In the 1980s Ireland's all-round specialist Sean Kelly won the race seven consecutive times; the winning record to date. The "Race to the Sun" produced several other foremost winners in the 1990s, notably Spanish Grand Tour specialist Miguel Indurain and Swiss Tony Rominger. French allrounder Laurent Jalabert won the race three consecutive times, the last time in 1997, and is still the last French winner to date. In 2000, former cyclist Laurent Fignon took over the organisation of the race from the Leulliot family. In 2002, he sold Paris–Nice to ASO.