Elite Men's Road Race History

1927 
 
Germany, Nurburgring, 182.48 km 
 
1 Alfredo Binda (Ita)
2 C Girardengo (Ita)
3 Dom Piemontesi (Ita)
4 Gaetano Belloni (Ita)
5 Jean Aerts (Bel) 
 
1928 
 
Hungary, Budapest, 192 km 
 
1 Georges Ronsse (Bel)
2 Herbert Nebe (Ger)
3 Bruno Wolke (Ger)
4 Jef Dervaes (Bel)
5 Walter Cap (Aut) 
 
1929 
 
Switzerland, Zurich, 200 km 
 
1 Georges Ronsse (Bel)
2 Nicolas Frantz (Lux)
3 Alfredo Binda (Ita)
4 Jef Dervaes (Bel)
5 Leon Frascarelli (Ita) 
 
1930 
 
Belgium, Liège, 210 km 
 
1 Alfredo Binda (Ita)
2 Learco Uerra (Ita)
3 Georges Ronsse (Bel)
4 Kurt Stoepel (Ger)
5 Allegro Grandi (Ita) 
 
1931 
 
Denmark, Kobenhavn, 172 km 
 
1 Learco Guerra (Ita)
2 Ferdinand Le Drogo (Fra)
3 Albert Buechi (Swi)
4 Fabio Battesin (Ita)
5 Max Bulla (Aut) 
 
1932 
 
Italy, Roma, 206.1 km 
 
1 Alfredo Binda (Ita)
2 Remo Bertoni (Ita)
3 Nicolas Frantz (Lux)
4 Ricardo Montero (Spa)
5 Learco Guerra (Ita) 
 
1933 
 
France, Monthléry, 250 km 
 
1 Georges Speicher (Fra)
2 Antonin Magne (Fra)
3 Marin Valentin (Ned)
4 Alfred Haemerlinck (Bel)
5 Alfred Schepers (Bel) 
 
1934 
 
Germany, Leipzig, 225.8 km 
 
1 Karel Kaers (Bel)
2 Learco Guerra (Ita)
3 Gustaaf Danneels (Bel)
4 Gerhard Huschke (Ger)
5 Gerrit Van der Ruit (Ned) 
 
1935 
 
Belgium, Florette, 216 km 
 
1 Jean Aerts (Bel)
2 Luciano Montero (Spa)
3 Gustaaf Danneels (Bel)
4 Aldo Bini (Ita)
5 Leo Amberg (Swi) 
 
1936 
 
Switzerland, Berne, 218.4 km 
 
1 Antonin Magne (Fra)
2 Aldo Bini (Ita)
3 Theo Middelkamp (Ned)
4 Paul Egli (Swi)
5 Werner Hansen (Den) 
 
1937 
 
Denmark, Kobenhavn, 297.5 km 
 
1 Eloi Meulenberg (Bel)
2 Emil Kijewski (Ger)
3 Paul Egli (Swi)
4 Jean Majerus (Lux)
5 Georges Speicher (Fra) 
 
1938 
 
Netherlands, Valkenburg, 273 km 
 
1 Marcel Kint (Bel)
2 Paul Egli (Swi)
3 Leo Amberg (Swi)
4 Piet Vannek (Ned)
5 Edward Vissers (Bel) 
 
1946 
 
Switzerland, Zurich, 270 km 
 
1 Hans Knecht (Swi)
2 Marcel Kint (Bel)
3 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel)
4 Mario Ricci (Ita)
5 Gerrit Schulte (Ned) 
 
1947 
 
France, Reims, 274.035 km 
 
1 Theo Middelkamp (Ned)
2 Albert Sercu (Bel)
3 Jef Jansen (Ned)
4 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita)
5 Ed Fachleiter (Fra) 
 
1948 
 
Netherlands, Valkenburg, 266.8 km 
 
1 Briek Schotte (Bel)
2 Apo Lazarides (Fra)
3 Luc Teisseire (Fra)
4 Luciano Maggini (Ita)
5 Marcel Dupont (Bel) 
 
1949 
 
Denmark, Kobenhavn, 290 km 
 
1 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel)
2 Ferdi Kubler (Swi)
3 Fausto Coppi (Ita)
4 Briek Schotte (Bel)
5 Gerrit Schulte (Ned) 
 
1950 
 
Belgium, Moorslede, 284 km 
 
1 Briek Schotte (Bel)
2 Theo Middelkamp (Ned)
3 Ferdi Kubler (Swi)
4 Gerrit Schulte (Ned)
5 Louison Bobet (Fra) 
 
1951 
 
Italy, Varèse, 295.2 km 
 
1 Ferdi Kubler (Swi)
2 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita)
3 Antonio Bevilacqua (Ita)
4 Jos De Feyter (Bel)
5 Gerrit Voortig (Ned) 
 
1952 
 
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 280 km 
 
1 Heinz Muller (Ger)
2 Gottfried Weilemann (Swi)
3 Ludwig Hormann (Ger)
4 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita)
5 Robert Varnajo (Fra) 
 
1953 
 
Switzerland, Lugano, 270 km 
 
1 Fausto Coppi (Ita)
2 Germain Derijcke (Bel)
3 Stan Ockers (Bel)
4 Michele Gismondi (Ita)
5 Nino Defilippis (Ita) 
 
1954 
 
Germany, Sollingen, 240 km 
 
1 Louison Bobet (Fra)
2 Fritz Schar (Swi)
3 Charly Gaul (Lux)
4 Michele Gismondi (Ita)
5 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 
 
1955 
 
Italy, Frascati, 293.132 km 
 
1 Stan Ockers (Bel)
2 Jean-Paul Schmitz (Lux)
3 Germain Derijcke (Bel)
4 Gastone Nencini (Ita)
5 Marcel Janssens (Bel) 
 
1956 
 
Denmark, Ballerup, 285.12 km 
 
1 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel)
2 Rik Van Looy (Bel)
3 Gerrit Schulte (Ned)
4 Stan Ockers (Bel)
5 Fred Debruyne (Bel) 
 
1957 
 
Belgium, Waregem, 285.6 km 
 
1 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel)
2 Louison Bobet (Fra)
3 André Darrigade (Fra)
4 Rik Van Looy (Bel)
5 Fred De Bruyne (Bel) 
 
1958 
 
France, Reims, 276.794 km 
 
1 Ercole Baldini (Ita)
2 Louison Bobet (Fra)
3 André Darrigade (Fra)
4 Vito Favero (Ita)
5 Jean Forestier (Fra) 
 
1959 
 
Netherlands, Zandwoort, 292.033 km 
 
1 André Darrigade (Fra)
2 Michele Gismondi (Ita)
3 Noel Fore (Bel)
4 Tom Simpson (GB)
5 Diego Ronchini (Ita) 
 
1960 
 
Germany, Sachsenring, 279.392 km 
 
1 Rik Van Looy (Bel)
2 André Darrigade (Fra)
3 Pino Cerami (Bel)
4 Imerio Massignan (Ita)
5 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 
 
1961 
 
Switzerland, Berne, 285.252 km 
 
1 Rik Van Looy (Bel)
2 Nino Defilippis (Ita)
3 Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
4 José Bernardez (Spa)
5 Jo De Roo (Ned) 
 
1962 
 
Italy, Salo, 296.24 km 
 
1 Jean Stablinski (Fra)
2 Seamus Elliott (Ire)
3 Jos Hoevenaers (Bel)
4 Rolf Wolfshohl (Ger)
5 Arnoldo Pambianco (Ita) 
 
1963 
 
Belgium, Ronse, 278.8 km 
 
1 Benoni Beheyt (Bel)
2 Rik Van Looy (Bel)
3 Jo De Haan (Ned)
4 André Darrigade (Fra)
5 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) 
 
1964 
 
France, Sallanches, 290 km 
 
1 Jan Janssen (Ned)
2 Vittorio Adorni (Ita)
3 Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
4 Tom Simpson (GB)
5 Italo Zilioli (Ita) 
 
1965 
 
Spain, Lasarte, 267.4 km 
 
1 Tom Simpson (GB)
2 Rudi Altig (Ger)
3 Roger Swerts (Bel)
4 Peter Post (Ned)
5 Karl-Heinz Kunde (Ger) 
 
1966 
 
Germany, Nurburgring, 273.72 km 
 
1 Rudi Altig (Ger)
2 Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
3 Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
4 Gianni Motta (Ita)
5 Jean Stablinski (Fra) 
 
1967 
 
Netherlands, Heerlen, 265.18 km 
 
1 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
2 Jan Janssen (Ned)
3 Ramon Saez (Spa)
4 Gianni Motta (Ita)
5 declassified 
 
1968 
 
Italy, Imola, 277.308 km 
 
1 Vittorio Adorni (Ita)
2 Herman Van Springel (Bel)
3 Michele Dancelli (Ita)
4 Franco Bitossi (Ita)
5 Vito Tacone (Ita) 
 
1969 
 
Belgium, Zolder, 262.86 km 
 
1 Harm Ottenbros (Ned)
2 Julien Stevens (Bel)
3 Michele Dancelli (Ita)
4 Guido Reybrouck (Bel)
5 Roger Swerts (Bel) 
 
1970 
 
Great Britain, Leicester, 271.96 km 
 
1 J-P Monsere (Bel)
2 Leif Mortensen (Den)
3 Felice Gimondi (Ita)
4 Leslie West (GB)
5 Charles Rouxel (Fra) 
 
1971 
 
Switzerland, Mendrisio, 268.8 km 
 
1 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
2 Felice Gimondi (Ita)
3 Cyril Guimard (Fra)
4 Giancarlo Polidori (Ita)
5 Georges Pintens (Bel) 
 
1972 
 
France, Gap, 272.574 km 
 
1 Marino Basso (Ita)
2 Franco Bitossi (Ita)
3 Cyril Guimard (Fra)
4 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
5 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 
 
1973 
 
Spain, Montjuich, 248.659 km 
 
1 Felice Gimondi (Ita)
2 Freddy Maertens (Bel)
3 Luis Ocana (Spa)
4 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
5 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 
 
1974 
 
Canada, Montréal, 262.5 km 
 
1 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
2 Raymond Poulidor (Fra)
3 Mariano Martinez (Fra)
4 G Santambrogio (Ita)
5 Bernard Thevenet (Fra) 
 
1975 
 
Belgium, Yvoir, 266 km 
 
1 Hennie Kuiper (Ned)
2 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel)
3 J-P Danguillaume (Fra)
4 Pedro Torres (Spa)
5 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) 
 
1976 
 
Italy, Ostuni, 288 km 
 
1 Freddy Maertens (Bel)
2 Francesco Moser (Ita)
3 Tino Conti (Ita)
4 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
5 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 
 
1977 
 
Venezuela, San Cristobal, 255 km 
 
1 Francesco Moser (Ita)
2 Dietrich Thurau (Ger)
3 Franco Bitossi (Ita)
4 Hennie Kuiper (Ned)
5 Domingo Perurena (Spa) 
 
1978 
 
Germany, Nurburgring, 273.72 km 
 
1 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned)
2 Francesco Moser (Ita)
3 Jorgen Marcussen (Den)
4 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
5 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 
 
1979 
 
Netherlands, Valkenburg, 274.8 km 
 
1 Jan Raas (Ned)
2 Dietrich Thurau (Ger)
3 JR Bernaudeau (Fra)
4 André Chalmel (Fra)
5 Henk Lubberding (Ned) 
 
1980 
 
France, Sallanches, 268 km 
 
1 Bernard Hinault (Fra)
2 G Baronchelli (Ita)
3 Juan Fernandez (Spa)
4 Wladimiro Panizza (Ita)
5 Jonathan Boyer (USA) 
 
1981 
 
Czechoslovakia, Prague, 281.4 km 
 
1 Freddy Maertens (Bel)
2 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
3 Bernard Hinault (Fra)
4 Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle (Fra)
5 Guido Vancalster (Bel) 
 
1982 
 
Great Britain, Goodwood, 275.13 km 
 
1 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
2 Greg Lemond (USA)
3 Sean Kelly (Ire)
4 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
5 Marino Lejarreta (Spa) 
 
1983 
 
Switzerland, Altenrhein, 269.892 km 
 
1 Greg Lemond (USA)
2 Adri Van Der Poel (Ned)
3 Stephen Roche (Ire)
4 Faustino Ruperez (Spa)
5 Claude Criquielion (Bel) 
 
1984 
 
Spain, Barcelona, 255.55 km 
 
1 Claude Criquielion (Bel)
2 Claudio Corti (Ita)
3 Steve Bauer (Can)
4 Hubert Seiz (Swi)
5 Bernard Bourreau (Fra) 
 
1985 
 
Italy, Giavera Montello, 265.5 km 
 
1 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
2 Greg Lemond (USA)
3 Moreno Argentin (Ita)
4 Marc Madiot (Fra)
5 Harald Maier (Aut) 
 
1986 
 
USA, Colorado Springs, 261 km 
 
1 Moreno Argentin (Ita)
2 Charles Mottet (Fra)
3 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita)
4 Juan Fernandez (Spa)
5 Sean Kelly (Ire) 
 
1987 
 
Germany, Villach, 276 km 
 
1 Stephen Roche (Ire)
2 Moreno Argentin (Ita)
3 Juan Fernandez (Spa)
4 Rolf Golz (Ger)
5 Sean Kelly (IRL) 
 
1988 
 
Belgium, Ronse, 274 km 
 
1 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita)
2 Martial Gayant (Fra)
3 Juan Fernandez (Spa)
4 Hartmut Boelts (RFA)
5 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 
 
1989 
 
France, Chambéry, 259.35 km 
 
1 Greg Lemond (USA)
2 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus)
3 Sean Kelly (IRL)
4 Steven Rooks (Ned)
5 Thierry Claveyrolat (Fra) 
 
1990 
 
Japan, Utsunomiya, 261 km 
 
1 Rudy Dhaenens (Bel)
2 Dirk de Wolf (Bel)
3 Gianni Bugno (Ita)
4 Greg Lemond (USA)
5 Sean Kelly (Ire) 
 
1991 
 
Germany, Stuttgart, 252.8 km 
 
1 Gianni Bugno (Ita)
2 Steven Rooks (Ned)
3 Miguel Indurain (Spa)
4 Alvaro Mejia (Col)
5 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) 
 
1992 
 
Spain, Benidorm, 261.6 km 
 
1 Gianni Bugno (Ita)
2 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)
3 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus)
4 Tony Rominger (Swi)
5 Steven Rooks (Ned) 
 
1993 
 
Norway, Oslo, 257.6 km 
 
1 Lance Armstrong (USA)
2 Miguel Indurain (Spa)
3 Olaf Ludwig (Ger)
4 Johan Museeuw (Bel)
5 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) 
 
1994 
 
Sicily, Agrigiento, 251.8 km 
 
1 Luc Leblanc (Fra)
2 Claudio Chiappucci (Ita)
3 Richard Virenque (Fra)
4 Massimo Ghirotto (Ita)
5 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) 
 
1995 
 
Colombia, Bogota, 265.5 km 
 
1 Abraham Olano (Spa)
2 Miguel Indurain (Spa)
3 Marco Pantani (Ita)
4 Mauro Gianetti (Swi)
5 Pascal Richard (Swi) 
 
1996 
 
Switzerland, Lugano, 252 km 
 
1 Johan Museeuw (Bel)
2 Mauro Gianetti (Swi)
3 Michele Bartoli (Ita)
4 Axel Merckx (Bel)
5 Richard Virenque (Fra) 
 
1997 
 
Spain, San Sebastian, 256 km 
 
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra)
2 Bo Hamburger (Den)
3 Leon Vanbon (Ned)
4 Udo Bölts (Ger)
5 Melchior Mauri Prat (Spa) 
 
1998 
 
Holland, Valkenburg, 258 km 
 
1 Oskar Camenzind (Swi)
2 Peter Van Petegem (Bel)
3 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) 
5 Niki Aebersold (Swi)
 
1999 
 
Italy, Verona, 260 km 
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa)
2 Marcus Zberg (Swi)
3 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra)
4 Francesco Casagrande (Ita)
5 William Chann McRae (USA)
 
2000
 
Plouay, France, 268.9 km
 
1 Romans Vainsteins (Lat)
2 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol)
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa)
4 Michele Bartoli (Ita)
5 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger)
 
2001
 
Portugal, Lisbon, 254.1 km
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa)        
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita)
3 Andrej Hauptman (Slo)