| 1903 | |  Maurice Garin | |
| 1904 | Henri Cornet | | |
| 1905 | Louis Trousselier | | |
| 1906 | René Pottier | | |
| 1907 | Lucien Petit-Breton (1/2) | | |
| 1908 | Lucien Petit-Breton (2/2) | | |
| 1909 |  Luigi Ganna (ITA) |  François Faber (LUX) | |
| 1910 | Carlo Galetti (ITA) (1/3) | Octave Lapize (FRA) | |
| 1911 | Carlo Galetti (ITA) (2/3) | Gustave Garrigou (FRA) | |
| 1912 | Team Atala (ITA) (Carlo Galetti (3/3),
Giovanni Micheletto & Eberardo Pavesi) |  Odile Defraye (BEL) | |
| 1913 | Carlo Oriani (ITA) | Philippe Thys (BEL) (1/3) | |
| 1914 | Alfonso Calzolari (ITA) | Philippe Thys (BEL) (2/3) | |
| 1915 | Not contested during World War I | | |
| 1916 | | | |
| 1917 | | | |
| 1918 | | | |
| 1919 | Costante Girardengo (ITA) (1/2) | Firmin Lambot (BEL) (1/2) | |
| 1920 | Gaetano Belloni (ITA) | Philippe Thys (BEL) (3/3) | |
| 1921 | Giovanni Brunero (ITA) (1/3) | Léon Scieur (BEL) | |
| 1922 | Giovanni Brunero (ITA) (2/3) | Firmin Lambot (BEL) (2/2) | |
| 1923 | Costante Girardengo (ITA) (2/2) | Henri Pélissier (FRA) | |
| 1924 | Giuseppe Enrici (ITA) | Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA) (1/2) | |
| 1925 | Alfredo Binda (ITA) (1/5) | Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA) (2/2) | |
| 1926 | Giovanni Brunero (ITA) (3/3) | Lucien Buysse (BEL) | |
| 1927 | Alfredo Binda (ITA) (2/5) | Nicolas Frantz (LUX) (1/2) | |
| 1928 | Alfredo Binda (ITA) (3/5) | Nicolas Frantz (LUX) (2/2) | |
| 1929 | Alfredo Binda (ITA) (4/5) | Maurice De Waele (BEL) | |
| 1930 | Luigi Marchisio (ITA) | André Leducq (FRA) (1/2) | |
| 1931 | Francesco Camusso (ITA) | Antonin Magne (FRA) (1/2) | |
| 1932 | Antonio Pesenti (ITA) | André Leducq (FRA) (2/2) | |
| 1933 | Alfredo Binda (ITA) (5/5) | Georges Speicher (FRA) | |
| 1934 | Learco Guerra (ITA) | Antonin Magne (FRA) (2/2) | |
| 1935 | Vasco Bergamaschi (ITA) | Romain Maes (BEL) | Gustaaf Deloor (BEL) (1/2) |
| 1936 | Gino Bartali (ITA) (1/5) | Sylvère Maes (BEL) (1/2) | Gustaaf Deloor (BEL) (2/2) |
| 1937 | Gino Bartali (ITA) (2/5) | Roger Lapébie (FRA) | Not contested Spanish Civil War |
| 1938 | Giovanni Valetti (ITA) (1/2) | Gino Bartali (ITA) (3/5) | |
| 1939 | Giovanni Valetti (ITA) (2/2) | Sylvère Maes (BEL) (2/2) | |
| 1940 | Fausto Coppi (ITA) (1/7) | Not contested World War II | |
| 1941 | Not contested World War II |  Julián Berrendero (ESP) (1/2) | |
| 1942 | Julián Berrendero (ESP) (2/2) | | |
| 1943 | Not contested World War II | | |
| 1944 | | | |
| 1945 |  Delio Rodríguez (ESP) | | |
| 1946 |  Gino Bartali (ITA) (4/5) | Dalmacio Langarica (ESP) | |
| 1947 | Fausto Coppi (ITA) (2/7) | Jean Robic (FRA) | Edward Van Dijck (BEL) |
| 1948 | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) (1/3) | Gino Bartali (ITA) (5/5) | Bernardo Ruiz (ESP) |
| 1949 | Fausto Coppi (ITA) (3/7) | Fausto Coppi (ITA) (4/7) | Not contested for lack of interest |
| 1950 |  Hugo Koblet (SUI) (1/2) | Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) | Emilio Rodríguez (ESP) |
| 1951 | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) (2/3) | Hugo Koblet (SUI) (2/2) | Not contested: lack of interest |
| 1952 | Fausto Coppi (ITA) (5/7) | Fausto Coppi (ITA) (6/7) | |
| 1953 | Fausto Coppi (ITA) (7/7) | Louison Bobet (FRA) (1/3) | |
| 1954 | Carlo Clerici (SUI) | Louison Bobet (FRA) (2/3) | |
| 1955 | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) (3/3) | Louison Bobet (FRA) (3/3) | Jean Dotto (FRA) |
| 1956 | Charly Gaul (LUX) (1/3) | Roger Walkowiak (FRA) | Angelo Conterno (ITA) |
| 1957 | Gastone Nencini (ITA) (1/2) | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (1/8) | Jesús Loroño (ESP) |
| 1958 | Ercole Baldini (ITA) | Charly Gaul (LUX) (2/3) | Jean Stablinski (FRA) |
| 1959 | Charly Gaul (LUX) (3/3) | Federico Bahamontes (ESP) | Antonio Suárez (ESP) |
| 1960 | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (2/8) | Gastone Nencini (ITA) (2/2) | Frans De Mulder (BEL) |
| 1961 | Arnaldo Pambianco (ITA) | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (3/8) | Angelino Soler (ESP) |
| 1962 | Franco Balmamion (ITA) (1/2) | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (4/8) |  Rudi Altig (GER) |
| 1963 | Franco Balmamion (ITA) (2/2) | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (6/8) | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (5/8) |
| 1964 | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (7/8) | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) (8/8) | Raymond Poulidor (FRA) |
| 1965 | Vittorio Adorni (ITA) | Felice Gimondi (ITA) (1/5) | Rolf Wolfshohl (GER) |
| 1966 | Gianni Motta (ITA) | Lucien Aimar (FRA) | Francisco Gabica (ESP) |
| 1967 | Felice Gimondi (ITA) (2/5) | Roger Pingeon (FRA) (1/2) |  Jan Janssen (NED) (1/2) |
| 1968 | Eddy Merckx (BEL) (1/11) | Jan Janssen (NED) (2/2) | Felice Gimondi (ITA) (3/5) |
| 1969 | Felice Gimondi (ITA) (4/5) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) (2/11) | Roger Pingeon (FRA) (2/2) |
| 1970 | Eddy Merckx (BEL) (3/11) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) (4/11) | Luis Ocaña (ESP) (1/2) |
| 1971 |  Gösta Pettersson (SWE) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) (5/11) | Ferdinand Bracke (BEL) |
| 1972 | Eddy Merckx (BEL) (6/11) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) (7/11) | José Manuel Fuente (ESP) (1/2) |
| 1973 | Eddy Merckx (BEL) (9/11) | Luis Ocaña (ESP) (2/2) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) (8/11) |
| 1974 | Eddy Merckx (BEL) (10/11) | Eddy Merckx (BEL) (11/11) | José Manuel Fuente (ESP) (2/2) |
| 1975 | Fausto Bertoglio (ITA) | Bernard Thévenet (FRA) (1/2) | Agustín Tamames (ESP) |
| 1976 | Felice Gimondi (ITA) (5/5) | Lucien Van Impe (BEL) | José Pesarrodona (ESP) |
| 1977 | Michel Pollentier (BEL) | Bernard Thévenet (FRA) (2/2) | Freddy Maertens (BEL) |
| 1978 | Johan De Muynck (BEL) | Bernard Hinault (FRA) (2/10) | Bernard Hinault (FRA) (1/10) |
| 1979 | Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) (1/2) | Bernard Hinault (FRA) (3/10) | Joop Zoetemelk (NED) (1/2) |
| 1980 | Bernard Hinault (FRA) (4/10) | Joop Zoetemelk (NED) (2/2) |  Faustino Rupérez (ESP) |
| 1981 | Giovanni Battaglin (ITA) (2/2) | Bernard Hinault (FRA) (5/10) | Giovanni Battaglin (ITA) (1/2) |
| 1982 | Bernard Hinault (FRA) (6/10) | Bernard Hinault (FRA) (7/10) | Marino Lejarreta (ESP) |
| 1983 | Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) (2/2) | Laurent Fignon (FRA) (1/3) | Bernard Hinault (FRA) (8/10) |
| 1984 | Francesco Moser (ITA) | Laurent Fignon (FRA) (2/3) | Éric Caritoux (FRA) |
| 1985 | Bernard Hinault (FRA) (9/10) | Bernard Hinault (FRA) (10/10) | Pedro Delgado (ESP) (1/3) |
| 1986 | Roberto Visentini (ITA) |  Greg LeMond (USA) (1/3) | Álvaro Pino (ESP) |
| 1987 |  Stephen Roche (IRL) (1/2) | Stephen Roche (IRL) (2/2) |  Luis Herrera (COL) |
| 1988 | Andrew Hampsten (USA) | Pedro Delgado (ESP) (2/3) | Sean Kelly (IRL) |
| 1989 | Laurent Fignon (FRA) (3/3) | Greg LeMond (USA) (2/3) | Pedro Delgado (ESP) (3/3) |
| 1990 | Gianni Bugno (ITA) | Greg LeMond (USA) (3/3) | Marco Giovannetti (ITA) |
| 1991 | Franco Chioccioli (ITA) | Miguel Indurain (ESP) (1/7) | Melchor Mauri (ESP) |
| 1992 | Miguel Indurain (ESP) (2/7) | Miguel Indurain (ESP) (3/7) | Tony Rominger (SUI) (1/4) |
| 1993 | Miguel Indurain (ESP) (4/7) | Miguel Indurain (ESP) (5/7) | Tony Rominger (SUI) (2/4) |
| 1994 |  Eugeni Berzin (RUS) | Miguel Indurain (ESP) (6/7) | Tony Rominger (SUI) (3/4) |
| 1995 | Tony Rominger (SUI) (4/4) | Miguel Indurain (ESP) (7/7) | Laurent Jalabert (FRA) |
| 1996 | Pavel Tonkov (RUS) |  Bjarne Riis (DEN) | Alex Zülle (SUI) (1/2) |
| 1997 | Ivan Gotti (ITA) (1/2) | Jan Ullrich (GER) (1/2) | Alex Zülle (SUI) (2/2) |
| 1998 | Marco Pantani (ITA) (1/2) | Marco Pantani (ITA) (2/2) | Abraham Olano (ESP) |
| 1999 | Ivan Gotti (ITA) (2/2) | No winner
| Jan Ullrich (GER) (2/2) |
| 2000 | Stefano Garzelli (ITA) | No winner
| Roberto Heras (ESP) (1/4) |
| 2001 | Gilberto Simoni (ITA) (1/2) | No winner
| Ángel Casero (ESP) |
| 2002 | Paolo Savoldelli (ITA) (1/2) | No winner
| Aitor González (ESP) |
| 2003 | Gilberto Simoni (ITA) (2/2) | No winner | Roberto Heras (ESP) (2/4) |
| 2004 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) | No winner
| Roberto Heras (ESP) (3/4) |
| 2005 | Paolo Savoldelli (ITA) (2/2) | No winner
| Roberto Heras (ESP) (4/4) |
| 2006 | Ivan Basso (ITA) (1/2) | Óscar Pereiro (ESP) |  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) |
| 2007 | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | Alberto Contador (ESP) (1/7) | Denis Menchov (RUS) (1/2) |
| 2008 | Alberto Contador (ESP) (2/7) | Carlos Sastre (ESP) | Alberto Contador (ESP) (3/7) |
| 2009 | Denis Menchov (RUS) (2/2) | Alberto Contador (ESP) (4/7) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) |
| 2010 | Ivan Basso (ITA) (2/2) | Andy Schleck (LUX)[ | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (1/4) |
| 2011 | Michele Scarponi (ITA)
|  Cadel Evans (AUS) |  Chris Froome (GBR) (1/7)
|
| 2012 |  Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) | Bradley Wiggins (GBR) | Alberto Contador (ESP) (5/7) |
| 2013 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (2/4) | Chris Froome (GBR) (2/7) | Chris Horner (USA) |
| 2014 | Nairo Quintana (COL) (1/2) | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (3/4) | Alberto Contador (ESP) (6/7) |
| 2015 | Alberto Contador (ESP) (7/7) | Chris Froome (GBR) (3/7) | Fabio Aru (ITA) |
| 2016 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (4/4) | Chris Froome (GBR) (4/7) | Nairo Quintana (COL) (2/2) |
| 2017 | Tom Dumoulin (NED) | Chris Froome (GBR) (5/7) | Chris Froome (GBR) (6/7) |
| 2018 | Chris Froome (GBR) (7/7) | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Simon Yates (GBR) |
| 2019 |  Richard Carapaz (ECU) | Egan Bernal (COL) |  Primož Roglič (SLO) (1/2) |
| 2020 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBR) | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | Primož Roglič (SLO) (2/2) |
| 2021 | Egan Bernal (2/2) | Tadej Pogačar (2/2) | Primož Roglič (3/3) |
| 2022 | Jai Hindley (1/1) | Jonas Vingegaard (1/2) | Remco Evenepoel (1/1) |
| 2023 | Primož Roglič (4/4) | Jonas Vingegaard (2/2) | Sepp Kuss (1/1) |
| 2024 | Tadej Pogačar (3/4) | Tadej Pogačar (4/4) | Primož Roglič (5/5) |
| 2025 |  Simon Yates (2/2) |  Tadej Pogačar (5/5) | Jonas Vingegaard (3/3) |
