In the front group or 5 sec behind: Lance Armstrong, Jan Ullrich,
Tyler Hamilton, Oscar Sevilla, Aitor Gonzalez, Sylvain Chavanel, Georg
Totschnig, Gilberto Simoni, Roberto Heras, Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano,
Ivan Basso, Carlos Sastre, Bobby Julich, Pietro Caucchioli, Michael
Rasmussen.
3:53 behind: Haimar Zubeldia, Iban Mayo, Christophe Moreau, Denis
Menchov, Vladimir Karpets, David Moncoutie, Michael Rogers, Santiago
Botero.
9:06 behind: Alexandre Botcharov, Bradley McGee, Jakob Piil.
15:13 behind, and second to last: Juan Miguel Mercado.