| # | Rider | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Sunderland | Team Fakta | 05:11:11 | |
| 2 | Fred Rodriguez | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 00 | |
| 3 | Jens Voigt | Crédit Agricole | + 00 | |
| 4 | Niklas Axelsson | Alessio | + 00 | |
| 5 | Glenn D'hollander | Lotto - Adecco | + 02 | + 02 |
| 6 | Jeremy Hunt | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 12 | + 12 |
| 7 | Jacky Durand | La Française des Jeux | + 12 | + 12 |
| 8 | Gorik Gardeyn | Lotto - Adecco | + 12 | + 12 |
| 9 | Romans Vainsteins | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 12 | + 12 |
| 10 | Jo Planckaert | Cofidis | + 12 | + 12 |
| 11 | Andrej Hauptman | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola | + 12 | + 12 |
| 12 | Andrei Tchmil | Lotto - Adecco | + 12 | + 12 |
| 13 | Nico Mattan | Cofidis | + 12 | + 12 |
| 14 | Stefan Adamsson | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 12 | + 12 |
| 15 | Malte Urban | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 12 | + 12 |
| 16 | Franck Renier | Bonjour | + 12 | + 12 |
| 17 | Manu L´hoir | Team Fakta | + 12 | + 12 |
| 18 | Arvis Piziks | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 12 | + 12 |
| 19 | Gianluca Bortolami | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola | + 12 | + 12 |
| 20 | Gianpaolo Mondini | Mercatone Uno | + 12 | + 12 |
| 21 | Andrea Tafi | Mapei - Quick Step | + 12 | + 12 |
| 22 | Roger Beuchat | Phonak | + 12 | + 12 |
| 23 | Christophe Agnolutto | Ag2r Prevoyance - Decathlon | + 12 | + 12 |
| 24 | Paolo Bettini | Mapei - Quick Step | + 12 | + 12 |
| 25 | Gianluca Valoti | Alexia Alluminio | + 12 | + 12 |
| 26 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank | + 12 | + 12 |
| 27 | Aart Vierhouten | Rabobank | + 12 | + 12 |
| 28 | Arturas Trumpauskas | St. Quentin - Oktos | + 12 | + 12 |
| 29 | Massimiliano Mori | Saeco | + 12 | + 12 |
| 30 | Christophe Brandt | Lotto - Adecco | + 12 | + 12 |
| 31 | Andrea Ferrigato | Alessio | + 12 | + 12 |
| 32 | Alexandre Botcharov | Ag2r Prevoyance - Decathlon | + 12 | + 12 |
| 33 | Frederic Bessy | Crédit Agricole | + 12 | + 12 |
| 34 | Rolf Sørensen | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 12 | + 12 |
| 35 | Andrey Kashechkin | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 12 | + 12 |
| 36 | Franck Bouyer | Bonjour | + 12 | + 12 |
| 37 | Jimmy Casper | La Française des Jeux | + 12 | + 12 |
| 38 | Angelo Furlan | Alessio | + 12 | + 12 |
| 39 | Gennady Mikhailov | Lotto - Adecco | + 12 | + 12 |
| 40 | Chris Peers | Cofidis | + 12 | + 12 |
| 41 | Andrey Mizurov | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 12 | + 12 |
| 42 | Mickael Pichon | Bonjour | + 12 | + 12 |
| 43 | Alessandro Bertolini | Alessio | + 12 | + 12 |
| 44 | Paolo Bossoni | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola | + 12 | + 12 |
| 45 | Nicolas Jalabert | Team CSC - Tiscali | + 12 | + 12 |
| 46 | Christophe Gauthier | St. Quentin - Oktos | + 12 | + 12 |
| 47 | Zbigniew Spruch | Lampre-Daikin | + 12 | + 12 |
| 48 | Johan Verstrepen | Lampre-Daikin | + 12 | + 12 |
| 49 | Nicola Minali | Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola | + 12 | + 12 |
| 50 | Ludo Dierckxsens | Lampre-Daikin | + 12 | + 12 |
| 51 | Johan Museeuw | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 12 | + 12 |
| 52 | Lukas Zumsteg | Phonak | + 12 | + 12 |
| 53 | Luca de Angeli | Mercatone Uno | + 19 | + 19 |
| 54 | Frédéric Gabriel | Bonjour | + 19 | + 19 |
| 55 | Eric Leblacher | Crédit Agricole | + 19 | + 19 |
| 56 | Marcel Duijn | Rabobank | + 19 | + 19 |
| 57 | Thierry Marichal | Lotto - Adecco | + 19 | + 19 |
| 58 | Jean-cyril Robin | Bonjour | + 19 | + 19 |
| 59 | Jason Phillips | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 19 | + 19 |
| 60 | Patrice Halgand | Jean Delatour | + 19 | + 19 |
| 61 | Bram Tankink | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 19 | + 19 |
| 62 | Anton Chantyr | Team Coast - Buffalo | + 19 | + 19 |
| 63 | Vincent Templier | St. Quentin - Oktos | + 19 | + 19 |
| 64 | Frédéric Guesdon | La Française des Jeux | + 23 | + 23 |
| 65 | Bram de Groot | Rabobank | + 23 | + 23 |
| 66 | Stephane Augé | Festina - Lotus | + 26 | + 26 |
| 67 | Pietro Caucchioli | Alessio | + 26 | + 26 |
| 68 | Marius Sabaliauskas | Saeco | + 26 | + 26 |
| 69 | Christophe Morel | St. Quentin - Oktos | + 26 | + 26 |
| 70 | Laurent Lefèvre | Cofidis | + 26 | + 26 |
| 71 | Marc Wauters | Rabobank | + 26 | + 26 |
| 72 | Guillaume Laloux | St. Quentin - Oktos | + 26 | + 26 |
| 73 | Laurent Paumier | St. Quentin - Oktos | + 26 | + 26 |
| 74 | Francesco Secchiari | Saeco | + 26 | + 26 |
| 75 | Cyril Saugrain | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 26 | + 26 |
| 76 | Roberto Savoldi | Mercatone Uno | + 26 | + 26 |
| 77 | Daniel Schnider | La Française des Jeux | + 26 | + 26 |
| 78 | Jean Nuttli | Phonak | + 26 | + 26 |
| 79 | Ludovic Auger | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 26 | + 26 |
| 80 | Enrico Cassani | Domo - Farm Frites - Latexco | + 26 | + 26 |
| 81 | Volodymir Gustov | Fassa Bortolo | + 26 | + 26 |
| 82 | Patrick Jonker | BigMat - Auber 93 | + 31 | + 31 |
| 83 | Alexandre Vinokourov | Team Deutsche Telekom | + 37 | + 37 |
| 84 | Balazs Rohtmer | Saeco | + 58 | + 58 |
| 85 | Asle Arvesen Kurt | Team Fakta | + 01:32 | + 01:32 |
| 86 | Jaan Kirsipuu | Ag2r Prevoyance - Decathlon | + 01:50 | + 01:50 |
| 87 | Tom Flammang | Cofidis | + 01:50 | + 01:50 |
| 88 | Nicolas Portal | Ag2r Prevoyance - Decathlon | + 01:50 | + 01:50 |