Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of GP Eddy Merckx 2003.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | PERON Andrea | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | VOSKAMP Bart | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | WAUTERS Marc | 12 | 11 | - | 1 |
| 5 | KNAVEN Servais | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | SEIGNEUR Eddy | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | HONCHAR Serhiy | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | MUSEEUW Johan | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 9 | DEKKER Erik | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | PEÑA Victor Hugo | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | VERBRUGGHE Rik | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | MERCKX Axel | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | JULICH Bobby | 8 | 6 | - | 2 |
| 14 | MOREAU Christophe | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| 15 | O'GRADY Stuart | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| 16 | VAN PETEGEM Peter | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | GAUMONT Philippe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | VOIGT Jens | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 19 | MATTAN Nico | 6 | 4 | - | 2 |
| 20 | VINOKUROV Alexandr | 6 | 4 | - | 2 |
| 21 | DIERCKXSENS Ludo | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | MCGEE Bradley | 4 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 23 | BLAUDZUN Michael | 4 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 24 | PESCHEL Uwe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | BELOHVOŠČIKS Raivis | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 26 | HUSHOVD Thor | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 27 | BRUYLANDTS Dave | 3 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 28 | STREEL Marc | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 29 | BERTOGLIATI Rubens | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 30 | COOKE Baden | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 31 | BODROGI László | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 32 | HOSTE Leif | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 33 | RICH Michael | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 34 | KARPETS Vladimir | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 35 | KRIVTSOV Yuriy | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 36 | ROGERS Michael | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 37 | PETROV Evgeni | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 38 | QUINZIATO Manuel | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 39 | DE SMET Andy | 0 | - | - | - |
| 40 | VAN VELZEN Jan | 0 | - | - | - |
| 41 | ROSSI Andrea | 0 | - | - | - |
| 42 | ROESEMS Bert | 0 | - | - | - |
| 43 | DEMEYERE Geoffrey | 0 | - | - | - |
| 44 | DEVOLDER Stijn | 0 | - | - | - |