| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergei Ivanov | Farm Frites | 05:13:00 | |
| 2 | Geert van Bondt | Farm Frites | + 56 | + 56 |
| 3 | Chris Peers | Cofidis | + 56 | + 56 |
| 4 | Marc Wauters | Rabobank | + 01:31 | + 01:31 |
| 5 | Hendrik van Dyck | Palmans - Ideal | + 01:43 | + 01:43 |
| 6 | Peter van Petegem | Farm Frites | + 01:43 | + 01:43 |
| 7 | Fabio Sacchi | Team Polti | + 01:43 | + 01:43 |
| 8 | Gianpaolo Mondini | Cantina Tollo | + 01:43 | + 01:43 |
| 9 | Andreas Klier | Farm Frites | + 01:43 | + 01:43 |
| 10 | Max van Heeswijk | Mapei - Quick Step | + 01:43 | + 01:43 |
| 11 | Andrei Tchmil | Lotto - Adecco | + 01:43 | + 01:43 |
| 12 | Frédéric Guesdon | La Française des Jeux | + 01:43 | + 01:43 |
| 13 | Peter Farazijn | Cofidis | + 01:43 | + 01:43 |
| 14 | Jan Schaffrath | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 01:43 | + 01:43 |
| 15 | Ralf Grabsch | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 01:43 | + 01:43 |
| 16 | Paul van Hyfte | Lotto - Adecco | + 01:46 | + 01:46 |
| 17 | Jans Koerts | Farm Frites | + 03:40 | + 03:40 |
| 18 | Flavio Zandarin | Alessio - Banca SMG | + 03:40 | + 03:40 |
| 19 | Nico Mattan | Cofidis | + 03:40 | + 03:40 |
| 20 | Mirko Celestino | Team Polti | + 03:40 | + 03:40 |
| 21 | Wim Vansevenant | Farm Frites | + 03:40 | + 03:40 |
| 22 | Matthé Pronk | Rabobank | + 03:40 | + 03:40 |
| 23 | Wilfried Peeters | Mapei - Quick Step | + 03:40 | + 03:40 |
| 24 | Kristof Trouve | Vlaandern 2002 | + 04:56 | + 04:56 |
| 25 | Rossano Brasi | Team Polti | + 08:20 | + 08:20 |
| 26 | Danilo Hondo | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 08:20 | + 08:20 |
| 27 | Torsten Nitsche | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 08:20 | + 08:20 |
| 28 | Tom Steels | Mapei - Quick Step | + 09:34 | + 09:34 |
| 29 | Eric de Clercq | Collstrop - De Federale | + 09:34 | + 09:34 |
| 30 | Matteo Tosatto | Fassa Bortolo | + 09:34 | + 09:34 |
| 31 | Bert Roesems | Tönissteiner - Colnago | + 12:43 | + 12:43 |
| 32 | Frank Høj | La Française des Jeux | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 33 | Serguei Outschakov | Alessio - Banca SMG | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 34 | Thierry Marichal | Lotto - Adecco | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 35 | Michele Gobbi | Mobilvetta - Rossin | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 36 | Ronny Assez | Flanders - Prefetex | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 37 | Koen Beeckman | Lotto - Adecco | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 38 | Marco Di Renzo | Cantina Tollo | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 39 | Bert Grabsch | Team Cologne | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 40 | Arvis Piziks | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 41 | Kevin Hulsmans | Mapei - Quick Step | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 42 | Geoffrey Demeyere | Vlaandern 2002 | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 43 | Jörn Reuss | Nurnberger Versicherung | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 44 | Fabio Baldato | Fassa Bortolo | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 45 | Christophe Detilloux | Lotto - Adecco | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 46 | Fabien de Waele | Lotto - Adecco | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 47 | Peter Wuyts | Lotto - Adecco | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 48 | Oleg Pankov | Collstrop - De Federale | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 49 | Steve de Wolf | Cofidis | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 50 | Dany Baeyens | Collstrop - De Federale | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 51 | Christophe Mengin | La Française des Jeux | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 52 | Robert Hunter | Lampre-Daikin | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 53 | Wim van de Meulenhof | Bankgiroloterij - Batavus | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 54 | Wim Feys | Palmans - Ideal | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 55 | Bo Petersen Jørgen | Ville de Chareloi - New Systems | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 56 | Rolf Aldag | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 57 | Guido Trenti | Cantina Tollo | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 58 | Cristian Pepoli | Cantina Tollo | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 59 | Hans de Clercq | Palmans - Ideal | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 60 | Alessandro Baronti | Cantina Tollo | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 61 | Servais Knaven | Farm Frites | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 62 | Zbigniew Spruch | Lampre-Daikin | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 63 | Jan Boven | Rabobank | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 64 | Oscar Camenzind | Lampre-Daikin | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 65 | Bart Leysen | Mapei - Quick Step | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 66 | Léon van Bon | Rabobank | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 67 | Steven de Jongh | Rabobank | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 68 | Dario Pieri | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 69 | Markus Zberg | Rabobank | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 70 | Bart Voskamp | Team Polti | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 71 | Tristan Hoffman | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 72 | Frank Corvers | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 73 | Marco Serpellini | Lampre-Daikin | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 74 | Kai Hundertmarck | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 75 | Martin Hvastija | Alessio - Banca SMG | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 76 | Johan Museeuw | Mapei - Quick Step | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 77 | Leif Hoste | Mapei - Quick Step | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 78 | Raimondas Vilcinskas | Palmans - Ideal | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 79 | Franco Ballerini | Lampre-Daikin | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 80 | Volodymir Gustov | Fassa Bortolo | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 81 | Jo Planckaert | Cofidis | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 82 | Nico Eeckhout | Palmans - Ideal | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 83 | Salvatore Commesso | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |
| 84 | Michel Vanhaecke | Tönissteiner - Colnago | + 13:00 | + 13:00 |