| leader | |  PEÑA GRISALES Victor Hugo | | USP | | 13h44'44" | | 20 | |
| 1. | | US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor | | 1h18'27" | | 14 | |
| RUBIERA VIGIL Jose Luis, PEÑA GRISALES Victor Hugo, PADRNOS Pavel, LANDIS Floyd, HINCAPIE George, EKIMOV Viatcheslav, BELTRAN MARTINEZ Manuel, HERAS HERNANDEZ Roberto, ARMSTRONG Lance | |
| 2. | | ONCE - Eroski | | 30" | | 10 | |
| VICIOSO ARCOS Angel, SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Marcos Antonio, PRADERA RODRIGUEZ Mikel, NOZAL VEGA Isidro, JAKSCHE Jörg, AZEVEDO Jose Bento Carvalho, BELOKI DORRONSORO Joseba | |
| 3. | | Team Bianchi | | 43" | | 7 | |
| STEINHAUSER Tobias, PLAZA ROMERO David, LIESE Thomas, GARCIA CASAS Felix Manuel, CASERO MORENO Angel Luis, BECKE Daniel, ULLRICH Jan | |
| 4. | | iBanesto.com | | 01'05" | | 4 | |
| PETROV Evgeny, MERCADO MARTIN Juan Miguel, MENCHOV Denis, LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo, KARPETS Vladimir, FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio, MANCEBO PEREZ Francisco | |
| 5. | | Quick Step - Davitamon | | 01'23" | | 3 | |
| VIRENQUE Richard, VAN DE WOUWER Kurt, ROGERS Michael, PAOLINI Luca, KNAVEN Servais, CAÑADA GRACIA David, BRAMATI Davide, BODROGI Laszlo, BETTINI Paolo | |
| 6. | | Team Telekom | | 01'30" | | 2 | |
| ZABEL Erik, VINOKOUROV Alexandr, NARDELLO Daniele, KLÖDEN Andreas, KESSLER Matthias, GUERINI Giuseppe, ALDAG Rolf, BOTERO ECHEVERRY Santiago | |
| 7. | | Vini Caldirola - So.Di | | 01'32" | | 1 | |
| ZAMPIERI Steve, VAINSTEINS Romans, RODRIGUEZ Fred, MAZZOLENI Eddy, BOSSONI Paolo, ANDRIOTTO Dario, GARZELLI Stefano | |
| 8. | | Crédit Agricole | | 01'32" | | 0 | |
| VOIGT Jens, O'GRADY Stuart, HUSHOVD Thor, FEDRIGO Pierrick, MOREAU Christophe | |
| 9. | | Ag2r Prévoyance | | 01'38" | | 0 | |
| PORTAL Nicolas, ORIOL Christophe, KIRSIPUU Jaan, FLICKINGER Andy, CHAURREAU BERNARDEZ Iñigo, BOTCHAROV Aleksandr, ASTARLOZA CHAURREAU Mikel, BROCHARD Laurent | |
| 10. | | Team CSC | | 01'45" | | 0 | |
| SØRENSEN Nicki, SASTRE CANDIL Carlos, PERON Andrea, LUTTENBERGER Peter, CHRISTENSEN Bekim, JALABERT Nicolas, BLAUDZUN Michael, HAMILTON Tyler | |
| 11. | | Gerolsteiner | | 01'49" | | 0 | |
| ZBERG Markus, TOTSCHNIG Georg, RICH Michael, PESCHEL Uwe, HASELBACHER René, BÖLTS Udo, REBELLIN Davide | |
| 12. | | Fassa Bortolo | | 01'53" | | 0 | |
| VELO Marco, PETACCHI Alessandro, GUSTOV Volodymyr, GONZALEZ JIMENEZ Aitor, CIONI Dario David, BRUSEGHIN Marzio, BASSO Ivan | |
| 13. | | Alessio | | 02'05" | | 0 | |
| PELLIZOTTI Franco, NOE Andrea, MIHOLJEVIC Vladimir, FURLAN Angelo, CAUCCHIOLI Pietro, BERTOLINI Alessandro, DUFAUX Laurent | |
| 14. | | Cofidis | | 02'06" | | 0 | |
| VASSEUR Cédric, TRENTIN Guido, PEREZ RODRIGUEZ Luis, MONCOUTIE David, LELLI Massimiliano, GAUMONT Philippe, CUESTA LOPEZ DE CASTRO Iñigo, CLAIN Médéric, MILLAR David | |
| 15. | | Brioches La Boulangère | | 02'30" | | 0 | |
| VOECKLER Thomas, PINEAU Jérôme, GESLIN Anthony, CHAVANEL Sylvain, BENETEAU Walter, ROUS Didier | |
| 16. | | Rabobank | | 02'41" | | 0 | |
| WIELINGA Remmert, WAUTERS Marc, NIERMANN Grischa, HUNTER Robert, FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar, DE GROOT Bram, BOOGERD Michael | |
| 17. | | Saeco | | 03'02" | | 0 | |
| ZANINI Stefano, SACCHI Fabio, LUDEWIG Jörg, GLOMSER Gerrit, FORNACIARI Paolo, DI LUCA Danilo, COMMESSO Salvatore, BERTAGNOLLI Leonardo, SIMONI Gilberto | |
| 18. | | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | 03'22" | | 0 | |
| ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar, SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel, LAISEKA JAIO Roberto, ETXEBARRIA ARANA Unai, ETXEBARRIA ALKORTA David, MAYO DIEZ Iban | |
| 19. | | Fdjeux.com | | 03'29" | | 0 | |
| VOGONDY Nicolas, MCGEE Bradley, FRITSCH Nicolas, DA CRUZ Carlos, COOKE Baden, CASAR Sandy | |
| 20. | | Jean Delatour | | 03'37" | | 0 | |
| NAZON Jean-Patrick, LEFEVRE Laurent, KRIVTSOV Yuriy, GOUBERT Stéphane, FINOT Frédéric, EDALEINE Christophe, DUMOULIN Samuel, BOURQUENOUD Pierre, HALGAND Patrice | |
| 21. | | Kelme - Costa Blanca | | 03'49" | | 0 | |
| USANO MARTINEZ Julian, TAULER LLULL Antonio, PASCUAL LLORENTE Javier, PARRA PINTO Ivan Ramiro, MUÑOZ BAÑOZ David, MANZANO RUANO Jesus Maria, LATASA LASA David, GUTIERREZ CATALUÑA Jose Enrique, GUTIERREZ CATALUÑA Ignacio | |
| 22. | | Lotto - Domo | | 04'53" | | 0 | |
| VERBRUGGHE Rik, VAN BON Leon, MOERENHOUT Koos, MERCKX Axel, DE CLERCQ Hans, BRANDT Christophe, BAGUET Serge, MCEWEN Robbie | |
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| - | |  ZANDIO ECHAIDE Xabier | | BAN | | 01'30" | | 0 | |
| - | |  AERTS Mario | | TEL | | 01'35" | | 0 | |
| - | |  AUGE Stéphane | | C.A | | 01'46" | | 0 | |
| - | | POILVET Benoît | | C.A | | 01'47" | | 0 | |
| - | |  ANDRLE René | | ONE | | 01'52" | | 0 | |
| - | | HINAULT Sébastien | | C.A | | 02'02" | | 0 | |
| - | |  MONTGOMERY Sven | | FAS | | 02'42" | | 0 | |
| - | |  MILESI Marco | | VIN | | 02'49" | | 0 | |
| - | | GARMENDIA ARBILLA Aitor | | COA | | 02'54" | | 0 | |
| - | | NAZON Damien | | BLB | | 03'18" | | 0 | |
| - | |  WILSON Matthew | | FDJ | | 03'30" | | 0 | |
| - | | MENGIN Christophe | | FDJ | | 03'38" | | 0 | |
| - | | RENIER Franck | | BLB | | 04'40" | | 0 | |
| - | | HARY Maryan | | BLB | | 04'40" | | 0 | |
| - | | ARTETXE GEZURAGA Mikel | | EUS | | 04'57" | | 0 | |
| - | | GATES Nick | | LOT | | 05'02" | | 0 | |
| - | | GONZALEZ DE GALDEANO ARANZABAL Alvaro | | ONE | | 05'02" | | 0 | |
| - | | FERRARA Raffaele | | ALS | | 05'23" | | 0 | |
| - | | BALDATO Fabio | | ALS | | 05'23" | | 0 | |
| - | |  PIIL Jakob | | CSC | | 05'23" | | 0 | |
| - | | JEGOU Lilian | | C.A | | 06'23" | | 0 | |
| - | |  SCHMIDT Torsten | | GST | | 07'00" | | 0 | |
| - | | POLLACK Olaf | | GST | | 07'00" | | 0 | |
| - | | LOPEZ DE MUNAIN RUIZ DE GAUNA Alberto | | EUS | | 07'00" | | 0 | |
| - | | LANDALUZE INTXAURRAGA Iñigo | | EUS | | 07'00" | | 0 | |
| - | |  HAUPTMAN Andrej | | VIN | | 07'00" | | 0 | |
| - | | TURPIN Ludovic | | A2R | | 07'00" | | 0 | |
| - | | GUIDI Fabrizio | | COA | | 07'00" | | 0 | |
| - | | CASPER Jimmy | | FDJ | | 07'00" | | 0 | |
| - | | LODA Nicola | | FAS | | 07'00" | | 0 | |
| - | | GARCIA ACOSTA Jose Vicente | | BAN | | 07'00" | | 0 | |
