Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Etoile des Espoirs 1981.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JULIEN Ferdinand | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| 2 | CHASSANG Jean | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 3 | BAZZO Pierre | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 4 | FERNÁNDEZ Alberto | 5 | 2 | - | 3 |
| 5 | BITTINGER René | 4 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 6 | JOURDAN Christian | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 7 | ANDERSEN Kim | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 8 | ARNAUD Dominique | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 9 | SIMON Pascal | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10 | VICHOT Frédéric | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 11 | BAJAN Rene | 0 | - | - | - |
| 12 | FEREBAUER Ladislav | 0 | - | - | - |
| 13 | CHAPPUIS André | 0 | - | - | - |
| 14 | RAULT Jean-François | 0 | - | - | - |
| 15 | CHAURIN Jean-François | 0 | - | - | - |
| 16 | KOPPERT René | 0 | - | - | - |
| 17 | HEKIMI Siegfried | 0 | - | - | - |
| 18 | GARDE Dominique | 0 | - | - | - |
| 19 | LELEU Philippe | 0 | - | - | - |
| 20 | CASTAING Francis | 0 | - | - | - |
| 21 | MILLAR Robert | 0 | - | - | - |
| 22 | ROCHE Stephen | 0 | - | - | - |