It was won by Italian classics specialist Maurizio Fondriest of the Lampre–Polti team.

In the general classification table the jersey identify the leader after the race.

Fondriest (7th), Museeuw (19th) and Volpi (20th, last) are the only riders eligible for World Cup points for this race.

For the first ten races, points are awarded to the top 12 classified riders.

# Fondriest finished 11th in Giro di Lombardia but all sources gave him 8 points instead than 6.