Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of GP de Fourmies / La Voix du Nord 1982.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZOETEMELK Joop | 14 | 12 | - | 2 |
| 2 | BARONCHELLI Gianbattista | 10 | 2 | 8 | - |
| 3 | HINAULT Bernard | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | CRIQUIELION Claude | 6 | 4 | - | 2 |
| 5 | CHASSANG Jean | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 6 | GAUTHIER Jean-Louis | 6 | 5 | - | 1 |
| 7 | VALLET Bernard | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 8 | MARTENS René | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 9 | CONTINI Silvano | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| 10 | POZZI Alessandro | 4 | 1 | 3 | - |
| 11 | VANOVERSCHELDE Didier | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 12 | CLÈRE Régis | 3 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 13 | WILMANN Jostein | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 14 | VAN VLIET Leo | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 15 | PRIM Tommy | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| 16 | VAN GEEL Marc | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | PLUMMER Daniel | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 18 | WIJNANDS Ad | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 19 | GOMEZ Marc | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 20 | VAN HOLEN Ronny | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 21 | VAN THIELEN Léo | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 22 | DALGAL Walter | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 23 | WYNANTS Jan | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 24 | DEVOS Werner | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 25 | GALLOPIN Guy | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 26 | CHAURIN Jean-François | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 27 | MCKENZIE Eric | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 28 | PEETERS Willem | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 29 | MATTHIJS Rudy | 0 | - | - | - |
| 30 | LIECKENS Jozef | 0 | - | - | - |
| 31 | DEMOL Dirk | 0 | - | - | - |
| 32 | SERGEANT Marc | 0 | - | - | - |
| 33 | VAN DER AUWERA Benny | 0 | - | - | - |
| 34 | HAGHEDOOREN Paul | 0 | - | - | - |
| 35 | HAEX Jos | 0 | - | - | - |
| 36 | PEDERSEN Dag Erik | 0 | - | - | - |
| 37 | HERMANS Patrick | 0 | - | - | - |
| 38 | OP 'T EYNDT Jos | 0 | - | - | - |
| 39 | JONES Steve | 0 | - | - | - |