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From 1936 until 1947, missing out the war years, an unofficial season long competition was awarded. Then, from 1948 until 1958, the competition became the Desgranges-Colombo Trophy (named after the original organisers of the Tour and the Giro). Conflicts between the French and the Italians led to its being abandoned in 1959, though an unofficial classification was won by Rik Van Looy. From 1958 to 1960 the Pernod organisation organised a competition based on the results of French Races only, this became a true international competition in 1961, based on results in both classics and stage races and lasted until 1988 - the Super Prestige Pernod Competition. (A subsidary ranking for French cyclists, the Prestige Pernod, was also organised). Changes in French advertising law (in particular banning sports associated advertising of alcohol) led to this competition being abandoned as a new sponsor could not be found; in any case, by 1988 the UCI world rankings, which had the same effect, were well established. From 1989 the World Cup Competition was promoted; however, this takes into account only certain, designated, one day races, so gives a less true picture of the best all round cyclist than the old Super Prestige Pernod Competition. Thanks to Eddy van der Mark for some of this information.
| 1936 | Gino Bartali | |
| 1937 | Gino Bartali | |
| 1938 | Marcel Kint | |
| 1939 | Gino Bartali | |
| 1946 | Fausto Coppi | |
| 1947 | Gino Bartali |
| 1948 | Brik Schotte | |
| 1949 | Fausto Coppi | |
| 1950 | Ferdi Kübler | |
| 1951 | Louison Bobet | |
| 1952 | Ferdi Kübler | |
| 1953 | Loretto Petrucci | |
| 1954 | Ferdi Kübler | |
| 1955 | Stan Ockers | |
| 1956 | Fred De Bruyne | |
| 1957 | Fred De Bruyne | |
| 1958 | Fred De Bruyne |
| 1959 | Rik Van Looy |
| 1958 | Jean Forestier | |
| 1959 | Henri Anglade | |
| 1960 | Jean Graczyk | |
| 1961 | Jacques Anquetil | |
| 1962 | Joo De Roo | |
| 1963 | Jacques Anquetil | |
| 1964 | Raymond Poulidor | |
| 1965 | Jacques Anquetil | |
| 1966 | Jacques Anquetil | |
| 1967 | Jan Janssen | |
| 1968 | Herman Van Springel | |
| 1969 | Eddy Merckx | |
| 1970 | Eddy Merckx | |
| 1971 | Eddy Merckx | |
| 1972 | Eddy Merckx | |
| 1973 | Eddy Merckx | |
| 1974 | Eddy Merckx | |
| 1975 | Eddy Merckx | |
| 1976 | Freddy Maertens | |
| 1977 | Freddy Maertens | |
| 1978 | Bernard Hinault | |
| 1979 | Bernard Hinault | |
| 1980 | Bernard Hinault | |
| 1981 | Bernard Hinault | |
| 1982 | Bernard Hinault | |
| 1983 | Greg Lemond | |
| 1984 | Sean Kelly | |
| 1985 | Sean Kelly | |
| 1986 | Sean Kelly | |
| 1987 | Stephen Roche | |
| 1988 | Charly Mottet |
| 1988 | Stephen Rooks |
| 1989 | Sean Kelly | |
| 1990 | Gianni Bugno | |
| 1991 | Maurizio Fondriest | |
| 1992 | Olaf Ludwig | |
| 1993 | Maurizio Fondriest | |
| 1994 | Gianluca Bortolami | |
| 1995 | Johan Museeuw | |
| 1996 | Johan Museeuw | |
| 1997 | Michele Bartoli | |
| 1998 | Michele Bartoli | |
| 1999 | Andreï Tchmil | |
| 2000 | Erik Zabel, Deutsche Telekom |