Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2009.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VELO Marco | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
| 2 | ARRIETA José Luis | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | GOUBERT Stéphane | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | GARATE Juan Manuel | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | MOERENHOUT Koos | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | AERTS Mario | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | ZUBELDIA Haimar | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | KNAVEN Servais | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | SZMYD Sylwester | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| 10 | MILLAR David | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | NIERMANN Grischa | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | FERNÁNDEZ Bingen | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | FURLAN Angelo | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | PEREIRO Óscar | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | LEFÈVRE Laurent | 11 | 9 | 2 | - |
| 16 | BOTCHAROV Alexandre | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | SØRENSEN Nicki | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | FLECHA Juan Antonio | 11 | 6 | - | 5 |
| 19 | BASSO Ivan | 10 | 5 | 5 | - |
| 20 | PETROV Evgeni | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |