Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise 1998.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | POLI Eros | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | HOLM SØRENSEN Brian | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | SALIGARI Marco | 10 | 2 | 8 | - |
| 4 | HAMBURGER Bo | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | VIRENQUE Richard | 7 | 6 | - | 1 |
| 6 | FARAZIJN Peter | 6 | 5 | 1 | - |
| 7 | ROUS Didier | 6 | 4 | - | 2 |
| 8 | DJAVANIAN Viatcheslav | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | GOUGOT Fabrice | 3 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 10 | GONZÁLEZ DE HEREDIA Iñigo | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 11 | TEYSSIER Francisque | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | BOUVARD Gilles | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 13 | GUIDI Fabrizio | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | BESSY Frédéric | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 15 | AUS Lauri | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 16 | SALMERÓN Ginés | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 17 | HALGAND Patrice | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 18 | HAYMOZ Yvan | 0 | - | - | - |
| 19 | MANCHON Ernesto | 0 | - | - | - |
| 20 | VOIGT Jens | 0 | - | - | - |