| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raimondas Rumsas | Fassa Bortolo | 06:18:36 | |
| 2 | Francesco Casagrande | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 00 | |
| 3 | Niklas Axelsson | Panaria - Gaerne | + 04 | + 04 |
| 4 | Beat Zberg | Rabobank | + 07 | + 07 |
| 5 | Michele Bartoli | Mapei - Quick Step | + 07 | + 07 |
| 6 | Davide Rebellin | Liquigas - Pata | + 07 | + 07 |
| 7 | Wladimir Belli | Fassa Bortolo | + 22 | + 22 |
| 8 | Massimo Codol | Lampre-Daikin | + 02:11 | + 02:11 |
| 9 | Gorazd Stangelj | Liquigas - Pata | + 02:57 | + 02:57 |
| 10 | Paolo Bettini | Mapei - Quick Step | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 11 | Leonardo Bertagnolli | + 03:35 | + 03:35 | |
| 12 | Luca Scinto | Mapei - Quick Step | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 13 | Óscar Freire | Mapei - Quick Step | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 14 | Stéphane Heulot | La Française des Jeux | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 15 | Oscar Camenzind | Lampre-Daikin | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 16 | Michael Boogerd | Rabobank | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 17 | Andrei Tchmil | Lotto - Adecco | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 18 | Marco Serpellini | Lampre-Daikin | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 19 | Richard Virenque | Team Polti | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 20 | Gennady Mikhailov | Farm Frites | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 21 | Gianni Faresin | Liquigas - Pata | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 22 | Mauro Gianetti | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 23 | Felice Puttini | Alessio - Banca SMG | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 24 | Daniele Nardello | Mapei - Quick Step | + 03:35 | + 03:35 |
| 25 | Andrea Tafi | Mapei - Quick Step | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 26 | Gabriele Missaglia | Lampre-Daikin | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 27 | Marc Lotz | Rabobank | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 28 | Enrique Gutiérrez José | Kelme - Costa Blanca | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 29 | Sandro Giacomelli | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 30 | Serguei Lelekine | Mobilvetta - Rossin | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 31 | Filippo Simeoni | Amica Chips - Tacconi Sport | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 32 | Mirko Celestino | Team Polti | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 33 | Romans Vainsteins | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 04:09 | + 04:09 |
| 34 | Sergio Barbero | Lampre-Daikin | + 04:35 | + 04:35 |
| 35 | Massimo Cigana | Mercatone Uno - Albacom | + 04:47 | + 04:47 |
| 36 | Luis Rubiera José | Kelme - Costa Blanca | + 05:00 | + 05:00 |
| 37 | Alexandre Botcharov | Ag2r - Décathlon | + 05:35 | + 05:35 |
| 38 | Gianluca Valoti | Team Colpack | + 06:45 | + 06:45 |
| 39 | Roberto Sgambelluri | Cantina Tollo | + 12:09 | + 12:09 |
| 40 | Massimiliano Gentili | Cantina Tollo | + 12:09 | + 12:09 |
| 41 | Igor Pugaci | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 12:13 | + 12:13 |
| 42 | Denis Zanette | Liquigas - Pata | + 14:08 | + 14:08 |
| 43 | Jörg Ludewig | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 14:08 | + 14:08 |
| 44 | Leonardo Giordani | Fassa Bortolo | + 14:08 | + 14:08 |
| 45 | Patrick Calcagni | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 14:08 | + 14:08 |
| 46 | Kurt van de Wouwer | Lotto - Adecco | + 14:08 | + 14:08 |
| 47 | Maarten den Bakker | Rabobank | + 14:08 | + 14:08 |
| 48 | Franco Ballerini | Lampre-Daikin | + 14:08 | + 14:08 |
| 49 | Pietro Zucconi | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 14:08 | + 14:08 |
| 50 | Jan Schaffrath | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 14:08 | + 14:08 |
| 51 | Michele Coppolillo | Mercatone Uno - Albacom | + 14:08 | + 14:08 |
| 52 | Steven Kleynen | Farm Frites | + 14:08 | + 14:08 |
| 53 | Tom Leaper | Panaria - Gaerne | + 14:38 | + 14:38 |