Top-100 riders competing
Which riders from the top-100 of the PCS ranking at the time of the race are competing?
| Position | Rider | Present |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BARTOLI Michele | - |
| 2 | PANTANI Marco | - |
| 3 | JALABERT Laurent | - |
| 4 | REBELLIN Davide | - |
| 5 | BOOGERD Michael | - |
| 6 | OLANO Abraham | - |
| 7 | VANDENBROUCKE Frank | - |
| 8 | CAMENZIND Oscar | - |
| 9 | ZABEL Erik | - |
| 10 | TCHMIL Andrei | - |
| 11 | TAFI Andrea | - |
| 12 | ZÜLLE Alex | - |
| 13 | ULLRICH Jan | - |
| 14 | VAN PETEGEM Peter | - |
| 15 | KIRSIPUU Jaan | - |
| 16 | ZBERG Markus | - |
| 17 | CASAGRANDE Francesco | - |
| 18 | JIMÉNEZ José María | - |
| 19 | BELLI Wladimir | - |
| 20 | CIPOLLINI Mario | - |