| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michele Bartoli | Fassa Bortolo | 06:14:49 | |
| 2 | Davide Rebellin | Gerolsteiner | + 00 | |
| 3 | Oscar Camenzind | Phonak | + 00 | |
| 4 | Marco Serpellini | Lampre-Daikin | + 00 | |
| 5 | Francesco Casagrande | Fassa Bortolo | + 00 | |
| 6 | Michael Boogerd | Rabobank | + 00 | |
| 7 | Pablo Lastras | iBanesto.com | + 00 | |
| 8 | Joseba Beloki | ONCE - Eroski | + 00 | |
| 9 | Dario Frigo | Tacconi Sport - Emmegi | + 00 | |
| 10 | Francisco Mancebo | iBanesto.com | + 00 | |
| 11 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Team Telekom | + 00 | |
| 12 | Manuel Beltrán | Team Coast | + 00 | |
| 13 | Leonardo Piepoli | iBanesto.com | + 00 | |
| 14 | Gilberto Simoni | Saeco - Longoni Sport | + 00 | |
| 15 | Ivan Basso | Fassa Bortolo | + 04 | + 04 |
| 16 | Angelo Lopeboselli | Cofidis | + 14 | + 14 |
| 17 | Leonardo Giordani | Team Colpack - Astro | + 14 | + 14 |
| 18 | Matthias Kessler | Team Telekom | + 27 | + 27 |
| 19 | Beat Zberg | Rabobank | + 27 | + 27 |
| 20 | Cédric Vasseur | Cofidis | + 27 | + 27 |
| 21 | Gerhard Trampusch | Mapei - Quick Step | + 27 | + 27 |
| 22 | Vladimir Miholjevic | Alessio | + 27 | + 27 |
| 23 | Igor Astarloa | Saeco - Longoni Sport | + 27 | + 27 |
| 24 | Luca Mazzanti | Mercatone Uno | + 27 | + 27 |
| 25 | Fabiano Fontanelli | Mercatone Uno | + 27 | + 27 |
| 26 | Óscar Freire | Mapei - Quick Step | + 27 | + 27 |
| 27 | Vladimir Duma | Panaria - Fiordo | + 27 | + 27 |
| 28 | Michael Rasmussen | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 27 | + 27 |
| 29 | Filippo Simeoni | Acqua e Sapone - Cantina Tollo | + 27 | + 27 |
| 30 | Paolo Bettini | Mapei - Quick Step | + 27 | + 27 |
| 31 | Dave Bruylandts | Domo - Farm Frites | + 27 | + 27 |
| 32 | Daniele Nardello | Mapei - Quick Step | + 31 | + 31 |
| 33 | Andrea Peron | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 36 | + 36 |
| 34 | Alexandre Moos | Phonak | + 36 | + 36 |
| 35 | Fabio Sacchi | Saeco - Longoni Sport | + 43 | + 43 |
| 36 | Massimo Codol | Lampre-Daikin | + 43 | + 43 |
| 37 | Sergio Barbero | Lampre-Daikin | + 43 | + 43 |
| 38 | Antonio Flecha Juan | iBanesto.com | + 01:17 | + 01:17 |
| 39 | Alessandro Guerra | Index - Alexia Alluminio | + 01:20 | + 01:20 |
| 40 | Gorazd Stangelj | Fassa Bortolo | + 01:20 | + 01:20 |
| 41 | Matteo Tosatto | Fassa Bortolo | + 01:47 | + 01:47 |
| 42 | Gabriele Missaglia | Lampre-Daikin | + 06:02 | + 06:02 |
| 43 | Daniel Schnider | Phonak | + 06:02 | + 06:02 |
| 44 | Dario Cioni | Mapei - Quick Step | + 06:04 | + 06:04 |
| 45 | Danilo Di Luca | Saeco - Longoni Sport | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 46 | Ruggero Marzoli | Formaggi Trentini | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 47 | Pietro Zucconi | Tacconi Sport - Emmegi | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 48 | Mikel Artetxe | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 49 | Andris Reiss | Index - Alexia Alluminio | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 50 | Sylwester Szmyd | Tacconi Sport - Emmegi | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 51 | Benoît Poilvet | Crédit Agricole | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 52 | Massimo Cigana | Mercatone Uno | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 53 | Andrey Mizurov | Mercatone Uno | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 54 | Maximilian Sciandri | Lampre-Daikin | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 55 | Haimar Zubeldia | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 56 | Gianluca Valoti | Index - Alexia Alluminio | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 57 | Kim Kirchen | Fassa Bortolo | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 58 | Marcelino Garcia | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 59 | Isidro Nozal Vega | ONCE - Eroski | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 60 | Marco Fertonani | Phonak | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 61 | Ellis Rastelli | Gerolsteiner | + 08:01 | + 08:01 |
| 62 | Fabrizio Guidi | Team Coast | + 09:05 | + 09:05 |
| 63 | Georg Totschnig | Gerolsteiner | + 10:04 | + 10:04 |
| 64 | Rolf Aldag | Team Telekom | + 10:04 | + 10:04 |
| 65 | Steve Zamperi | Tacconi Sport - Emmegi | + 10:18 | + 10:18 |
| 66 | Rolf Huser | Team Coast | + 10:18 | + 10:18 |
| 67 | Matteo Carrara | Team Colpack - Astro | + 10:18 | + 10:18 |
| 68 | Mauro Gianetti | Team Coast | + 10:18 | + 10:18 |
| 69 | Patrick Calcagni | Tacconi Sport - Emmegi | + 10:18 | + 10:18 |
| 70 | Javier Cerezo Perales Francisco | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 10:18 | + 10:18 |
| 71 | Luis Laverde | Formaggi Trentini | + 10:18 | + 10:18 |
| 72 | Giampaolo Caruso | ONCE - Eroski | + 10:18 | + 10:18 |
| 73 | David Arroyo | ONCE - Eroski | + 10:18 | + 10:18 |
| 74 | Yaroslav Popovych | Landbouwkrediet - Colnago | + 10:18 | + 10:18 |
| 75 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 10:18 | + 10:18 |
| 76 | Paolo Tiralongo | Fassa Bortolo | + 10:18 | + 10:18 |
| 77 | Vicente García José | iBanesto.com | + 10:18 | + 10:18 |