It was won surprisingly by Italian classics specialist Gianluca Bortolami of the Mapei–CLAS team, after a summer exploit ahed of Johan Museeuw and Andrei Tchmil, who lost a big lead built after the spring races.

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

The first five riders rode at least the minimun races to be classified.

The first five riders rode at least the minimun races to be classified.

Source:[9] Points are awarded to the top 12 classified riders.