Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of GP Eddy Merckx 2002.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | VOSKAMP Bart | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | DEKKER Erik | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | MUSEEUW Johan | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 5 | WAUTERS Marc | 11 | 10 | - | 1 |
| 6 | HONCHAR Serhiy | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | WESEMANN Steffen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | ARMSTRONG Lance | 9 | 8 | - | 1 |
| 9 | VELO Marco | 8 | 2 | 6 | - |
| 10 | MERCKX Axel | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | DIERCKXSENS Ludo | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MORIN Anthony | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 13 | VANDENBROUCKE Frank | 4 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 14 | BÄCKSTEDT Magnus | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 15 | HUSHOVD Thor | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 16 | WADECKI Piotr | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 17 | MATVEYEV Sergiy | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | O'NEILL Nathan | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | STREEL Marc | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 20 | PESCHEL Uwe | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | EECKHOUT Niko | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 22 | RICH Michael | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 23 | BODROGI László | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 24 | LANDIS Floyd | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 25 | LJUNGQVIST Marcus | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 26 | D'HOLLANDER Glenn | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 27 | ROGERS Michael | 0 | - | - | - |
| 28 | CANCELLARA Fabian | 0 | - | - | - |
| 29 | DEVOLDER Stijn | 0 | - | - | - |
| 30 | ZABRISKIE David | 0 | - | - | - |
| 31 | QUINZIATO Manuel | 0 | - | - | - |
| 32 | HULSMANS Kevin | 0 | - | - | - |
| 33 | CAPPELLE Andy | 0 | - | - | - |
| 34 | POOS Christian | 0 | - | - | - |
| 35 | DEMEYERE Geoffrey | 0 | - | - | - |
| 36 | BARTKO Robert | 0 | - | - | - |
| 37 | ROESEMS Bert | 0 | - | - | - |
| 38 | VAN VELZEN Jan | 0 | - | - | - |
| 39 | DE SMET Andy | 0 | - | - | - |
| 40 | KRUSHEVSKIY Sergey | 0 | - | - | - |
| 41 | MATTOZZA Sébastien | 0 | - | - | - |
| 42 | NÜTTLI Jean | 0 | - | - | - |