| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Museeuw | Domo - Farm Frites | 06:39:08 | |
| 2 | Steffen Wesemann | Team Telekom | + 03:04 | + 03:04 |
| 3 | Tom Boonen | US Postal Service | + 03:08 | + 03:08 |
| 4 | Tristan Hoffman | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 5 | Lars Michaelsen | Team Coast | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 6 | George Hincapie | US Postal Service | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 7 | Thierry Gouvenou | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 8 | Max van Heeswijk | Domo - Farm Frites | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 9 | Nico Mattan | Cofidis | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 10 | Enrico Cassani | Domo - Farm Frites | + 04:02 | + 04:02 |
| 11 | Raphael Schweda | Team Coast | + 04:09 | + 04:09 |
| 12 | Hans de Clercq | Lotto - Adecco | + 08:07 | + 08:07 |
| 13 | Servais Knaven | Domo - Farm Frites | + 08:07 | + 08:07 |
| 14 | Frank Høj | Team Coast | + 08:07 | + 08:07 |
| 15 | Zbigniew Spruch | Lampre-Daikin | + 08:07 | + 08:07 |
| 16 | Maximilian Sciandri | Lampre-Daikin | + 08:14 | + 08:14 |
| 17 | Andrea Tafi | Mapei - Quick Step | + 09:11 | + 09:11 |
| 18 | Aart Vierhouten | Lotto - Adecco | + 09:11 | + 09:11 |
| 19 | Tom Flammang | Cofidis | + 09:11 | + 09:11 |
| 20 | Marc Wauters | Rabobank | + 09:11 | + 09:11 |
| 21 | Wilfried Cretskens | Domo - Farm Frites | + 09:11 | + 09:11 |
| 22 | Marco Milesi | Domo - Farm Frites | + 09:17 | + 09:17 |
| 23 | Peter Wrolich | Gerolsteiner | + 09:17 | + 09:17 |
| 24 | Jan Boven | Rabobank | + 09:17 | + 09:17 |
| 25 | Rolf Aldag | Team Telekom | + 09:17 | + 09:17 |
| 26 | Erik Zabel | Team Telekom | + 09:59 | + 09:59 |
| 27 | Fred Rodriguez | Domo - Farm Frites | + 14:00 | + 14:00 |
| 28 | Matthé Pronk | Rabobank | + 15:18 | + 15:18 |
| 29 | Denis Zanette | Fassa Bortolo | + 15:21 | + 15:21 |
| 30 | Jean-michel Tessier | Cofidis | + 15:21 | + 15:21 |
| 31 | Torsten Nitsche | Saeco - Longoni Sport | + 15:21 | + 15:21 |
| 32 | Sergei Ivanov | Fassa Bortolo | + 15:21 | + 15:21 |
| 33 | Thor Hushovd | Crédit Agricole | + 16:38 | + 16:38 |
| 34 | Gorik Gardeyn | Lotto - Adecco | + 17:15 | + 17:15 |
| 35 | Ludovic Capelle | Ag2r Prévoyance | + 17:48 | + 17:48 |
| 36 | Sven Nys | Rabobank | + 17:48 | + 17:48 |
| 37 | Alexei Sivakov | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 17:48 | + 17:48 |
| 38 | Iñigo Landaluze | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 17:48 | + 17:48 |
| 39 | Pedro Horrillo | Mapei - Quick Step | + 17:48 | + 17:48 |
| 40 | Robert Hunter | Mapei - Quick Step | + 17:48 | + 17:48 |
| 41 | Ludovic Auger | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 17:48 | + 17:48 |