Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Coppa Placci 1998.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIAPPUCCI Claudio | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
| 2 | ZAINA Enrico | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| 3 | ROSCIOLI Fabio | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 4 | BALDATO Fabio | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | COPPOLILLO Michele | 10 | - | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | BELLI Wladimir | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | BONTEMPI Fabrizio | 8 | - | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | DONATI Massimo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | CATTAI Stefano | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | GONTCHENKOV Alexander | 7 | 4 | 3 | - |
| 11 | PIERDOMENICO Germano | 6 | - | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | HEULOT Stéphane | 6 | 3 | 3 | - |
| 13 | BARTOLI Michele | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | SIMEONI Filippo | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | MAZZOLENI Eddy | 3 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 16 | PALUAN Andrea | 3 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | BARONTI Alessandro | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 18 | VELO Marco | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| 19 | GIACOMELLI Sandro | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| 20 | VERGNANI Marco | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 21 | BETTINI Paolo | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 22 | MAZZANTI Luca | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 23 | CELESTINO Mirko | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | ZANETTI Mauro | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | BOUVARD Gilles | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 26 | MONDINI Gianpaolo | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 27 | SALMERÓN Ginés | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 28 | GUIDI Leonardo | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 29 | AXELSSON Niklas | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 30 | MAGNANI Marco | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 31 | HERNANDEZ Jaime Javier | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 32 | BALIANI Fortunato | 0 | - | - | - |
| 33 | ONGARATO Rodolfo | 0 | - | - | - |
| 34 | CHINA Valentino | 0 | - | - | - |
| 35 | BANFI Mauro | 0 | - | - | - |