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1 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 6.10.23 (43.58 km/h) 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas 4 Rolf Sorensen (Den) CSC-World Online 5 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 7 Max Sciandri (GBr) Lampre-Daikin 8 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 9 Andre Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 0.19 10 Romans Vanisteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites 11 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 12 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 13 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 14 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport 15 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 16 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 17 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service 1.19 18 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Coast 19 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 20 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo 21 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 22 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 23 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 24 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC-World Online 25 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 26 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 27 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 28 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 29 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.16 32 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 33 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 34 Pieter Vries (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 35 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 36 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast 37 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 38 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) U.S. Postal Service 39 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Mercury-Viatel 3.58 40 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 41 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) U.S. Postal Service 42 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 43 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 44 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Mercury-Viatel 4.06 45 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.40 46 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 47 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 48 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 49 Marco Melisi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 50 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 51 Matthew White (Aus) U.S. Postal Service 52 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 53 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 8.50 54 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 55 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 56 Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 57 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 58 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 59 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 60 Stuart O´Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 61 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 62 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 63 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 64 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 65 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 66 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 67 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 68 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 69 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 70 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 10.56 71 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop-Palmans 72 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 73 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo 74 Plamen Stainov (Bul) Mercury-Viatel 75 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 76 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Team Gerolsteiner 77 Levy Leipheimer (USA) U.S. Postal Service 78 Corey Sweet (Aus) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 79 Benoît Joachim (Lux) U.S. Postal Service 80 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 81 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 82 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 83 Koen Beeckman (Bel) CSC-World Online 84 Antonio Cruz (USA) U.S. Postal Service 85 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R Prevoyance 86 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 87 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans