| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurent Dufaux | Saeco - Valli & Valli | 06:07:21 | |
| 2 | Jan Ullrich | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 00 | |
| 3 | Francesco Casagrande | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 00 | |
| 4 | Davide Rebellin | Liquigas - Pata | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 5 | Lance Armstrong | US Postal Service | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 6 | Óscar Freire | Mapei - Quick Step | + 01:19 | + 01:19 |
| 7 | Oscar Camenzind | Lampre-Daikin | + 01:19 | + 01:19 |
| 8 | Andrei Kivilev | Ag2r - Décathlon | + 04:28 | + 04:28 |
| 9 | Daniele de Paoli | Mercatone Uno - Albacom | + 04:51 | + 04:51 |
| 10 | Romans Vainsteins | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 04:58 | + 04:58 |
| 11 | Michele Bartoli | Mapei - Quick Step | + 04:58 | + 04:58 |
| 12 | Mikel Zarrabeitia | ONCE - Deutsche Bank | + 04:58 | + 04:58 |
| 13 | Massimo Cigana | Mercatone Uno - Albacom | + 07:53 | + 07:53 |
| 14 | Bo Hamburger | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 10:54 | + 10:54 |
| 15 | Axel Merckx | Mapei - Quick Step | + 10:54 | + 10:54 |
| 16 | Ruggero Borghi | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 12:15 | + 12:15 |
| 17 | Thierry Loder | Cofidis | + 12:15 | + 12:15 |
| 18 | Marcel Strauss | Post Swiss | + 12:15 | + 12:15 |
| 19 | Michael Andersson | De Nardi - Pasta Montegrappa | + 12:15 | + 12:15 |
| 20 | Matthias Buxhofer | Phonak | + 12:15 | + 12:15 |
| 21 | Kurt van de Wouwer | Lotto - Adecco | + 12:15 | + 12:15 |
| 22 | Daniel Atienza | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 12:15 | + 12:15 |
| 23 | Serge Baguet | Lotto - Adecco | + 16:43 | + 16:43 |
| 24 | Erik Zabel | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 25 | Paolo Bettini | Mapei - Quick Step | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 26 | Ellis Rastelli | Liquigas - Pata | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 27 | Andrei Tchmil | Lotto - Adecco | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 28 | Niki Aebersold | Rabobank | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 29 | Alain Turicchia | Amica Chips - Tacconi Sport | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 30 | Zbigniew Spruch | Lampre-Daikin | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 31 | Peter van Petegem | Farm Frites | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 32 | Enrico Cassani | Team Polti | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 33 | Andrea Peron | Fassa Bortolo | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 34 | Steven Kleynen | Farm Frites | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 35 | Marc Lotz | Rabobank | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 36 | Michael Boogerd | Rabobank | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 37 | Mirko Celestino | Team Polti | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 38 | Lukas Zumsteg | Phonak | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 39 | Kevin Livingston | US Postal Service | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 40 | Dirk Müller | Post Swiss | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 41 | Sven Montgomery | La Française des Jeux | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 42 | David Canada | ONCE - Deutsche Bank | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 43 | Oscar Pellicioli | Team Polti | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 44 | Sergio Barbero | Lampre-Daikin | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 45 | Kai Hundertmarck | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 46 | Wladimir Belli | Fassa Bortolo | + 17:07 | + 17:07 |
| 47 | Luca Scinto | Mapei - Quick Step | + 17:11 | + 17:11 |