| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danilo Di Luca | Cantina Tollo - Acqua e Sapone | 06:38:29 | |
| 2 | Giuliano Figueras | Panaria - Fiordo | + 00 | |
| 3 | Michael Boogerd | Rabobank | + 01 | + 01 |
| 4 | Richard Virenque | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 04 | + 04 |
| 5 | Michele Bartoli | Mapei - Quick Step | + 01:25 | + 01:25 |
| 6 | Beat Zberg | Rabobank | + 01:25 | + 01:25 |
| 7 | Maximilian Sciandri | Lampre-Daikin | + 01:26 | + 01:26 |
| 8 | Wladimir Belli | Fassa Bortolo | + 01:27 | + 01:27 |
| 9 | Niklas Axelsson | Alessio | + 01:32 | + 01:32 |
| 10 | Francisco Mancebo | iBanesto.com | + 02:25 | + 02:25 |
| 11 | Matthias Kessler | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 02:59 | + 02:59 |
| 12 | Jörg Jaksche | ONCE - Eroski - Würth | + 02:59 | + 02:59 |
| 13 | Erik Dekker | Rabobank | + 04:39 | + 04:39 |
| 14 | Vladimir Duma | Panaria - Fiordo | + 05:19 | + 05:19 |
| 15 | Mirko Celestino | Saeco | + 05:20 | + 05:20 |
| 16 | Tomas Konecny | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 06:24 | + 06:24 |
| 17 | Mauro Gianetti | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 06:25 | + 06:25 |
| 18 | Peter Luttenberger | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola | + 07:35 | + 07:35 |
| 19 | Cristian Gasperoni | Cantina Tollo - Acqua e Sapone | + 07:58 | + 07:58 |
| 20 | Paolo Bettini | Mapei - Quick Step | + 08:35 | + 08:35 |
| 21 | Óscar Freire | Mapei - Quick Step | + 08:35 | + 08:35 |
| 22 | Denis Lunghi | Team Colpack - Astro | + 08:35 | + 08:35 |
| 23 | Francesco Casagrande | Fassa Bortolo | + 08:35 | + 08:35 |
| 24 | Tadej Valjavec | Fassa Bortolo | + 08:35 | + 08:35 |
| 25 | Niki Aebersold | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 08:35 | + 08:35 |
| 26 | Nicki Sørensen | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 08:37 | + 08:37 |
| 27 | Claude Lamour | Cofidis | + 08:45 | + 08:45 |
| 28 | Michael Blaudzun | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 08:45 | + 08:45 |
| 29 | Piotr Wadecki | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 08:47 | + 08:47 |
| 30 | Davide Rebellin | Liquigas - Pata | + 08:49 | + 08:49 |
| 31 | Andrea Tafi | Mapei - Quick Step | + 08:54 | + 08:54 |
| 32 | Iván Gutiérrez | ONCE - Eroski - Würth | + 08:55 | + 08:55 |
| 33 | Cadel Evans | Saeco | + 08:55 | + 08:55 |
| 34 | Marc Lotz | Rabobank | + 08:56 | + 08:56 |
| 35 | Christophe Brandt | Lotto - Adecco | + 08:56 | + 08:56 |
| 36 | Paolo Lanfranchi | Mapei - Quick Step | + 08:56 | + 08:56 |
| 37 | Gianluca Valoti | Alexia Alluminio | + 08:57 | + 08:57 |
| 38 | Daniele de Paoli | Mercatone Uno | + 08:59 | + 08:59 |
| 39 | Gianni Faresin | Liquigas - Pata | + 09:00 | + 09:00 |
| 40 | Daniele Nardello | Mapei - Quick Step | + 09:02 | + 09:02 |
| 41 | Uros Murn | Mobilvetta - Formaggi Trentini | + 09:07 | + 09:07 |
| 42 | Mikel Zarrabeitia | ONCE - Eroski - Würth | + 09:18 | + 09:18 |
| 43 | Massimo Codol | Lampre-Daikin | + 09:20 | + 09:20 |
| 44 | Ivan Gotti | Alessio | + 09:30 | + 09:30 |
| 45 | Ivan Basso | Fassa Bortolo | + 09:51 | + 09:51 |
| 46 | Santiago Blanco | iBanesto.com | + 09:59 | + 09:59 |
| 47 | Serguei Lelekine | Itera | + 17:58 | + 17:58 |
| 48 | Dario Cioni | Mapei - Quick Step | + 17:58 | + 17:58 |
| 49 | Rolf Huser | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 17:59 | + 17:59 |
| 50 | Stefano Cattai | Liquigas - Pata | + 18:00 | + 18:00 |
| 51 | Marcelino Garcia | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 18:01 | + 18:01 |
| 52 | Domenico Romano | Panaria - Fiordo | + 18:01 | + 18:01 |
| 53 | Gianluca Tonetti | Selle Italia - Pacific | + 18:02 | + 18:02 |
| 54 | Sylwester Szmyd | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola | + 18:02 | + 18:02 |
| 55 | Vicente García José | iBanesto.com | + 18:04 | + 18:04 |
| 56 | Tom Leaper | Panaria - Fiordo | + 18:11 | + 18:11 |