| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Servais Knaven | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | 06:45:00 | |
| 2 | Johan Museeuw | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 34 | + 34 |
| 3 | Romans Vainsteins | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 41 | + 41 |
| 4 | George Hincapie | US Postal Service | + 41 | + 41 |
| 5 | Wilfried Peeters | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 41 | + 41 |
| 6 | Ludo Dierckxsens | Lampre-Daikin | + 41 | + 41 |
| 7 | Steffen Wesemann | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 41 | + 41 |
| 8 | Andrei Tchmil | Lotto - Adecco | + 02:35 | + 02:35 |
| 9 | Chris Peers | Cofidis | + 02:35 | + 02:35 |
| 10 | Rolf Sørensen | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 02:59 | + 02:59 |
| 11 | Dario Pieri | Saeco | + 03:07 | + 03:07 |
| 12 | Maximilian Sciandri | Lampre-Daikin | + 03:17 | + 03:17 |
| 13 | Nico Mattan | Cofidis | + 03:17 | + 03:17 |
| 14 | Léon van Bon | Mercury - Viatel | + 03:17 | + 03:17 |
| 15 | Gianluca Bortolami | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola | + 07:57 | + 07:57 |
| 16 | Rolf Aldag | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 07:57 | + 07:57 |
| 17 | Christophe Mengin | La Française des Jeux | + 07:57 | + 07:57 |
| 18 | Denis Zanette | Liquigas - Pata | + 07:57 | + 07:57 |
| 19 | Arvis Piziks | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 07:57 | + 07:57 |
| 20 | Enrico Cassani | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 07:57 | + 07:57 |
| 21 | Christophe Agnolutto | Ag2r Prevoyance - Decathlon | + 07:57 | + 07:57 |
| 22 | Hendrik van Dyck | Lotto - Adecco | + 07:57 | + 07:57 |
| 23 | Hans de Clercq | Lotto - Adecco | + 07:57 | + 07:57 |
| 24 | Peter van Petegem | Collstrop - Palmans | + 07:57 | + 07:57 |
| 25 | Franck Pencole | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 08:03 | + 08:03 |
| 26 | Frédéric Guesdon | La Française des Jeux | + 08:03 | + 08:03 |
| 27 | Andrea Tafi | Mapei - Quick Step | + 08:03 | + 08:03 |
| 28 | Matthé Pronk | Rabobank | + 08:03 | + 08:03 |
| 29 | Nicola Loda | Fassa Bortolo | + 08:03 | + 08:03 |
| 30 | Frank Høj | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 08:03 | + 08:03 |
| 31 | Aart Vierhouten | Rabobank | + 08:09 | + 08:09 |
| 32 | Franco Ballerini | Mapei - Quick Step | + 08:13 | + 08:13 |
| 33 | Bo Larsen Nicolaj | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 08:16 | + 08:16 |
| 34 | Marco Milesi | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 08:40 | + 08:40 |
| 35 | Paul van Hyfte | Lotto - Adecco | + 10:25 | + 10:25 |
| 36 | Koen Beeckman | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 10:25 | + 10:25 |
| 37 | Karsten Kroon | Rabobank | + 10:25 | + 10:25 |
| 38 | Florent Brard | Festina - Lotus | + 12:28 | + 12:28 |
| 39 | Jean-michel Tessier | Cofidis | + 12:44 | + 12:44 |
| 40 | Jens Voigt | Crédit Agricole | + 12:44 | + 12:44 |
| 41 | Sven Nys | Rabobank | + 14:46 | + 14:46 |
| 42 | Bart Leysen | Mapei - Quick Step | + 19:56 | + 19:56 |
| 43 | Damien Nazon | Bonjour | + 19:56 | + 19:56 |
| 44 | Gerben Löwik | Rabobank | + 19:56 | + 19:56 |
| 45 | Benoit Joachim | US Postal Service | + 20:21 | + 20:21 |
| 46 | Steven de Jongh | Rabobank | + 22:52 | + 22:52 |
| 47 | Johan Verstrepen | Lampre-Daikin | + 22:52 | + 22:52 |
| 48 | Wilfried Cretskens | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 22:52 | + 22:52 |
| 49 | Mathew Hayman | Rabobank | + 22:52 | + 22:52 |
| 50 | Wim Vansevenant | Mercury - Viatel | + 22:52 | + 22:52 |
| 51 | Coen Boerman | Rabobank | + 22:52 | + 22:52 |
| 52 | Sylvain Chavanel | Bonjour | + 22:52 | + 22:52 |
| 53 | Ludovic Auger | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 22:52 | + 22:52 |
| 54 | Plamen Stoyanov | Mercury - Viatel | + 38:09 | + 38:09 |
| 55 | Alexandre Chouffe | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 38:09 | + 38:09 |