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Final standings

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Gilberto Simoni	Italy	Saeco	89h 32' 09"
2	Stefano Garzelli	Italy	Vini Caldirola	7' 06"
3	Yaroslav Popovych	Ukraine	Landbouwkrediet-Colnago	7' 11"
4	Andrea Noe	Italy	Alessio	9' 24"
5	Georg Totschnig	Austria	Team Gerolsteiner	9' 42"
6	Raimondas Rumsas	Lithuania	Lampre-Caffita	9' 50"
7	Dario Frigo	Italy	Fassa Bortolo	10' 50"
8	Serguei Gonchar	Ukraine	De Nardi	14' 14"
9	Franco Pellizotti	Italy	Alessio	14' 26"
10	Eddy Mazzoleni	Italy	Vini Caldirola	19' 21"
11	Wladimir Belli	Italy	Lampre-Caffita	19' 41"
12	Dariusz Baranowski	Poland	CCC-Polsat	22' 54"
13	Sandy Casar	France	Francaise des Jeux	24' 50"
14	Marco Pantani	Italy	Mercatone Uno	26' 15"
15	Massimo Codol	Italy	Mercatone Uno	28' 17"
16	Michele Scarponi	Italy	Domina Vacanze	29' 24"
17	Gianni Faresin	Italy	Team Gerolsteiner	34' 47"
18	Adolfo Garcia Quesada	Spain	Kelme-Costa Blanca	41' 21"
19	Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez	Spain	Fassa Bortolo	41' 29"
20	Paolo Lanfranchi	Italy	Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo	43' 57"