| 2011 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling |
| 2010 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC-Columbia |
| 2009 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram |
| 2008 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram |
| 2007 | Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner |
| 2006 | José Alberto Martínez (Esp) Agritubel |
| 2005 | Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner |
| 2004 | Jens Voigt (Ger) CSC |
| 2003 | Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner |
| 2002 | Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner |
| 2001 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole |
| 2000 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole |
| 1999 | Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom |
| 1998 | Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Chicky World |
| 1997 | Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom |
| 1996 | Uwe Peschel (Ger) Germany (national team) |
| 1995 | Timo Scholz (Ger) Histor Öschelbronn |
| 1994 | Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Czech Republic (national team) |
| 1993 | Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) Bayern (selection) |
| 1992 | Jacques Jolidon (Sui) Switzerland (national team) |
| 1991 | Brian Walton (Can) Motorola |
| 1990 | Jörg Paffrath (Ger) Hessen (selection) |
| 1989 | Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Nordrhein-Westfalen (selection) |
