| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Markus Zberg | Rabobank | 05:05:35 | |
| 2 | Davide Rebellin | Liquigas - Pata | + 00 | |
| 3 | Kurt van de Wouwer | Lotto - Adecco | + 05 | + 05 |
| 4 | Sergio Barbero | Lampre-Daikin | + 24 | + 24 |
| 5 | Jeroen Blijlevens | Lotto - Adecco | + 24 | + 24 |
| 6 | Beat Zberg | Rabobank | + 24 | + 24 |
| 7 | Udo Bölts | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 24 | + 24 |
| 8 | Patrice Halgand | Jean Delatour | + 24 | + 24 |
| 9 | Manuel Garcia Felix | Festina - Lotus | + 24 | + 24 |
| 10 | Sascha Henrix | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 24 | + 24 |
| 11 | Pierre Bourquenoud | Phonak | + 24 | + 24 |
| 12 | Andreas Klöden | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 24 | + 24 |
| 13 | Bo Hamburger | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 24 | + 24 |
| 14 | Dave Bruylandts | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 24 | + 24 |
| 15 | Cadel Evans | Saeco | + 24 | + 24 |
| 16 | Martin Rittsel | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 24 | + 24 |
| 17 | Mauro Gianetti | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 24 | + 24 |
| 18 | Marcel Strauss | Gerolsteiner | + 24 | + 24 |
| 19 | Artur Babaitsev | Nurnberger Versicherung | + 24 | + 24 |
| 20 | Nicki Sørensen | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 24 | + 24 |
| 21 | Steven Kleynen | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 24 | + 24 |
| 22 | Diego Ferrari | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola | + 24 | + 24 |
| 23 | Stefan Rüttimann | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola | + 24 | + 24 |
| 24 | Armin Meier | Saeco | + 24 | + 24 |
| 25 | Jakob Piil | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 24 | + 24 |
| 26 | Ermanno Brignoli | Mercatone Uno | + 24 | + 24 |
| 27 | Reto Bergmann | Post Swiss | + 24 | + 24 |
| 28 | Laurent Lefèvre | Cofidis | + 01:32 | + 01:32 |
| 29 | Maarten den Bakker | Rabobank | + 01:32 | + 01:32 |
| 30 | Niki Aebersold | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 01:32 | + 01:32 |
| 31 | Tadej Valjavec | Fassa Bortolo | + 01:32 | + 01:32 |
| 32 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank | + 03:23 | + 03:23 |
| 33 | Roberto Petito | Fassa Bortolo | + 03:56 | + 03:56 |
| 34 | Fred Rodriguez | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 03:56 | + 03:56 |
| 35 | Michael Schlickau | Team Cologne | + 03:56 | + 03:56 |
| 36 | Christian Wegmann | Saeco | + 04:06 | + 04:06 |
| 37 | Matthias Kessler | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 06:58 | + 06:58 |
| 38 | Jens Zemke | Nurnberger Versicherung | + 06:58 | + 06:58 |
| 39 | Stéphane Goubert | Jean Delatour | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 40 | Jürgen Werner | Nurnberger Versicherung | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 41 | Marc Vanacker | Post Swiss | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 42 | Steffen Weigold | Gerolsteiner | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 43 | Ondrej Slobodnik | Wüstenrot - ZVVZ | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 44 | Vincent Cali | Collstrop - Palmans | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 45 | Federico Morini | Gerolsteiner | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 46 | Christophe Rinero | Cofidis | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 47 | Lukas Zumsteg | Phonak | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 48 | Laurent Brochard | Jean Delatour | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 49 | Mauro Gerosa | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 50 | Lubor Tesar | Wüstenrot - ZVVZ | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 51 | Harald Morscher | Nurnberger Versicherung | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 52 | Aart Vierhouten | Rabobank | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 53 | Erik Zabel | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 54 | Rolf Huser | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 55 | Daniel Becke | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 56 | Jörg Ludewig | Saeco | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 57 | Petr Bencik | Wüstenrot - ZVVZ | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 58 | Björn Glasner | Team Cologne | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 59 | Jan Ullrich | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 60 | Christian Werner | Nurnberger Versicherung | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 61 | Steve Zamperi | Post Swiss | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 62 | Holger Löw | Post Swiss | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 63 | Patrik Sinkewitz | Mapei - Quick Step | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 64 | Alex Zülle | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 65 | Karsten Kroon | Rabobank | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 66 | Geert Verheyen | Rabobank | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 67 | Christophe Oriol | Jean Delatour | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 68 | Matteo Frutti | Lampre-Daikin | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 69 | Oleg Pankov | Collstrop - Palmans | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 70 | Pedro Horrillo | Mapei - Quick Step | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 71 | Stive Vermaut | Lotto - Adecco | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 72 | Jo Planckaert | Cofidis | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 73 | Christian Heule | Post Swiss | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 74 | Ivan Sastre | Festina - Lotus | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 75 | Wim Vansevenant | Mercury - Viatel | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 76 | Jerome Bernard | Jean Delatour | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 77 | Kai Hundertmarck | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 78 | Matthias Buxhofer | Phonak | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 79 | Gilles Bouvard | Jean Delatour | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 80 | Cyril Dessel | Jean Delatour | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 81 | Alexandre Usov | Phonak | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 82 | Denis Zanette | Liquigas - Pata | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 83 | Jaroslav Bilek | Wüstenrot - ZVVZ | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 84 | Fabio Baldato | Fassa Bortolo | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 85 | Marco Fincato | Fassa Bortolo | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 86 | Remco van der Ven | Bankgiroloterij - Batavus | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 87 | Mirko Marini | Liquigas - Pata | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 88 | Daniele Contrini | Liquigas - Pata | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 89 | Luca Paolini | Mapei - Quick Step | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 90 | Tom Desmet | Bankgiroloterij - Batavus | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |
| 91 | Bart Voskamp | Bankgiroloterij - Batavus | + 09:33 | + 09:33 |