| DSQ |
Lance Armstrong (USA)[a] 
|
U.S. Postal Service | 86h 17' 28" |
| 2 |
Jan Ullrich (GER) 
|
Team Telekom | =+ 6' 44" |
| 3 |
Joseba Beloki (ESP) 
|
ONCE–Eroski | =+ 9' 05" |
| 4 |
Andrei Kivilev (KAZ) 
|
Cofidis | =+ 9' 53" |
| 5 |
Igor González (ESP)
|
ONCE–Eroski | =+ 13' 28" |
| 6 |
François Simon (FRA) 
|
Bonjour | =+ 17' 22" |
| 7 |
Óscar Sevilla (ESP)
|
Kelme–Costa Blanca | =+ 18' 30" |
| 8 |
Santiago Botero (COL) 
|
Kelme–Costa Blanca | =+ 20' 55" |
| 9 |
Marcos Antonio Serrano (ESP)
|
ONCE–Eroski | =+ 21' 45" |
| 10 |
Michael Boogerd (NED) 
|
Rabobank | =+ 22' 38" |