1961, 1963, 1965, 1966 Jacques Anquetil | 1962 Jo De Roo | 1964 Raymond Poulidor | 1967 Jan Janssen | 1968 Herman Van Springel | 1969–1975 Eddy Merckx | 1976, 1977 Freddy Maertens | 1978 Francesco Moser | 1979–1982 Bernard Hinault | 1983 Greg LeMond | 1984–1986 Sean Kelly | 1987 Stephen Roche