Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Châteauroux - Limoges 1982.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OVION Régis | 9 | 8 | - | 1 |
| 2 | BOURREAU Bernard | 9 | 8 | - | 1 |
| 3 | CHASSANG Jean | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 4 | BERTIN Yvon | 5 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 5 | DE CARVALHO Alain | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 6 | BITTINGER René | 4 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 7 | CLÈRE Régis | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 8 | LE BIGAUT Pierre | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 9 | MENTHÉOUR Pierre-Henri | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 10 | CLERC Patrick | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 11 | BRUN Frédéric | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 12 | CHAURIN Jean-François | 0 | - | - | - |
| 13 | BONNET Eric | 0 | - | - | - |
| 14 | STEPHAN Patrick | 0 | - | - | - |
| 15 | DALL'ARMELLINA Éric | 0 | - | - | - |
| 16 | DALIBARD Philippe | 0 | - | - | - |
| 17 | MOREAU Claude | 0 | - | - | - |
| 18 | CHAPPUIS André | 0 | - | - | - |
| 19 | KERBRAT Gerard | 0 | - | - | - |
| 20 | ANDRÉ Daniel | 0 | - | - | - |