| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrei Tchmil | Lotto - Adecco | 06:48:17 | |
| 2 | Dario Pieri | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 04 | + 04 |
| 3 | Romans Vainsteins | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 04 | + 04 |
| 4 | Erik Zabel | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 04 | + 04 |
| 5 | Tristan Hoffman | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 04 | + 04 |
| 6 | Fabio Sacchi | Team Polti | + 04 | + 04 |
| 7 | Léon van Bon | Rabobank | + 04 | + 04 |
| 8 | Peter van Petegem | Farm Frites | + 04 | + 04 |
| 9 | Zbigniew Spruch | Lampre-Daikin | + 04 | + 04 |
| 10 | Markus Zberg | Rabobank | + 04 | + 04 |
| 11 | Oscar Camenzind | Lampre-Daikin | + 04 | + 04 |
| 12 | Fabio Baldato | Fassa Bortolo | + 04 | + 04 |
| 13 | Dimitri Konyshev | Fassa Bortolo | + 04 | + 04 |
| 14 | Rolf Sørensen | Rabobank | + 04 | + 04 |
| 15 | Viatcheslav Ekimov | US Postal Service | + 04 | + 04 |
| 16 | Marco Milesi | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 04 | + 04 |
| 17 | George Hincapie | US Postal Service | + 04 | + 04 |
| 18 | Salvatore Commesso | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 04 | + 04 |
| 19 | Eddy Mazzoleni | Team Polti | + 04 | + 04 |
| 20 | Christophe Mengin | La Française des Jeux | + 04 | + 04 |
| 21 | Daniele Nardello | Mapei - Quick Step | + 04 | + 04 |
| 22 | Andrea Tafi | Mapei - Quick Step | + 04 | + 04 |
| 23 | Chris Peers | Cofidis | + 04 | + 04 |
| 24 | Gabriele Missaglia | Lampre-Daikin | + 04 | + 04 |
| 25 | Andreas Klier | Farm Frites | + 11 | + 11 |
| 26 | Wilfried Peeters | Mapei - Quick Step | + 11 | + 11 |
| 27 | Steffen Wesemann | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 11 | + 11 |
| 28 | Marc Wauters | Rabobank | + 11 | + 11 |
| 29 | Franco Ballerini | Lampre-Daikin | + 11 | + 11 |
| 30 | Frédéric Guesdon | La Française des Jeux | + 19 | + 19 |
| 31 | Marco Serpellini | Lampre-Daikin | + 19 | + 19 |
| 32 | Frank Høj | La Française des Jeux | + 19 | + 19 |
| 33 | Johan Museeuw | Mapei - Quick Step | + 47 | + 47 |
| 34 | Mario Aerts | Lotto - Adecco | + 57 | + 57 |
| 35 | Maarten den Bakker | Rabobank | + 01:32 | + 01:32 |
| 36 | Enrico Cassani | Team Polti | + 01:32 | + 01:32 |
| 37 | Denis Zanette | Liquigas - Pata | + 03:06 | + 03:06 |
| 38 | Karl Pauwels | Palmans - Ideal | + 03:28 | + 03:28 |
| 39 | Stefano Zanini | Mapei - Quick Step | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 40 | Stuart O'grady | Crédit Agricole | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 41 | Matteo Tosatto | Fassa Bortolo | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 42 | Aart Vierhouten | Rabobank | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 43 | Arvis Piziks | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 44 | Hans de Clercq | Palmans - Ideal | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 45 | Rolf Huser | Festina - Lotus | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 46 | Hendrik van Dyck | Palmans - Ideal | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 47 | Sergei Ivanov | Farm Frites | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 48 | Ralf Grabsch | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 49 | Rolf Aldag | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 50 | Thierry Marichal | Lotto - Adecco | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 51 | Pedro Horrillo | Vitalicio Seguros - Grupo Generali | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 52 | Jo Planckaert | Cofidis | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 53 | Wim Feys | Palmans - Ideal | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 54 | Servais Knaven | Farm Frites | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 55 | Gianmario Ortenzi | Mercatone Uno - Albacom | + 05:03 | + 05:03 |
| 56 | Erwin Thijs | Vlaandern 2002 | + 07:26 | + 07:26 |
| 57 | Jurgen van de Walle | Palmans - Ideal | + 07:32 | + 07:32 |
| 58 | Jürgen van Roosbroeck | Vlaandern 2002 | + 07:32 | + 07:32 |
| 59 | Danilo Hondo | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 07:32 | + 07:32 |
| 60 | Fabien de Waele | Lotto - Adecco | + 07:32 | + 07:32 |
| 61 | Kristof Trouve | Vlaandern 2002 | + 07:32 | + 07:32 |
| 62 | Jan Schaffrath | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 07:32 | + 07:32 |
| 63 | Kai Hundertmarck | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 07:44 | + 07:44 |
| 64 | Lars Michaelsen | La Française des Jeux | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 65 | Oleg Pankov | Collstrop - De Federale | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 66 | Matthew White | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 67 | Cédric Vasseur | US Postal Service | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 68 | Glenn Magnusson | Farm Frites | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 69 | Francis Moreau | Cofidis | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 70 | Peter Wuyts | Lotto - Adecco | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 71 | Marty Jemison | US Postal Service | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 72 | Jacky Durand | Lotto - Adecco | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 73 | Roger Hammond | Collstrop - De Federale | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 74 | Koen Beeckman | Lotto - Adecco | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 75 | Dany Baeyens | Collstrop - De Federale | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 76 | Matthé Pronk | Rabobank | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 77 | Wilfried Cretskens | Vlaandern 2002 | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 78 | Gert Vanderaerden | Palmans - Ideal | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 79 | Magnus Bäckstedt | Crédit Agricole | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 80 | Javier Hernandez Bertran Jaime | Festina - Lotus | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 81 | Jürgen Guns | Vlaandern 2002 | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 82 | Steven de Jongh | Rabobank | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 83 | Tom Steels | Mapei - Quick Step | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 84 | Peter Farazijn | Cofidis | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 85 | Rossano Brasi | Team Polti | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 86 | Gianluca Bortolami | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 87 | Frank Corvers | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 88 | Massimo Apollonio | Vini Caldirola - Sidermec | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 89 | Lauri Aus | Ag2r - Décathlon | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 90 | Massimiliano Mori | Saeco - Valli & Valli | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 91 | David Clinger | Festina - Lotus | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 92 | Geert van Bondt | Farm Frites | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 93 | Geert Omloop | Collstrop - De Federale | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 94 | Jesper Skibby | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 95 | David Tani | Mapei - Quick Step | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |
| 96 | Michele Bartoli | Mapei - Quick Step | + 12:18 | + 12:18 |