| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jens Voigt | Crédit Agricole | 01:34:13 | |
| 2 | László Bodrogi | Mapei - Quick Step | + 11 | + 11 |
| 3 | Jean Nuttli | Phonak | + 39 | + 39 |
| 4 | Uwe Peschel | Gerolsteiner | + 52 | + 52 |
| 5 | Florent Brard | Festina - Lotus | + 01:18 | + 01:18 |
| 6 | Thomas Liese | Nurnberger Versicherung | + 01:25 | + 01:25 |
| 7 | Raivis Belohvosciks | Lampre-Daikin | + 01:38 | + 01:38 |
| 8 | Evgeni Petrov | Mapei - Quick Step | + 02:01 | + 02:01 |
| 9 | Rubens Bertogliati | Lampre-Daikin | + 02:32 | + 02:32 |
| 10 | Michael Blaudzun | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 02:36 | + 02:36 |
| 11 | Nico Mattan | Cofidis | + 02:47 | + 02:47 |
| 12 | Christophe Moreau | Festina - Lotus | + 02:47 | + 02:47 |
| 13 | Jacky Durand | La Française des Jeux | + 03:25 | + 03:25 |
| 14 | Laurent Jalabert | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 03:40 | + 03:40 |
| 15 | Jonathan Vaughters | Crédit Agricole | + 04:20 | + 04:20 |
| 16 | Stéphane Heulot | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 04:27 | + 04:27 |
| 17 | Jan Hruska | ONCE - Eroski - Würth | + 04:48 | + 04:48 |
| 18 | Iván Gutiérrez | ONCE - Eroski - Würth | + 04:57 | + 04:57 |
| 19 | Eddy Seigneur | Jean Delatour | + 05:00 | + 05:00 |
| 20 | Gilles Maignan | Ag2r Prevoyance - Decathlon | + 05:01 | + 05:01 |
| 21 | Ivailo Gabrovski | Jean Delatour | + 05:05 | + 05:05 |
| 22 | Stuart Dangerfield | + 06:37 | + 06:37 | |
| 23 | Michael Hutchinson | + 06:50 | + 06:50 | |
| 24 | Fabrice Salanson | Bonjour | + 07:49 | + 07:49 |
| 25 | Bradley Mcgee | La Française des Jeux | + 08:10 | + 08:10 |
| 26 | Marc Vanacker | Post Swiss | + 15:52 | + 15:52 |