Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Giro d'Italia 1998.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIAPPUCCI Claudio | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| 2 | BUGNO Gianni | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| 3 | CONTI Roberto | 19 | 8 | 11 | - |
| 4 | GONZALEZ Arsenio | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | SCIREA Mario | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 6 | CENGHIALTA Bruno | 17 | 8 | 9 | - |
| 7 | CALCATERRA Giuseppe | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| 8 | ZAINA Enrico | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | PODENZANA Massimo | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | UGRUMOV Piotr | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| 11 | KONYCHEV Dmitri | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 12 | CIPOLLINI Mario | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 13 | MARTINELLO Silvio | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | FARESIN Gianni | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | BUENAHORA Hernan | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 16 | FONTANELLI Fabiano | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 17 | FURLAN Giorgio | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 18 | RICHARD Pascal | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 19 | USHAKOV Serhiy | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 20 | ZÜLLE Alex | 12 | 6 | - | 6 |