| | leader | |  | | ARMSTRONG Lance | | USP | | 40h47'38" | | 20 | |
| | 1. | | | | ARMSTRONG Lance | | USP | | 4h21'57" | | 70 | |
| | 2. | |  | | BELOKI DORRONSORO Joseba | | ONC | | 07" | | 50 | |
| | 3. | | | | HERAS HERNANDEZ Roberto | | USP | | 13" | | 35 | |
| | 4. | | | | MANCEBO PEREZ Francisco | | BAN | | 01'16" | | 20 | |
| | 5. | |  | | RUMSAS Raimondas | | LAM | | 01'16" | | 15 | |
| | 6. | | | | SEVILLA RIVERA Oscar Miguel | | KEL | | 01'23" | | 10 | |
| | 7. | |  | | BASSO Ivan | | FAS | | 01'23" | | 5 | |
| | 8. | |  | | KIVILEV Andrey | | COF | | 01'34" | | 3 | |
| | 9. | |  | | JALABERT Laurent | | CSC | | 01'49" | | 2 | |
| | 10. | |  | | AZEVEDO Jose Bento Carvalho | | ONC | | 01'52" | | 1 | |
| | 11. | | | | GONZALEZ DE GALDEANO ARANZABAL Igor | | ONC | | 01'54" | | 0 | |
| | 12. | | | | MOREAU Christophe | | C.A | | 01'57" | | 0 | |
| | 13. | | | | LELLI Massimiliano | | COF | | 01'57" | | 0 | |
| | 14. | | | | MONCOUTIE David | | COF | | 01'59" | | 0 | |
| | 15. | | | | OSA EIZAGIRRE Unai | | BAN | | 01'59" | | 0 | |
| | 16. | | | | ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar | | EUS | | 02'02" | | 0 | |
| | 17. | | | | GOUBERT Stéphane | | DEL | | 02'23" | | 0 | |
| | 18. | | | | SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Marcos Antonio | | ONC | | 02'24" | | 0 | |
| | 19. | | | | SASTRE CANDIL Carlos | | CSC | | 02'24" | | 0 | |
| | 20. | |  | | BOTERO ECHEVERRY Santiago | | KEL | | 02'24" | | 0 | |
| | 21. | | | | VOGONDY Nicolas | | FDJ | | 02'24" | | 0 | |
| | 22. | |  | | MERCKX Axel | | DOM | | 02'33" | | 0 | |
| | 23. | | | | GOTTI Ivan | | ALS | | 02'41" | | 0 | |
| | 24. | | | | LEIPHEIMER Levi | | RAB | | 02'41" | | 0 | |
| | 25. | | | | BELLI Wladimir | | FAS | | 02'48" | | 0 | |
| | 26. | | | | ROBIN Jean-Cyril | | FDJ | | 03'00" | | 0 | |
| | 27. | |  | | DUFAUX Laurent | | ALS | | 03'00" | | 0 | |
| | 28. | | | | HAMILTON Tyler | | CSC | | 03'14" | | 0 | |
| | 29. | | | | VIRENQUE Richard | | DOM | | 03'14" | | 0 | |
| | 30. | | | | LEFEVRE Laurent | | DEL | | 03'22" | | 0 | |
