| 1996 | Rossano Brasi ( ITA ) | Team Polti | | |
| 1997 | Jan Ullrich ( GER ) | Team Telekom | | |
| 1998 | Léon van Bon ( NED ) | Rabobank | | |
| 1999 | Mirko Celestino ( ITA ) | Team Polti | | |
| 2000 | Gabriele Missaglia ( ITA ) | Lampre–Daikin | | |
| 2001 | Erik Zabel ( GER ) | Team Telekom | | |
| 2002 | Johan Museeuw ( BEL ) | Domo–Farm Frites | | |
| 2003 | Paolo Bettini ( ITA ) | Quick-Step–Davitamon | | |
| 2004 | Stuart O'Grady ( AUS ) | Cofidis | | |
| 2005 | Filippo Pozzato ( ITA ) | Quick-Step–Innergetic | | |
| 2006 | Óscar Freire ( ESP ) | Rabobank | | |
| 2007 | Alessandro Ballan ( ITA ) | Lampre–Fondital | | |
| 2008 | Robbie McEwen ( AUS ) | Silence–Lotto | | |
| 2009 | Tyler Farrar ( USA ) | Garmin–Slipstream | | |
| 2010 | Tyler Farrar ( USA ) | Garmin–Transitions | | |
| 2011 | Edvald Boasson Hagen ( NOR ) | Team Sky | | |
| 2012 | Arnaud Démare ( FRA ) | FDJ–BigMat | | |
| 2013 | John Degenkolb ( GER ) | Argos–Shimano | | |
| 2014 | Alexander Kristoff ( NOR ) | Team Katusha | | |
| 2015 | André Greipel ( GER ) | Lotto–Soudal | | |
| 2016 | Caleb Ewan ( AUS ) | Orica–BikeExchange | | |
| 2017 | Elia Viviani ( ITA ) | Team Sky | | |
| 2018 | Elia Viviani ( ITA ) | Quick-Step Floors | | |
| 2019 | Elia Viviani ( ITA ) | Deceuninck–Quick-Step | Caleb Ewan (AUS) | iacomo Nizzolo (ITA) |
