1. Mario Cipollini (I) Acqua e Sapone 207km in 4:42:14,(44.26 kph); 2. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites; 3. George Hincapie (USA) U.S. Postal Service; 4. Hendrik Van Dijck (B) Collstrop-Palmans; 5. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio; 6. Robert Hunter (SA) Mapei-Quick Step, at 1:29; 7. Tom Boonen (B) U.S. Postal Service; 8. Erik Zabel (G) Telekom; 9. Tristan Hoffman (Nl) CSC-Tiscali; 10. Johan Museeuw (B) Domo-Farm Frites; 11. Servais Knaven (Nl) Domo-Farm Frites; 12. Aart Vierhouten (Nl) Lotto-Adecco; 13. Hans De Clercq (B) Lotto-Adecco; 14. Franck Pencole (F) Francaise des Jeux; 15. Paul Van Hyfte (B) CSC-Tiscali.