Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Clasica de Almeria 1997.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIESA Mario | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | KONYCHEV Dmitri | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | ROSCIOLI Fabio | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 4 | SVORADA Ján | 9 | 4 | 5 | - |
| 5 | MOLINARI Maurizio | 6 | - | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | TETERIOUK Andrei | 6 | - | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | STRAZZER Massimo | 5 | - | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | ARTUNGHI Marco | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | NOÈ Andrea | 4 | - | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | SIVAKOV Alexei | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 11 | SMETANINE Serguei | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 12 | VAN HEESWIJK Max | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 13 | VAN HYFTE Paul | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 14 | COLONNA Federico | 0 | - | - | - |
| 15 | GOMEZ Jose Javier | 0 | - | - | - |
| 16 | DE WAELE Fabien | 0 | - | - | - |
| 17 | VERBRUGGHE Rik | 0 | - | - | - |
| 18 | HUNT Jeremy | 0 | - | - | - |