| 2015 | Alberto Contador (Esp) Team Tinkoff-Saxo | | |
| 2014 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Tinkoff-Saxo | | |
| 2013 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar | | |
| 2012 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | | |
| 2011 | Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team | | |
| 2010 | David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis | | |
| 2009 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche-Silver Cross | | |
| 2008 | Dan Martin (Irl) Slipstream-Chipotle | | |
| 2007 | Óscar Sevilla (Esp) Relax-GAM | | |
| 2006 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Télécom | | |
| 2005 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux | | |
| 2004 | Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com | | |
| 2003 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon | | |
| 2002 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank | | |
| 2001 | Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis | | |
| 2000 | Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Banesto | | |
| 1999 | Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service | | |
| 1998 | Armand De Las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto | | |
| 1997 | Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank | | |
| 1996 | Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E. | | |
| 1995 | Laurent Dufaux (Sui) Festina-Lotus | | |
| 1994 | Álvaro Mejía (Col) Motorola | | |
| 1993 | Eric Boyer (Fra) Gan | | |
| 1992 | Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Postobon | | |
| 1991 | Laurent Dufaux (Sui) Helvetia-La Suisse | | |
| 1990 | Yves Bonnamour (Fra) Castorama | | |
| 1989 | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Z-Peugeot | | |
| 1988 | Ronan Pensec (Fra) Z-Peugeot | | |
| 1987 | Régis Clere (Fra) Teka | | |
| 1986 | Niki Rüttimann (Sui) La Vie Claire | | |
| 1985 | Stephen Roche (Irl) La Redoute | | |
| 1984 | Pascal Simon (Fra) Peugeot-Shell-Michelin | | |
| 1983 | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Peugeot-Shell-Michelin | | |
| 1982 | Francesco Moser (Ita) Famcucine | | |
| 1981 | Jean-René Bernaudeau (Fra) Peugeot-Esso-Michelin | | |
| 1980 | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Peugeot-Esso-Michelin | | |
| 1979 | Yvon Bertin (Fra) Renault-Gitane | | |
| 1978 | Pierre-Raymond Villemiane (Fra) Renault-Gitane | | |
| 1977 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) Peugeot-Esso-Michelin | | |