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| 2023 |  | BEL | Lotte Kopecky | |
| 2022 |  | NED | Annemiek van Vleuten | |
| 2021 |  | ITA | Elisa Balsamo | |
| 2020 | | NED | Anna van der Breggen | |
| 2019 | | NED | Annemiek van Vleuten | |
| 2018 | | NED | Anna van der Breggen | |
| 2017 | | NED | Chantal Van Den Broek-Blaak | |
| 2016 |  | DEN | Amalie Dideriksen | |
| 2015 |  | GBR | Lizzie Deignan | |
| 2014 |  | FRA | Pauline Ferrand Prevot | |
| 2013 | | NED | Marianne Vos | |
| 2012 | | NED | Marianne Vos | |
| 2011 | | ITA | Giorgia Bronzini | |
| 2010 | | ITA | Giorgia Bronzini | |
| 2009 | | ITA | Tatiana Guderzo | |
| 2008 | | GBR | Nicole Cooke | |
| 2007 | | ITA | Marta Bastianelli | |
| 2006 | | NED | Marianne Vos | |
| 2005 |  | GER | Regina Schleicher | |
| 2004 | | GER | Judith Arndt | |
| 2003 |  | SWE | Susanne Ljungskog | |
| 2002 | | SWE | Susanne Ljungskog | |
| 2001 |  | LTU | Rasa Polikeviciute | |
| 2000 |  | BLR | Zinaida Stahurskaya | |
| 1999 | | LTU | Edita Pucinskaite | |
| 1998 | | LTU | Diana Ziliute | |
| 1997 | | ITA | Allessandro Capellotto | |
| 1996 |  | SUI | Barbara Heeb | |
| 1995 | | FRA | Jeannie Longo | |
| 1994 |  | NOR | Monika Valvik | |
| 1993 | | NED | Leontien Van Moorsel | |
| 1991 | | NED | Leontien Zijlaard van Moorsel | |
| 1990 | | FRA | Catherine Marsal | |
| 1989 | | FRA | Jeannie Longo | |
| 1987 | | FRA | Jeannie Longo | |
| 1986 | | FRA | Jeannie Longo | |
| 1985 | | FRA | Jeannie Longo | |
| 1983 | | SWE | Marianne Berglund | |
| 1982 | | GBR | Mandy Jones | |
| 1981 |  | FRG | Ute Enzenauer | |
| 1980 |  | USA | Beth Heiden | |
| 1979 | | NED | Petra De Bruin | |
| 1978 | | FRG | Beate Habetz | |
| 1977 | | FRA | Josiane Bost | |
| 1976 | | NED | Keetie Van Oosten-Hage | |
| 1975 | | NED | Tineke Fopma | |
| 1974 | | FRA | Genevieve Gambillon | |
| 1973 | | BEL | Nicolle Van Den Broeck | |
| 1972 | | FRA | Genevieve Gambillon | |
| 1971 |  | URS | Anna Konkina | |
| 1970 | | URS | Anna Konkina | |
| 1969 | | USA | Audrey McElmury | |
| 1968 | | NED | Keetie Van Oosten-Hage | |
| 1967 | | GBR | Beryl Burton | |
| 1966 | | BEL | Yvonne Reynders | |
| 1965 |  | GDR | Elisabeth Eicholz | |
| 1964 | | URS | Emilija Sonka | |
| 1963 | | BEL | Yvonne Reynders | |
| 1962 | | BEL | Marie-Rose Gaillard | |
| 1961 | | BEL | Yvonne Reynders | |
| 1960 | | GBR | Beryl Burton | |
| 1959 | | BEL | Yvonne Reynders | |
| 1958 |  | LUX | Elsy Jacobs | |