| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geert van Bondt | Farm Frites | 05:01:03 | |
| 2 | Peter van Petegem | Farm Frites | + 28 | + 28 |
| 3 | Johan Museeuw | Mapei - Quick Step | + 28 | + 28 |
| 4 | Tristan Hoffman | Memory Card-Jack&Jones | + 28 | + 28 |
| 5 | Chris Peers | Cofidis | + 28 | + 28 |
| 6 | Michel Vanhaecke | Tönissteiner - Colnago | + 28 | + 28 |
| 7 | Andreas Klier | Farm Frites | + 28 | + 28 |
| 8 | Peter Farazijn | Cofidis | + 28 | + 28 |
| 9 | Steffen Wesemann | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 10 | Roger Hammond | Collstrop - De Federale | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 11 | Lars Michaelsen | La Française des Jeux | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 12 | Wilfried Peeters | Mapei - Quick Step | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 13 | Nico Eeckhout | Palmans - Ideal | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 14 | Remco van der Ven | Farm Frites | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 15 | Christophe Mengin | La Française des Jeux | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 16 | Marco Serpellini | Lampre-Daikin | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 17 | Paul van Schalen | Bankgiroloterij - Batavus | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 18 | Léon van Bon | Rabobank | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 19 | Rossano Brasi | Team Polti | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 20 | Geert Omloop | Collstrop - De Federale | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 21 | Magnus Bäckstedt | Crédit Agricole | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 22 | Sven Teutenberg | Gerolsteiner | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 23 | Hans de Clercq | Palmans - Ideal | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 24 | Wim Feys | Palmans - Ideal | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 25 | Karel Vereecke | Vlaandern 2002 | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 26 | George Hincapie | US Postal Service | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 27 | Aart Vierhouten | Rabobank | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 28 | Nicola Loda | Fassa Bortolo | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 29 | Max van Heeswijk | Mapei - Quick Step | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 30 | Glenn Magnusson | Farm Frites | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 31 | Frank Høj | La Française des Jeux | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 32 | Frédéric Guesdon | La Française des Jeux | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 33 | Matteo Fagnini Gian | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 34 | Steven de Jongh | Rabobank | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 35 | Bart Voskamp | Team Polti | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 36 | Franco Ballerini | Lampre-Daikin | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 37 | Jan Schaffrath | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 38 | Philippe Gaumont | Cofidis | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 39 | Andrea Tafi | Mapei - Quick Step | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 40 | Mathew Hayman | Rabobank | + 01:03 | + 01:03 |
| 41 | Erik Zabel | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 13:17 | + 13:17 |
| 42 | Lars Teutenberg | Bankgiroloterij - Batavus | + 13:17 | + 13:17 |
| 43 | Lauri Aus | Ag2r - Décathlon | + 13:17 | + 13:17 |
| 44 | Frankie Andreu | US Postal Service | + 13:17 | + 13:17 |
| 45 | Matthé Pronk | Rabobank | + 13:17 | + 13:17 |
| 46 | Raimondas Vilcinskas | Palmans - Ideal | + 13:17 | + 13:17 |
| 47 | Jaan Kirsipuu | Ag2r - Décathlon | + 13:17 | + 13:17 |