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1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.29.06 (40.36 km/h) 2 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 6 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 7 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 8 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 9 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 11 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 13 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 14 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 15 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 16 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 17 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 19 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 20 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 21 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 22 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 23 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 24 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 25 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 26 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 27 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 28 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 29 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 30 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 31 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 32 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 33 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 34 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 35 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 36 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 37 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 38 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 39 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 40 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 41 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 42 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 43 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 44 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 45 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 46 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 47 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 48 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 49 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 50 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 51 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 52 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 53 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 54 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 55 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 56 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 57 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 58 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 59 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 60 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 61 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 62 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 63 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 64 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 65 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 66 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 67 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 68 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 69 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 70 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 71 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 72 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 73 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 74 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 75 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 76 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 77 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 78 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 79 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 80 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 81 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 82 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 83 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 84 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 85 Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 86 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 87 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 88 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 89 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 90 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 91 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 92 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 93 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 94 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 95 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 96 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 97 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 98 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 99 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 100 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 101 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 102 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 103 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 104 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 105 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 106 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 107 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 108 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 109 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 110 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 111 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 112 Carlos Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 113 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 114 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 115 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 116 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 117 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 118 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 119 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 120 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 121 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 122 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 123 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 124 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 125 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 126 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 127 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 128 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 129 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 130 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 131 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 132 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 133 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 134 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 135 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 136 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 137 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 138 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 139 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 140 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 141 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 142 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 143 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 144 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 145 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 146 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 147 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 148 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 149 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 150 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 151 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 152 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 153 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 154 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 155 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 156 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 157 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 158 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 159 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 0.35 160 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 0.37 161 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.49 162 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.10 163 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 164 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 1.32 165 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.17 166 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4.21 167 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 4.49 168 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.07 169 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 170 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 171 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 9.16