Course disputée sur le circuit de Le Mans
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda Team | 21:52:15 | 21 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Repsol Honda Team | 21:55:52 | 21 | 20 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 22:02:19 | 21 | 16 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | Norifumi Abe | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 22:20:36 | 21 | 13 | 12 |
| 5 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 00:13:19 | 21 | 11 | 9 |
| 6 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | 00:42:27 | 21 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | West Honda Pons | 01:19:32 | 21 | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | Alex Barros | West Honda Pons | 02:06:06 | 21 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 | 55 | Regis Laconi | MS Aprilia Racing | 02:38:10 | 21 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | 03:56:22 | 21 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | John Hopkins | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 04:50:56 | 21 | 5 | 19 |
| 12 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Suzuki | 05:04:14 | 21 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 05:09:22 | 21 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | 18 | Jean-Michel Bayle | Red Bull Yamaha WCM | 05:22:26 | 21 | 2 | 18 |
| 15 | 17 | Jurgen vd Goorbergh | Kanemoto Racing | 06:17:57 | 21 | 1 | 17 |
| 16 | 30 | Jose Luis Cardoso | Antena 3 Yamaha d\'Antin | 08:01:49 | 21 | 0 | 20 |
| 17 | 31 | Tetsuya Harada | Pramac Honda Racing Team | 03:51:31 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | 74 | Daijiro Kato | Fortuna Honda Gresini | 13:55:29 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Tech3 | 16:26:20 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Marlboro Yamaha Team | 03:04:03 | 8 | 0 | 2 |