| Year | Rider name (country) team |
| 2021 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal |
| 2020 | Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale |
| 2019 | Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis |
| 2018 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale |
| 1017 | Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Énergie |
| 2016 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) I AM Cycling |
| 2015 | Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing |
| 2014 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Giant-Shimano |
| 2013 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun |
| 2012 | Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun |
| 2011 | Anthony Ravard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale |
| 2010 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne |
| 2009 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Boygyues Telecom |
| 2008 | Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom |
| 2007 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis |
| 2006 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Vlaanderen |
| 2005 | Freddy Bichot (Fra) La Française des Jeux |
| 2004 | Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance |
| 2003 | Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio |
| 2002 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco |
| 2001 | Nico Eeckhout (Bel) |
| 2000 | Jo Planckaert (Bel) |
| 1999 | Daniel Lefevre (Fra) |
| 1998 | Jo Planckaert (Bel) |
| 1997 | Patrice Halgand (Fra) |
| 1996 | Jan Svorada (Cze) |
| 1995 | Sergej Outschakov (Ukr) |
| 1994 | Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) |
| 1993 | Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) |
| 1992 | Beat Zberg (Swi) |
| 1991 | Jan Wijnands (Ned) |
| 1990 | Frans Maassen (Ned) |
| 1989 | Etienne De Wilde (Bel) |
| 1988 | Adri Van der Poel (Ned) |
| 1987 | Ronan Pensec (Fra) |
| 1986 | Niki Ruttimann (Swi) |
| 1985 | Guy Nulens (Bel) |
| 1984 | Eddy Planckaert (Bel) |
| 1983 | Bert Oosterbosch (Ned) |
| 1982 | Cees Priem (Ned) |
| 1981 | Jan Raas (Ned) |
| 1980 | Franky De Gent (Bel) |
| 1979 | Jacques Michaud (Fra) |
| 1978 | Dietrich Thurau (Ger) |
| 1977 | Willy Planckaert (Bel) |
| 1976 | Maurice Le Guilloux (Fra) |
| 1975 | Patrick Beon (Fra) |
| 1974 | Jacques Esclassan (Fra) |
| 1973 | Robert Mintkiewicz (Fra) |
| 1972 | Jean-Luc Molineris (Fra) |
| 1971 | Jean-Luc Molineris (Fra) |
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