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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors |
| 2017 | Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team |
| 2016 | Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team |
| 2015 | Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team |
| 2014 | Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team |
| 2013 | Daniel Moreno (Esp) Team Katusha |
| 2012 | Joaquim Rodríguez (Esp) Team Katusha |
| 2011 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma–Lotto |
| 2010 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team |
| 2009 | Davide Rebellin (Ita) Diquigiovanni–Androni |
| 2008 | Kim Kirchen Lux) Team High Road |
| 2007 | Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner |
| 2006 | Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears |
| 2005 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas–Bianchi |
| 2004 | Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner |
| 2003 | Igor Astarloa (Esp) Saeco Macchine per Caffè |
| 2002 | Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto–Adecco |
| 2001 | Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto–Adecco |
| 2000 | Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola–Sidermec |
| 1999 | Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei–Quick-Step |
| 1998 | Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino–Ag2r |
| 1997 | Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE |
| 1996 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Motorola |
| 1995 | Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE |
| 1994 | Moreno Argentin (Ita) Gewiss–Ballan |
| 1993 | Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) Lampre |
| 1992 | Giorgio Furlan (Ita) Ariostea |
| 1991 | Moreno Argentin (Ita) Ariostea |
| 1990 | Moreno Argentin (Ita) Ariostea |
| 1989 | Claude Criquielion (Bel) Hitachi-Merckx-Mavic |
| 1988 | Rolf Golz (Ger) Superconfex-Yoko |
| 1987 | Jean-Claude Leclercq (Fra) Toshiba-Look |
| 1986 | Laurent Fignon (Fra) Système U |
| 1985 | Claude Criquielion (Bel) Hitachi-Splendor-Sunair |
| 1984 | Kim Andersen (Den) Coop-Hoonved |
| 1983 | Bernard Hinault (Fra) Renault-Elf-Gitane |
| 1982 | Mario Beccia (Ita) Hoonved-Bottechia |
| 1981 | Daniel Willems (Bel) Capri Sonne-Koga Miyata |
| 1980 | Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) Gis Gelati-Colnago |
| 1979 | Bernard Hinault (Fra) Renault-Gitane-Campagnolo |
| 1978 | Michel Laurent (Fra) Peugeot-Esso-Michelin |
| 1977 | Francesco Moser (Ita) Sanson |
| 1976 | Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) GAN-Mercier-Hutchinson |
| 1975 | Andre Dierickx (Bel) Rokado |
| 1974 | Frans Verbeeck (Bel) Watney-Maes |
| 1973 | Andre Dierickx (Bel) Flandria-Shimano-Carpenter |
| 1972 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) Molteni |
| 1971 | Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) Mars-Flandria |
| 1970 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) Faemino |
| 1969 | Jos Huysmans (Bel) Dr.Mann-Grundig |
| 1968 | Rik van Looy (Bel) Willem II-Gazelle |
| 1967 | Eddy Merckx (Bel) Peugeot-BP-Michelin |
| 1966 | Michele Dancelli (Ita) Molteni |
| 1965 | Roberto Poggiali (Ita) Ignis |
| 1964 | Gilbert Desmet (Bel) Wiel's-Groene Leeuw |
| 1963 | Raymond Poulidor (Fra) Mercier-BP-Hutchinson |
| 1962 | Henri Dewolf (Bel) Baratti-Milano |
| 1961 | Willy Vannitsen (Bel) Gitane-Geminiani-Leroux-Dunlop |
| 1960 | Pino Cerami (Bel) Peugeot-BP-Dunlop |
| 1959 | Jos Hoevenaars (Bel) Faema |
| 1958 | Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) Elvé-Peugeot-Marvan |
| 1957 | Raymond Impanis (Bel) Peugeot-BP |
| 1956 | Richard van Genechten (Bel) Elvé-Peugeot |
| 1955 | Stan Ockers (Bel) Elvé-Peugeot |
| 1954 | Germain Derijcke (Bel) Alcyon-Dunlop |
| 1953 | Stan Ockers (Bel) Peugeot-Dunlop |
| 1952 | Ferdi Kubler (Sui) Tebag |
| 1951 | Ferdi Kubler (Sui) Tebag |
| 1950 | Fausto Coppi (Ita) Bianchi-Ursus |
| 1949 | Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) Mercier-Hutchinson |
| 1948 | Fermo Camellini (Ita) Métropole |
| 1947 | Ernest Sterckx (Bel) Alcyon-Dunlop |
| 1946 | Desire Keteleer (Bel) Groene Leeuw |
| 1945 | Marcel Kint (Bel) |
| 1944 | Marcel Kint (Bel) |
| 1943 | Marcel Kint (Bel) |
| 1942 | Karel Thijs (Bel) |
| 1941 | Sylvain Grysolle (Bel) |
| 1940 | No race |
| 1939 | Edmond Delathouwer (Bel) Leducq-Mercier |
| 1938 | Émile Masson Jr. (Bel) |
| 1937 | Adolphe Braeckeveldt (Bel) Helyett |
| 1936 | Philemon Demeersman (Bel) La Française |
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