Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Grand Prix de Wallonie 1997.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RIIS Bjarne | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | KONYSHEV Dmitry | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | BÖLTS Udo | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | ROOSEN Luc | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | MADOUAS Laurent | 7 | 4 | 3 | - |
| 6 | DEN BAKKER Maarten | 7 | 4 | - | 3 |
| 7 | FERRIGATO Andrea | 6 | 3 | 3 | - |
| 8 | TETERIOUK Andrei | 6 | - | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | BOUWMANS Eddy | 5 | 3 | - | 2 |
| 10 | VAN DEN AKKER John | 3 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 11 | LAFIS Michel | 3 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | CASAROTTO Davide | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | BROGNARA Andrea | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | DE KONING Louis | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | VAN HYFTE Paul | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 16 | CONTE Biagio | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 17 | APOLLONIO Massimo | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 18 | PENNEY Oliver | 0 | - | - | - |
| 19 | KASTENHUBER Alexander | 0 | - | - | - |
| 20 | ZEMKE Jens | 0 | - | - | - |
| 21 | VERBRUGGHE Rik | 0 | - | - | - |
| 22 | SALMON Benoît | 0 | - | - | - |
| 23 | PADRNOS Pavel | 0 | - | - | - |
| 24 | MARICHAL Thierry | 0 | - | - | - |
| 25 | DETILLOUX Christophe | 0 | - | - | - |
| 26 | SCHMIDT Torsten | 0 | - | - | - |
| 27 | PIERI Dario | 0 | - | - | - |
| 28 | DIERCKXSENS Ludo | 0 | - | - | - |
| 29 | PEERS Chris | 0 | - | - | - |
| 30 | BERTOLETTI Simone | 0 | - | - | - |
| 31 | VAN DYCK Hendrik | 0 | - | - | - |
| 32 | HENNEBERT Stéphane | 0 | - | - | - |
| 33 | GUIDI Leonardo | 0 | - | - | - |
| 34 | DE BUYST Franky | 0 | - | - | - |
| 35 | TORREKENS Eddy | 0 | - | - | - |
| 36 | VAN DER MEER Casper | 0 | - | - | - |