Course disputée sur le circuit de Assen
| Position | Numéro | Pilote | Team | Temps | Tours | Points | Départ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | 38'11.831 | 19 | 25 | 1 |
| 2 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefonica Movistar Honda | 38'12.287 | 19 | 20 | 3 |
| 3 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | 38'21.740 | 19 | 16 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Honda | 38'22.014 | 19 | 13 | 12 |
| 5 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | 38'22.131 | 19 | 11 | 16 |
| 6 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Telefonica Movistar Honda | 38'22.632 | 19 | 10 | 13 |
| 7 | 11 | Ruben Xaus | D\'antin MotoGP | 38'25.536 | 19 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | 38'25.922 | 19 | 8 | 15 |
| 9 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha | 38'26.990 | 19 | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | 50 | Neil Hodgson | D\'antin MotoGP | 38'45.897 | 19 | 6 | 20 |
| 11 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 | 38'46.245 | 19 | 5 | 17 |
| 12 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Camel Honda | 38'51.017 | 19 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | 66 | Alexander Hofmann | Kawasaki Racing Team | 38'53.337 | 19 | 3 | 11 |
| 14 | 21 | John Hopkins | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 39'06.400 | 19 | 2 | 10 |
| 15 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | MS Aprilia Racing | 39'16.592 | 19 | 1 | 19 |
| 16 | 10 | Kenny Jr Roberts | Team Suzuki MotoGP | 39'34.097 | 19 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | 40'12.300 | 19 | 0 | 24 |
| 18 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | 34'41.377 | 17 | 0 | 14 |
| 19 | 4 | Alex Barros | Repsol Honda Team | 20'10.685 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | 67 | Shane Byrne | MS Aprilia Racing | 16'52.840 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 21 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Project U FRS | 14'36.834 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| 22 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Kawasaki Racing Team | 14'20.488 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 | 80 | Kurtis Roberts | Proton Team KR | 10'58.532 | 5 | 0 | 23 |
| 24 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | WCM | 8'24.722 | 4 | 0 | 21 |