Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Chrono des Herbiers 1996.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIAPPUCCI Claudio | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| 2 | STEPHENS Neil | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | LANCE Pascal | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | BROCHARD Laurent | 5 | 3 | 2 | - |
| 5 | BOARDMAN Chris | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 6 | AUBIER Nicolas | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | GONZÁLEZ DE HEREDIA Iñigo | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 8 | LEŚNIEWSKI Marek | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 9 | AJURIA Ibon | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 10 | SUPIOT Anthony | 0 | - | - | - |
| 11 | LE ROYER Jérôme | 0 | - | - | - |
| 12 | SALVETAT Eric | 0 | - | - | - |
| 13 | LE BOULANGER Arnaud | 0 | - | - | - |
| 14 | DESTANG Guillaume | 0 | - | - | - |
| 15 | BLEVIN Fabrice | 0 | - | - | - |
| 16 | BLANCHARD Christian | 0 | - | - | - |
| 17 | LEHMANN Jens | 0 | - | - | - |
| 18 | PETERSEN Jan Bo | 0 | - | - | - |
| 19 | HUBERT Emmanuel | 0 | - | - | - |
| 20 | WALZER Andreas | 0 | - | - | - |
| 21 | BOUSSARD Hervé | 0 | - | - | - |