| 1933 | Max Bulla ( AUT ) | | | |
| 1934 | Ludwig Geyer ( GER ) | | | |
| 1935 | Gaspard Rinaldi ( FRA ) | | | |
| 1936 | Henri Garnier ( BEL ) | | | |
| 1937 | Karl Litschi ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1938 | Giovanni Valetti ( ITA ) | | | |
| 1939 | Robert Zimmermann ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1940 | | | | |
| 1941 | Josef Wagner ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1942 | Ferdinand Kübler ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1943 | | | | |
| 1944 | | | | |
| 1945 | | | | |
| 1946 | Gino Bartali ( ITA ) | | | |
| 1947 | Gino Bartali ( ITA ) | | | |
| 1948 | Ferdinand Kübler ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1949 | Gottfried Weilenmann, Jr. ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1950 | Hugo Koblet ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1951 | Ferdinand Kübler ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1952 | Pasquale Fornara ( ITA ) | | | |
| 1953 | Hugo Koblet ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1954 | Pasquale Fornara ( ITA ) | | | |
| 1955 | Hugo Koblet ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1956 | Rolf Graf ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1957 | Pasquale Fornara ( ITA ) | | | |
| 1958 | Pasquale Fornara ( ITA ) | | | |
| 1959 | Hans Junkermann ( GER ) | | | |
| 1960 | Alfred Ruegg ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1961 | Attilio Moresi ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1962 | Hans Junkermann ( GER ) | | | |
| 1963 | Giuseppe Fezzardi ( ITA ) | | | |
| 1964 | Rolf Maurer ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1965 | Franco Bitossi ( ITA ) | | | |
| 1966 | Ambrogio Portalupi ( ITA ) | | | |
| 1967 | Gianni Motta ( ITA ) | Molteni | | |
| 1968 | Louis Pfenninger ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1969 | Vittorio Adorni ( ITA ) | | | |
| 1970 | Roberto Poggiali ( ITA ) | | | |
| 1971 | Georges Pintens ( BEL ) | | | |
| 1972 | Louis Pfenninger ( SUI ) | | | |
| 1973 | José-Manuel Fuente ( ESP ) | Kas-Kaskol | | |
| 1974 | Eddy Merckx ( BEL ) | Molteni | | |
| 1975 | Roger De Vlaeminck ( BEL ) | Perfetti Van Melle | | |
| 1976 | Hennie Kuiper ( NED ) | TI–Raleigh | | |
| 1977 | Michel Pollentier ( BEL ) | Flandria–Velda–Latina Assicurazioni | | |
| 1978 | Paul Wellens ( BEL ) | TI–Raleigh | | |
| 1979 | Wilfried Wesemael ( BEL ) | TI–Raleigh | | |
| 1980 | Mario Beccia ( ITA ) | Hoonved | | |
| 1981 | Beat Breu ( SUI ) | Cilo-Aufina | | |
| 1982 | Giuseppe Saronni ( ITA ) | Del Tongo | | |
| 1983 | Sean Kelly ( IRL ) | Sem-France Loire | | |
| 1984 | Urs Zimmermann ( SUI ) | Cilo-Aufina | | |
| 1985 | Phil Anderson ( AUS ) | Panasonic | | |
| 1986 | Andrew Hampsten ( USA ) | La Vie Claire | | |
| 1987 | Andrew Hampsten ( USA ) | 7 Eleven Progetto Sunrise | | |
| 1988 | Helmut Wechselberger ( AUT ) | Malvor-Bottecchia-Sidi | | |
| 1989 | Beat Breu ( SUI ) | Domex-Weinmann | | |
| 1990 | Sean Kelly ( IRL ) | PDM-Concorde | | |
| 1991 | Luc Roosen ( BEL ) | Tulip Computers | | |
| 1992 | Giorgio Furlan ( ITA ) | Ceramiche Ariostea | | |
| 1993 | Marco Saligari ( ITA ) | Ceramiche Ariostea | | |
| 1994 | Pascal Richard ( SUI ) | GB-MG Maglificio | | |
| 1995 | Pavel Tonkov ( RUS ) | Lampre-Ceramiche Panaria | | |
| 1996 | Peter Luttenberger ( AUT ) | Carrera Jeans–Tassoni | | |
| 1997 | Christophe Agnolutto ( FRA ) | Casino | | |
| 1998 | Stefano Garzelli ( ITA ) | Mercatone Uno–Bianchi | | |
| 1999 | Francesco Casagrande ( ITA ) | Vini Caldirola | | |
| 2000 | Oscar Camenzind ( SUI ) | Lampre–Daikin | | |
| 2001 | Lance Armstrong [1][2] ( USA ) | US Postal-Berryfloor | | |
| 2002 | Alex Zülle ( SUI ) | Team Coast | | |
| 2003 | Alexandre Vinokourov ( KAZ ) | Team Telekom | | |
| 2004 | Jan Ullrich ( GER ) | T-Mobile Team | | |
| 2005 | Aitor González ( ESP ) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | | |
| 2006 | Koldo Gil ( ESP ) | Saunier Duval–Prodir | | |
| 2007 | Vladimir Karpets ( RUS ) | Caisse d'Epargne | | |
| 2008 | Roman Kreuziger ( CZE ) | Liquigas | | |
| 2009 | Fabian Cancellara ( SUI ) | Team Saxo Bank | | |
| 2010 | Fränk Schleck ( LUX ) | Team Saxo Bank | | |
| 2011 | Levi Leipheimer ( USA ) | Team RadioShack | | |
| 2012 | Rui Costa ( POR ) | Movistar Team | | |
| 2013 | Rui Costa ( POR ) | Movistar Team | | |
| 2014 | Rui Costa ( POR ) | Lampre–Merida | | |
| 2015 | Simon Špilak ( SLO ) | Team Katusha | | |
| 2016 | Miguel Ángel López ( COL ) | Astana | | |
| 2017 | Simon Špilak ( SLO ) | Team Katusha–Alpecin | | |
| 2018 | Richie Porte ( AUS ) | BMC Racing Team | | |
| 2019 | Egan Bernal ( COL ) | Team Ineos | Rohan Dennis (AUS) | Patrick Konrad (AUT) |
