Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of LuK Challenge 2003.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | TOTSCHNIG Georg | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | ARMSTRONG Lance | 10 | 9 | - | 1 |
| 4 | ZBERG Beat | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | MOREAU Christophe | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| 6 | JULICH Bobby | 8 | 6 | - | 2 |
| 7 | VINOKUROV Alexandr | 6 | 4 | - | 2 |
| 8 | ZUBELDIA Haimar | 6 | 3 | - | 3 |
| 9 | VOIGT Jens | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 10 | NIERMANN Grischa | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | SCHMIDT Torsten | 4 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 12 | MAYO Iban | 4 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 13 | BERTOGLIATI Rubens | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 14 | BODROGI László | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 15 | RICH Michael | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 16 | QUINZIATO Manuel | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 17 | ROGERS Michael | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 18 | NÜTTLI Jean | 0 | - | - | - |
| 19 | SUMMER Jochen | 0 | - | - | - |
| 20 | LANG Sebastian | 0 | - | - | - |