 12:23 |
| 26 | Ramiro Parra Iván | ONCE - Eroski - Würth | + 12:52 | + 12:52 |
| 27 | Txema Del Olmo | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 12:58 | + 12:58 |
| 28 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank | + 13:24 | + 13:24 |
| 29 | Carlos Sastre | ONCE - Eroski - Würth | + 14:06 | + 14:06 |
| 30 | Steffen Kjærgaard | US Postal Service | + 15:29 | + 15:29 |
| 31 | Inigo Chaurreau | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 21:20 | + 21:20 |
| 32 | Dominique Rault | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 22:18 | + 22:18 |
| 33 | Steve Zamperi | Post Swiss | + 22:18 | + 22:18 |
| 34 | Gilles Bouvard | Jean Delatour | + 22:18 | + 22:18 |
| 35 | Sandy Casar | La Française des Jeux | + 22:18 | + 22:18 |
| 36 | Sebastien Talabardon | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 22:18 | + 22:18 |
| 37 | Benoît Poilvet | Crédit Agricole | + 22:18 | + 22:18 |
| 38 | Gregory Vollet | St. Quentin - Oktos | + 22:18 | + 22:18 |
| 39 | Christophe Oriol | Jean Delatour | + 22:18 | + 22:18 |
| 40 | Tyler Hamilton | US Postal Service | + 22:18 | + 22:18 |
| 41 | Alexandre Botcharov | Ag2r Prevoyance - Decathlon | + 22:18 | + 22:18 |
| 42 | David Arroyo | ONCE - Eroski - Würth | + 24:01 | + 24:01 |
| 43 | Mikel Zarrabeitia | ONCE - Eroski - Würth | + 24:01 | + 24:01 |
| 44 | Mikel Pradera | ONCE - Eroski - Würth | + 24:01 | + 24:01 |
| 45 | Jürgen Landrie | Ville de Chareloi - New Systems | + 25:35 | + 25:35 |
| 46 | Denis Menchov | iBanesto.com | + 27:41 | + 27:41 |
| 47 | Laurent Estadieu | Ag2r Prevoyance - Decathlon | + 30:59 | + 30:59 |
| 48 | Alexandre Grux | Ag2r Prevoyance - Decathlon | + 30:59 | + 30:59 |
| 49 | Frédéric Gabriel | Bonjour | + 30:59 | + 30:59 |
| 50 | Walter Bénéteau | Bonjour | + 30:59 | + 30:59 |