Course disputée sur le circuit de Assen
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | 00:03:45 | 19 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | 00:40:58 | 19 | 20 | 5 |
| 3 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 02:45:07 | 19 | 16 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 03:45:33 | 19 | 13 | 2 |
| 5 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | 09:03:31 | 19 | 11 | 8 |
| 6 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 09:18:23 | 19 | 10 | 3 |
| 7 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 09:54:48 | 19 | 9 | 10 |
| 8 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 09:57:24 | 19 | 8 | 14 |
| 9 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 10:27:48 | 19 | 7 | 19 |
| 10 | 17 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | 13:25:25 | 19 | 6 | 15 |
| 11 | 66 | Alexander Hofmann | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 13:29:10 | 19 | 5 | 12 |
| 12 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | 13:46:36 | 19 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | 14:26:23 | 19 | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 20:00:15 | 19 | 2 | 20 |
| 15 | 33 | Akira Ryo | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 06:03:44 | 19 | 1 | 21 |
| 16 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | 03:44:59 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| 17 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | 14:07:15 | 8 | 0 | 9 |
| 18 | 55 | Regis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | 17:51:57 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 19 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 17:29:21 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 20 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | 19:49:47 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | 20 | Pere Riba | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 15:19:18 | 3 | 0 | 18 |