| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paolo Bettini | Mapei - Quick Step | 06:17:48 | |
| 2 | Jan Ullrich | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 00 | |
| 3 | Fernando Escartín | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 00 | |
| 4 | Francesco Casagrande | Fassa Bortolo | + 00 | |
| 5 | Erik Dekker | Rabobank | + 21 | + 21 |
| 6 | Cristian Moreni | Mercatone Uno | + 21 | + 21 |
| 7 | Marco Serpellini | Lampre-Daikin | + 01:04 | + 01:04 |
| 8 | Niki Aebersold | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 01:09 | + 01:09 |
| 9 | Mario Aerts | Lotto - Adecco | + 01:12 | + 01:12 |
| 10 | George Hincapie | US Postal Service | + 01:20 | + 01:20 |
| 11 | Oscar Camenzind | Lampre-Daikin | + 01:20 | + 01:20 |
| 12 | Davide Rebellin | Liquigas - Pata | + 01:20 | + 01:20 |
| 13 | Eddy Mazzoleni | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola | + 01:20 | + 01:20 |
| 14 | Mirko Celestino | Saeco | + 01:20 | + 01:20 |
| 15 | Romans Vainsteins | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 03:52 | + 03:52 |
| 16 | Richard Virenque | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 03:52 | + 03:52 |
| 17 | Beat Zberg | Rabobank | + 03:52 | + 03:52 |
| 18 | Óscar Freire | Mapei - Quick Step | + 03:52 | + 03:52 |
| 19 | Fabio Sacchi | Saeco | + 03:52 | + 03:52 |
| 20 | Alexandre Moos | KIA Suisse | + 03:52 | + 03:52 |
| 21 | Christophe Brandt | Lotto - Adecco | + 03:52 | + 03:52 |
| 22 | Piotr Przydzial | CCC Mat Ceresit | + 03:52 | + 03:52 |
| 23 | Bobby Julich | Crédit Agricole | + 03:52 | + 03:52 |
| 24 | Dave Bruylandts | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 03:52 | + 03:52 |
| 25 | Pierre Bourquenoud | Phonak | + 04:05 | + 04:05 |
| 26 | Ruggero Borghi | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola | + 04:05 | + 04:05 |
| 27 | Bingen Fernández Bustinza | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 04:05 | + 04:05 |
| 28 | Paolo Lanfranchi | Mapei - Quick Step | + 04:05 | + 04:05 |
| 29 | Laurent Dufaux | Saeco | + 04:05 | + 04:05 |
| 30 | Benoît Salmon | Ag2r Prevoyance - Decathlon | + 04:05 | + 04:05 |
| 31 | Alexandre Botcharov | Ag2r Prevoyance - Decathlon | + 04:05 | + 04:05 |
| 32 | Daniele de Paoli | Mercatone Uno | + 04:05 | + 04:05 |
| 33 | Steve Zamperi | Post Swiss | + 06:40 | + 06:40 |
| 34 | David Delrieu | Ag2r Prevoyance - Decathlon | + 06:40 | + 06:40 |
| 35 | Udo Bölts | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 06:40 | + 06:40 |
| 36 | Tyler Hamilton | US Postal Service | + 06:40 | + 06:40 |
| 37 | Markus Zberg | Rabobank | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 38 | Lukas Zumsteg | Phonak | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 39 | Alberto Elli | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 40 | Gianluca Valoti | Alexia Alluminio | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 41 | Kim Kirchen | Fassa Bortolo | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 42 | Marco Pinotti | Lampre-Daikin | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 43 | Dmitriy Fofonov | Cofidis | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 44 | Felice Puttini | CCC Mat Ceresit | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 45 | Daniel Atienza | Cofidis | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 46 | Marcelino Garcia | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 47 | Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 48 | Marc Lotz | Rabobank | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 49 | Benoit Joachim | US Postal Service | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 50 | Reto Bergmann | Post Swiss | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 51 | Gianni Faresin | Liquigas - Pata | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 52 | Stefano Cattai | Liquigas - Pata | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 53 | Michele Bartoli | Mapei - Quick Step | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 54 | Massimo Donati | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 55 | Salvatore Commesso | Saeco | + 12:35 | + 12:35 |
| 56 | Vladimir Smirnov | CCC Mat Ceresit | + 16:04 | + 16:04 |