| leader | |  WESEMANN Steffen | | TEL | | 26'30" | | 10 | |
| 1. | | Team Deutsche Telekom | | 26'30" | | 8 | |
| WESEMANN Steffen, HEPPNER Jens, VINOKOUROV Alexandr, GUERINI Giuseppe, BÖLTS Udo, ELLI Alberto, ULLRICH Jan | |
| 2. | | Rabobank | | 05" | | 6 | |
| ZBERG Markus, BOOGERD Michael, WAUTERS Marc, NIERMANN Grischa, DEN BAKKER Maarten, SØRENSEN Rolf, AEBERSOLD Niki | |
| 3. | | Mapei - Quick Step | | 11" | | 3 | |
| BARTOLI Michele, ZANINI Stefano, STEELS Tom, PEETERS Wilfried, RODRIGUEZ Fred, NARDELLO Daniele, MUSEEUW Johan | |
| 4. | | Team Gerolsteiner | | 12" | | 2 | |
| STEINHAUSER Tobias, SCHMIDT Torsten, RICH Michael, MÜHLBACHER Thomas, WROLICH Peter, TEUTENBERG Sven | |
| 5. | | Post Swiss Team | | 19" | | 1 | |
| BOSCARDIN Bruno, STRAUSS Marcel, HEULE Christian, ACKERMANN Pierre, GOTTSCHLING Stephan, MÜLLER Dirk, POOS Christian | |
