World Championship
| YEAR | WINNER | SECOND | THIRD |
| 1927 | Alfredo Binda (I) | Costante Girardengo (I) | Dom Piemontesi (I) |
| 1928 | Georges Ronsse (B) | Herbert Nebe (D) | Bruno Wolke (D) |
| 1929 | Georges Ronsse (B) | Nicolas Frantz (L) | Alfredo Binda (I) |
| 1930 | Alfredo Binda (I) | Learco Guerra (I) | Georges Ronsse (B) |
| 1931 | Learco Guerra (I) | Ferdinand le Drogo (F) | Albert Büchi (CH) |
| 1932 | Alfredo Binda (I) | Remo Bertoni (I) | Nicolas Frantz (L) |
| 1933 | Georges Speicher (F) | Antonin Magne (F) | Marin Valentin (NL) |
| 1934 | Karel Kaers (B) | Learco Guerra (I) | Gustaaf Danneels (B) |
| 1935 | Jean Aerts (B) | Luciano Montero (E) | Gustaaf Danneels (B) |
| 1936 | Antonin Magne (F) | Aldo Bini (I) | Theo Middelkamp (NL) |
| 1937 | Eloi Meulenberg (B) | Emil Kijewski (D) | Paul Egli (CH) |
| 1938 | Marcel Kint (B) | Paul Egli (CH) | Leo Amberg (CH) |
| 1946 | Hans Knecht (CH) | Marcel Kint (B) | Rik van Steenbergen (B) |
| 1947 | Theo Middelkamp (NL) | Albert Sercu (B) | Jef Jansen (NL) |
| 1948 | Briek Schotte (NL) | Apo Lazarides (F) | Luc Teisseire (F) |
| 1949 | Rik van Steenbergen (B) | Ferdi Kübler (CH) | Fausto Coppi (I) |
| 1950 | Briek Schotte (NL) | Theo Middelkamp (NL) | Ferdi Kübler (CH) |
| 1951 | Ferdi Kübler (CH) | Fiorenzo Magni (I) | Antonio Bevilacqua (I) |
| 1952 | Heinz Müller (BRD) | Gottfried Weilemann (CH) | Ludwig Hormann (BRD) |
| 1953 | Fausto Coppi (I) | Germain Derijcke (B) | Stan Ockers (B) |
| 1954 | Louison Bobet (F) | Fritz Schär (CH) | Charly Gaul (L) |
| 1955 | Stan Ockers (B) | Jean-Paul Schmitz (L) | Germain Derijcke (B) |
| 1956 | Rik van Steenbergen (B) | Rik van Looy (B) | Gerrit Schulte (NL) |
| 1957 | Rik van Steenbergen (B) | Louison Bobet (F) | André Darrigade (F) |
| 1958 | Ercole Baldini (I) | Louison Bobet (F) | André Darrigade (F) |
| 1959 | André Darrigade (F) | Michele Gismondi (I) | Noel Fore (B) |
| 1960 | Rik van Looy (B) | André Darrigade (F) | Pino Cerami (B) |
| 1961 | Rik van Looy (B) | Nino Defilippis (I) | Raymond Poulidor (F) |
| 1962 | Jean Stablinki (F) | Seamus Elliott (IRL) | Jos Hoevenaers (B) |
| 1963 | Benoni Beheyt (B) | Rik van Looy (B) | Jo de Haan (NL) |
| 1964 | Jan Janssen (NL) | Vittorio Adorni (I) | Raymond Poulidor (F) |
| 1965 | Tom Simpson (GB) | Rudi Altig (BRD) | Roger Swerts (B) |
| 1966 | Rudi Altig (BRD) | Jacques Anquetil (F) | Raymond Poulidor (F) |
| 1967 | Eddy Merckx (B) | Jan Janssen (NL) | Ramón Sáez (E) |
| 1968 | Vittorio Adorni (I) | Herman van Springel (B) | Michele Dancelli (I) |
| 1969 | Harm Ottenbros (NL) | Julien Stevens (B) | Michele Dancelli (I) |
| 1970 | Jean-Pierre Monsčre (B) | Leif Mortensen (DK) | Felice Gimondi (I) |
| 1971 | Eddy Merckx (B) | Felice Gimondi (I) | Cyril Guimard (F) |
| 1972 | Marino Basso (I) | Franco Bitossi (I) | Cyril Guimard (F) |
| 1973 | Felice Gimondi (I) | Freddy Maertens (B) | Luis Ocańa (E) |
| 1974 | Eddy Merckx (B) | Raymond Poulidor (F) | Mariano Martinez (F) |
| 1975 | Hennie Kuiper (NL) | Roger de Vlaeminck (B) | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (F) |
| 1976 | Freddy Maertens (B) | Francesco Moser (I) | Tino Conti (I) |
| 1977 | Francesco Moser (I) | Didi Thurau (BRD) | Franco Bitossi (I) |
| 1978 | Gerrie Knetemann (NL) | Francesco Moser (I) | Jřrgen Marcussen (DK) |
| 1979 | Jan Raas (NL) | Didi Thurau (BRD) | Jean-René Bernaudeau (F) |
| 1980 | Bernard Hinault (F) | Gianbattista Baronchelli (I) | Juan Fernández (E) |
| 1981 | Freddy Maertens (B) | Giuseppe Saronni (I) | Bernard Hinault (F) |
| 1982 | Giuseppe Saronni (I) | Greg LeMond (USA) | Sean Kelly (IRL) |
| 1983 | Greg LeMond (USA) | Adri van der Poel (NL) | Stephen Roche (IRL) |
| 1984 | Claude Criquielion (B) | Claudio Corti (I) | Steve Bauer (CDN) |
| 1985 | Joop Zoetemelk (NL) | Greg LeMond (USA) | Moreno Argentin (I) |
| 1986 | Moreno Argentin (I) | Charly Mottet (F) | Giuseppe Saronni (I) |
| 1987 | Stephen Roche (IRL) | Moreno Argentin (I) | Juan Fernández (E) |
| 1988 | Maurizio Fondriest (I) | Martial Gayant (F) | Juan Fernández (E) |
| 1989 | Greg LeMond (USA) | Dmitriy Konychev (URS) | Sean Kelly (IRL) |
| 1990 | Rudy Dhaenens (B) | Dirk de Wolf (B) | Gianni Bugno(I) |
| 1991 | Gianni Bugno(I) | Steven Rooks (NL) | Miguel Indurain (E) |
| 1992 | Gianni Bugno(I) | Laurent Jalabert (F) | Dmitriy Konychev (RUS) |
| 1993 | Lance Armstrong (USA) | Miguel Indurain (E) | Olaf Ludwig (D) |
| 1994 | Luc Leblanc (F) | Claudio Chiappucci (I) | Richard Virenque (F) |
| 1995 | Abraham Olano (E) | Miguel Indurain (E) | Marco Pantani (I) |
| 1996 | Johan Museeuw (B) | Mauro Gianetti (CH) | Michele Bartoli (I) |
| 1997 | Laurent Brochard (F) | Bo Hamburger (DK) | Leon van Bon (NL) |
| 1998 | Oscar Camenzind (CH) | Peter van Petegem (B) | Michele Bartoli (I) |
| 1999 | Oscar Freire (E) | Markus Zberg (CH) | Jean-Cyril Robin (F) |
| 2000 | Romans Vainsteins (LAT) | Zbigniew Spruch (PL) | Oscar Freire (E) |
| 2001 | Oscar Freire (E) | Paolo Bettini (I) | Andrej Hauptman (SLO) |
| 2002 | Mario Cipollini (I) | Robbie McEwen (AUS) | Erik Zabel (D) |
| 2003 | Igor Astarloa (E) | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (E) | Peter van Petegem (B) |
| 2004 | Oscar Freire (E) | Erik Zabel (D) | Luca Paolini (I) |
| 2005 | Tom Boonen (B) | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (E) | Anthony Geslin (F) |
| 2006 | Paolo Bettini (I) | Erik Zabel (D) | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (E) |
| 2007 | Paolo Bettini (I) | Aleksandr Kolobnev (RUS) | Stefan Schumacher (D) |
| 2008 | Alessandro Ballan (I) | Damiano Cunego (I) | Matti Breschel (DK) |
| 2009 | Cadel Evans (AUS) | Aleksandr Kolobnev (RUS) | Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (E) |
| 2010 | Thor Hushovd (N) | Matti Breschel (DK) | Allan Davis (AUS) |
| 2011 | Mark Cavendish (GB) | Matthew Goss (AUS) | André Greipel (D) |
| 2012 | Philippe Gilbert (B) | Edvald Boasson Hagen(N) | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (E) |
| 2013 | Alberto Rui Costa (P) | Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (E) | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (E) |
| 2014 | Michael Kwiatkowski (PL) | Simon Gerrans (AUS) | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (E) |
| 2015 | Peter Sagan (SVQ) | Michael Matthews (AUS) | Ramunas Navardauskas (LIT) |
| 2016 | Peter Sagan (SVQ) | Mark Cavendish (GB) | Tom Boonen (B) |
| 2017 | Peter Sagan (SVQ) | Alexander Kristoff (N) | Michael Matthews (AUS) |
| 2018 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (E) | Roman Bardet (F) | Michael Woods (CDN) |
| 2019 | Maats Pedersen (DK) | Matteo Trentin (I) | Stefan Kung (CH) |
| 2020 | Julian Alaphilippe (F) | Wout Van Aert (B) | Marc Hirschi (CH) |
| 2021 | Julian Alaphilippe (F) | Dylan van Baarle (NL) | Michael Valgren (DK) |
| 2022 | Remco Evenepoel (B) | Christophe Laporte (F) | Michael Matthews (AUS) |
| 2023 | Mathieu van der Poel (NL) | Wout Van Aert (B) | Tadej Pogacar (Slo) |
| 2024 | Tadej Pogacar (Slo) | Ben O'Connor (AUS) | Mathieu van der Poel (NL) |