Climbers
Best climbers based upon the PCS Climbers ranking.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Points | Climbers ranking position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ESCARTÍN Fernando | Kelme - Costa Blanca | 642 | 1 |
| 2 | VIRENQUE Richard | Festina - Lotus | 634 | 2 |
| 3 | PANTANI Marco | Mercatone Uno | 616 | 3 |
| 4 | DUFAUX Laurent | Festina - Lotus | 604 | 5 |
| 5 | JALABERT Laurent | O.N.C.E. - Deutsche Bank | 526 | 8 |
| 6 | ZÜLLE Alex | Festina - Lotus | 396 | 9 |
| 7 | OLANO Abraham | Banesto | 322 | 13 |
| 8 | ZAINA Enrico | Brescialat | 240 | 14 |
| 9 | BARTOLI Michele | Asics - CGA | 200 | 20 |
| 10 | SERRANO Marcos Antonio | Kelme - Costa Blanca | 194 | 21 |
| 11 | JULICH Bobby | Cofidis | 179 | 23 |
| 12 | MADOUAS Laurent | Lotto - Mobistar | 166 | 26 |
| 13 | BELTRÁN Manuel | Banesto | 158 | 27 |
| 14 | ROUX Laurent | TVM - Farm Frites | 152 | 28 |
| 15 | LUTTENBERGER Peter | Rabobank ProTeam | 151 | 29 |
| 16 | MENGIN Christophe | La Française des Jeux | 140 | 32 |
| 17 | REBELLIN Davide | Polti | 140 | 31 |
| 18 | VANDENBROUCKE Frank | Mapei - Bricobi | 138 | 34 |
| 19 | RICHARD Pascal | Casino - AG2R | 128 | 36 |
| 20 | NOÈ Andrea | Asics - CGA | 126 | 38 |
| 21 | ROBIN Jean-Cyril | US Postal Service | 122 | 40 |
| 22 | FINCATO Marco | Mercatone Uno | 121 | 41 |
| 23 | ZABEL Erik | Team Telekom | 110 | 48 |
| 24 | BELLI Wladimir | Festina - Lotus | 104 | 49 |
| 25 | MERCKX Axel | Polti | 102 | 50 |
| 26 | HAMBURGER Bo | Casino - AG2R | 98 | 52 |
| 27 | TAFI Andrea | Mapei - Bricobi | 94 | 56 |
| 28 | VALOTI Paolo | Cantina Tollo - Alexia Alluminio | 93 | 57 |
| 29 | BORTOLAMI Gianluca | Festina - Lotus | 90 | 60 |
| 30 | USHAKOV Serhiy | TVM - Farm Frites | 86 | 61 |
| 31 | PICCOLI Mariano | Brescialat | 82 | 64 |
| 32 | CHIAPPUCCI Claudio | Ros Mary - Amica Chips | 80 | 66 |
| 33 | SERPELLINI Marco | Brescialat | 80 | 65 |
| 34 | GARCÍA ACOSTA José Vicente | Banesto | 80 | 67 |
| 35 | ELLI Alberto | Casino - AG2R | 79 | 68 |
| 36 | MONCASSIN Frédéric | GAN | 75 | 69 |
| 37 | JEKER Fabian | Festina - Lotus | 72 | 72 |
| 38 | BOOGERD Michael | Rabobank ProTeam | 70 | 74 |
| 39 | TRAVERSONI Mario | Mercatone Uno | 65 | 76 |
| 40 | GIANETTI Mauro | La Française des Jeux | 64 | 77 |
| 41 | CHANTEUR Pascal | Casino - AG2R | 62 | 80 |
| 42 | LAUKKA Joona | Lotto - Mobistar | 62 | 79 |
| 43 | ZARRABEITIA Mikel | O.N.C.E. - Deutsche Bank | 58 | 83 |
| 44 | HEULOT Stéphane | La Française des Jeux | 57 | 85 |
| 45 | HVASTIJA Martin | Cantina Tollo - Alexia Alluminio | 57 | 84 |
| 46 | FONDRIEST Maurizio | Cofidis | 56 | 88 |
| 47 | MICELI Nicola | Riso Scotti - MG | 56 | 86 |
| 48 | ANDREU Frankie | US Postal Service | 55 | 89 |
| 49 | COLAGÈ Stefano | Cantina Tollo - Alexia Alluminio | 51 | 91 |
| 50 | RUBIERA José Luis | Kelme - Costa Blanca | 51 | 90 |
| 51 | HEPPNER Jens | Team Telekom | 50 | 92 |
| 52 | DE LAS CUEVAS Armand | Banesto | 48 | 94 |
| 53 | VASSEUR Cédric | GAN | 47 | 95 |
| 54 | BERTOLINI Alessandro | Cofidis | 47 | 96 |
| 55 | AUS Lauri | Casino - AG2R | 40 | 103 |
| 56 | FAGNINI Gian Matteo | Saeco Macchine da Caffe' - Cannondale | 40 | 105 |
| 57 | COLOMBO Gabriele | Ballan | 40 | 100 |
| 58 | SØRENSEN Rolf | Rabobank ProTeam | 40 | 101 |
| 59 | MOREAU Christophe | Festina - Lotus | 39 | 108 |
| 60 | SIMON François | GAN | 36 | 114 |
| 61 | ETXEBARRIA David | O.N.C.E. - Deutsche Bank | 36 | 112 |
| 62 | PUTTINI Felice | Ros Mary - Amica Chips | 34 | 121 |
| 63 | COPPOLILLO Michele | Asics - CGA | 34 | 120 |
| 64 | MAURI Melchor | O.N.C.E. - Deutsche Bank | 34 | 122 |
| 65 | BERZIN Evgeni | La Française des Jeux | 32 | 123 |
| 66 | MUSEEUW Johan | Mapei - Bricobi | 32 | 124 |
| 67 | PETITO Roberto | Saeco Macchine da Caffe' - Cannondale | 32 | 125 |
| 68 | TCHMIL Andrei | Lotto - Mobistar | 30 | 129 |
| 69 | MASSI Rodolfo | Casino - AG2R | 30 | 128 |
| 70 | LIVINGSTON Kevin | Cofidis | 29 | 131 |
| 71 | MAZZANTI Luca | Cantina Tollo - Alexia Alluminio | 26 | 136 |
| 72 | ODRIOZOLA Jon | Banesto | 24 | 141 |
| 73 | ARRIETA José Luis | Banesto | 22 | 146 |
| 74 | SAVOLDELLI Paolo | Saeco Macchine da Caffe' - Cannondale | 21 | 147 |
| 75 | ARTUNGHI Marco | Mercatone Uno | 20 | 150 |
| 76 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | US Postal Service | 20 | 149 |
| 77 | ZANINI Stefano | Mapei - Bricobi | 19 | 155 |
| 78 | SCINTO Luca | Asics - CGA | 18 | 156 |
| 79 | DE PAOLI Daniele | Ros Mary - Amica Chips | 16 | 164 |
| 80 | BALLERINI Franco | Mapei - Bricobi | 14 | 176 |
| 81 | FARAZIJN Peter | Lotto - Mobistar | 14 | 172 |
| 82 | HINCAPIE George | US Postal Service | 14 | 173 |
| 83 | CELESTINO Mirko | Polti | 12 | 180 |
| 84 | DIAZ Rafael | O.N.C.E. - Deutsche Bank | 11 | 183 |
| 85 | KONYSHEV Dmitry | Mercatone Uno | 11 | 184 |
| 86 | LELLI Massimiliano | Cofidis | 10 | 192 |
| 87 | FERRIGATO Andrea | Vitalicio Seguros | 10 | 188 |
| 88 | DEN BAKKER Maarten | Rabobank ProTeam | 9 | 195 |
| 89 | FRATTINI Francesco | Team Telekom | 9 | 194 |
| 90 | JÄRMANN Rolf | Casino - AG2R | 8 | 209 |
| 91 | GUIDI Fabrizio | Polti | 8 | 202 |
| 92 | GENTILI Massimiliano | Cantina Tollo - Alexia Alluminio | 8 | 205 |
| 93 | LODA Nicola | Ballan | 7 | 215 |
| 94 | MAZZOLENI Eddy | Saeco Macchine da Caffe' - Cannondale | 7 | 216 |
| 95 | DOTTI Fausto | Ros Mary - Amica Chips | 6 | 220 |
| 96 | BETTINI Paolo | Asics - CGA | 6 | 225 |
| 97 | SALVATO Cristian | Polti | 6 | 230 |
| 98 | CANZONIERI Angelo | Ballan | 5 | 234 |
| 99 | LARSEN Nicolaj Bo | TVM - Farm Frites | 5 | 237 |
| 100 | BOSCARDIN Bruno | Festina - Lotus | 4 | 240 |
| 101 | BALDINGER Dirk | Team Telekom | 4 | 244 |
| 102 | MEINERT-NIELSEN Peter | US Postal Service | 4 | 259 |
| 103 | CONTE Biagio | Scrigno - Gaerne | 4 | 239 |
| 104 | FORCONI Riccardo | Mercatone Uno | 3 | 266 |
| 105 | FORNACIARI Paolo | Saeco Macchine da Caffe' - Cannondale | 3 | 263 |
| 106 | PERON Andrea | La Française des Jeux | 3 | 269 |
| 107 | SGAMBELLURI Roberto | Brescialat | 2 | 284 |
| 108 | HAMILTON Tyler | US Postal Service | 2 | 286 |
| 109 | AERTS Mario | Lotto - Mobistar | 2 | 273 |
| 110 | GUESDON Frédéric | La Française des Jeux | 2 | 285 |
| 111 | BUGNO Gianni | Mapei - Bricobi | 1 | 309 |
| 112 | UGRUMOV Piotr | Ballan | 1 | 299 |
| 113 | PIERDOMENICO Germano | Cantina Tollo - Alexia Alluminio | 1 | 295 |
| 114 | BOBRIK Vladislav | Riso Scotti - MG | 1 | 307 |
| 115 | CASAROTTO Davide | Scrigno - Gaerne | 1 | 294 |
| 116 | VAN BONDT Geert | TVM - Farm Frites | 1 | 292 |
| 117 | VELO Marco | Mercatone Uno | 0 | 318 |