| 1 |  Laurent Jalabert (FRA) | O.N.C.E. | 28:56:06 |
| 2 |  Laurent Dufaux (SUI) | Festina - Lotus | 1:00 |
| 3 |  Santiago Blanco Gil (ESP) | Banesto | 1:25 |
| 4 |  Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) | US Postal Service | 1:45 |
| 5 | Pascal Chanteur (FRA) | Casino | 2:06 |
| 6 | Didier Rous (FRA) | Festina - Lotus | 2:32 |
| 7 | Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (ESP) | O.N.C.E. | 2:39 |
| 8 |  Johan Museeuw (BEL) | Mapei - GB | 2:43 |
| 9 | Christophe Moreau (FRA) | Festina - Lotus | 2:51 |
| 10 | Pascal Lino (FRA) | Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 | 2:55 |
| 11 | Armand De Las Cuevas (FRA) | Banesto | 3:02 |
| 12 | Stéphane Heulot (FRA) | La Française des Jeux | 3:04 |
| 13 | Richard Virenque (FRA) | Festina - Lotus | 3:47 |
| 14 | Fabrice Gougot (FRA) | Casino | 3:53 |
| 15 | Francisco Benitez Esbri (ESP) | Kelme - Costa Blanca - Eurosport | 3:55 |
| 16 | Benoît Salmon (FRA) | Lotto - Mobistar - Isoglass | 4:29 |
| 17 |  Ermanno Brignoli (ITA) | Batik - Del Monte | 5:26 |
| 18 | Gilles Bouvard (FRA) | Festina - Lotus | 10:10 |
| 19 |  Scott Sunderland (AUS) | | 10:19 |
| 20 | Axel Merckx (BEL) | Polti | 10:35 |
| 21 | Miguel-Angel Peña Caceres (ESP) | Banesto | 11:10 |
| 22 | Fernando Escartin Coti (ESP) | Kelme - Costa Blanca - Eurosport | 11:55 |
| 23 | Eugeni Berzin (RUS) | Batik - Del Monte | 12:03 |
| 24 | Wilfried Peeters (BEL) | Mapei - GB | 13:04 |
| 25 |  Maximilian Sciandri (G-B) | La Française des Jeux | 14:06 |
| 26 | Gian Matteo Fagnini (ITA) | Team Saeco | 14:18 |
| 27 | Christophe Mengin (FRA) | La Française des Jeux | 14:19 |
| 28 | Massimiliano Lelli (ITA) | Team Saeco | 14:31 |
| 29 |  Peter Meinert Nielsen (DAN) | US Postal Service | 14:52 |
| 30 | Pascal Derame (FRA) | US Postal Service | 15:10 |
| 31 | Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (ESP) | Kelme - Costa Blanca - Eurosport | 16:44 |
| 32 |  Marty Jemison (E-U) | US Postal Service | 17:08 |
| 33 | Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio (ESP) | Banesto | 17:28 |
| 34 | Bruno Thibout (FRA) | Cofidis | 17:31 |
| 35 | Tony Rominger (SUI) | Cofidis | 17:41 |
| 36 |  Jörg Jaksche (ALL) | Polti | 18:13 |
| 37 | Jean-Cyril Robin (FRA) | US Postal Service | mt |
| 38 | Nicolas Jalabert (FRA) | Cofidis | 18:28 |
| 39 | David Etxebarria Alkorta (ESP) | O.N.C.E. | 18:41 |
| 40 | Frédéric Guesdon (FRA) | La Française des Jeux | 18:52 |
| 41 | Nicola Loda (ITA) | Maglificio MG - Technogym | 19:04 |
| 42 |  Joona Laukka (FIN) | Festina - Lotus | 19:20 |
| 43 |  Fernando Miguel Arroyo Rosales (MEX) | Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 | 19:45 |
| 44 | Mauro Gianetti (SUI) | La Française des Jeux | 19:52 |
| 45 | Marc Wauters (BEL) | Lotto - Mobistar - Isoglass | 20:46 |
| 46 | Carlo Bomans (BEL) | Mapei - GB | 20:53 |
| 47 | Peter Farazijn (BEL) | Lotto - Mobistar - Isoglass | mt |
| 48 | Thierry Bourguignon (FRA) | Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 | 21:09 |
| 49 | Darren Baker (E-U) | US Postal Service | 21:10 |
| 50 |  Andrei Tchmil (UKR) | Lotto - Mobistar - Isoglass | 21:21 |
| 51 | Bart Leysen (BEL) | Mapei - GB | 21:36 |
| 52 | Rafael Diaz Justo (ESP) | O.N.C.E. | 22:00 |
| 53 | Tom Steels (BEL) | Mapei - GB | 22:05 |
| 54 | Dirk Baldinger (ALL) | Polti | 22:38 |
| 55 | Carlo Finco (ITA) | Maglificio MG - Technogym | 22:45 |
| 56 | George Hincapie (E-U) | US Postal Service | 24:10 |
| 57 | Fabio Baldato (ITA) | Maglificio MG - Technogym | 24:38 |
| 58 | Franck Bouyer (FRA) | La Française des Jeux | 25:13 |
| 59 | Dario Nicoletti (ITA) | Maglificio MG - Technogym | 25:25 |
| 60 | Nico Mattan (BEL) | Mapei - GB | 25:37 |
| 61 |  Lauri Aus (EST) | Casino | 25:47 |
| 62 | Dominique Rault (FRA) | Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne | 25:53 |
| 63 | Angel Luis Casero Moreno (ESP) | Banesto | 25:56 |
| 64 | Giuseppe Calcaterra (ITA) | Team Saeco | 27:11 |
| 65 | Frédéric Moncassin (FRA) | Gan | 27:12 |
| 66 | Marcelino Garcia Alonso (ESP) | O.N.C.E. | 27:19 |
| 67 | Adriano Baffi (ITA) | US Postal Service | 27:21 |
| 68 | Enrico Cassani (ITA) | Polti | 27:31 |
| 69 | Jose Ramon Uriarte Zubero (ESP) | Banesto | 27:46 |
| 70 | José Luis Rubiera Vigil (ESP) | Kelme - Costa Blanca - Eurosport | 28:44 |
| 71 | Mario Scirea (ITA) | Team Saeco | 28:45 |
| 72 | Rolf Järmann (SUI) | Casino | 29:33 |
| 73 | Stéphan Ravaleu (FRA) | Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 | 30:13 |
| 74 | Frederic Pontier (FRA) | Casino | 30:39 |
| 75 | Eros Poli (ITA) | Gan | 30:52 |
| 76 | Gérard Rue (FRA) | Gan | 30:58 |
| 77 | Juan José De Los Angeles Segui (ESP) | Kelme - Costa Blanca - Eurosport | 31:40 |
| 78 |  Gerrit De Vries (P-B) | Polti | 33:34 |
| 79 | Rossano Brasi (ITA) | Polti | 33:59 |
| 80 | Jaime Javier Hernandez Bertran (ESP) | Festina - Lotus | 34:27 |
| 81 | Alberto Leanizbarrutia Abaunza (ESP) | O.N.C.E. | 36:12 |
| 82 | Jo Planckaert (BEL) | Lotto - Mobistar - Isoglass | 36:59 |
| 83 | Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (ESP) | Kelme - Costa Blanca - Eurosport | 37:20 |
| 84 | Claude Lamour (FRA) | Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne | 38:00 |
| 85 | Cristiano Colleoni (ITA) | Polti | 38:35 |
| 86 | Ludovic Auger (FRA) | Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 | 39:10 |
| 87 | Stefano Casagrande (ITA) | Maglificio MG - Technogym | 39:26 |
| 88 | Francis Moreau (FRA) | Cofidis | 40:17 |
| 89 | Eddy Mazzoleni (ITA) | Team Saeco | 40:23 |
| 90 | Armin Meier (SUI) | Batik - Del Monte | 40:42 |
| 91 | Thierry Gouvenou (FRA) | Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 | 41:19 |
| 92 | David Delrieu (FRA) | Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne | 43:19 |
| 93 | Christophe Capelle (FRA) | Cofidis | 44:52 |
| 94 | Alessandro Bertolini (ITA) | Maglificio MG - Technogym | 45:37 |
| 95 | Paolo Fornaciari (ITA) | Team Saeco | 45:52 |
| 96 | Ivan Cerioli (ITA) | Batik - Del Monte | 46:40 |
| 97 | Ronan Pensec (FRA) | Gan | 47:01 |
| 98 | Jean-Jacques Henry (FRA) | Big Mat - Aubervilliers 93 | 48:16 |
| 99 | Matteo Tosatto (ITA) | Maglificio MG - Technogym | 48:51 |
| 100 | Davide Bramati (ITA) | Mapei - GB | 49:00 |
| 101 | Gilles Maignan (FRA) | Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne | 49:47 |
| 102 | Oscar Camenzind (SUI) | Mapei - GB | 50:34 |
| 103 | Ludwig Willems (BEL) | Lotto - Mobistar - Isoglass | 50:55 |
| 104 | Henk Vogels (AUS) | Gan | 51:05 |
| 105 | Laurent Pillon (FRA) | Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne | 51:12 |
| 106 | Jacky Durand (FRA) | Casino | 53:50 |
| 107 | Stuart O'Grady (AUS) | Gan | 55:36 |
| 108 | Christophe Agnolutto (FRA) | Casino | 57:19 |
| 109 | Wim Feys (BEL) | Lotto - Mobistar - Isoglass | 59:26 |
| 110 | Giovanni Fidanza (ITA) | Team Saeco | 1:02:27 |
| 111 |  Gordon Fraser (CAN) | Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne | 1:03:13 |
