Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Grand Prix Tell 1997.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RIIS Bjarne | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | BÖLTS Udo | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | ALDAG Rolf | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | WESEMANN Steffen | 5 | - | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | ANDERSSON Michael | 4 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | PATUELLI Andrea | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 7 | LADDOMADA Michele | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 8 | CAMENZIND Oscar | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 9 | MEIER Armin | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 10 | PESCHEL Uwe | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 11 | HAMILTON Tyler | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 12 | ZBERG Markus | 0 | - | - | - |
| 13 | COMMESSO Salvatore | 0 | - | - | - |
| 14 | AERTS Mario | 0 | - | - | - |
| 15 | SASTRE Carlos | 0 | - | - | - |
| 16 | HEULE Christian | 0 | - | - | - |
| 17 | VOIGT Jens | 0 | - | - | - |
| 18 | CHRISTEN Josef | 0 | - | - | - |
| 19 | HEGER Slavomir | 0 | - | - | - |
| 20 | SCHÄTTI Roland | 0 | - | - | - |
| 21 | MARTINI Masssimiliano | 0 | - | - | - |
| 22 | SEDLÁČEK Tomáš | 0 | - | - | - |
| 23 | KONEČNÝ Tomáš | 0 | - | - | - |
| 24 | FIGUERAS Giuliano | 0 | - | - | - |
| 25 | VAN DE WOUWER Kurt | 0 | - | - | - |
| 26 | AEBERSOLD Niki | 0 | - | - | - |
| 27 | HUSER Rolf | 0 | - | - | - |
| 28 | VERMAUT Stive | 0 | - | - | - |
| 29 | VAN LANCKER Kurt | 0 | - | - | - |
| 30 | NITSCHE Torsten | 0 | - | - | - |
| 31 | CHARRIERE Christian | 0 | - | - | - |
| 32 | MALBERTI Fabio | 0 | - | - | - |
| 33 | STADELMANN René | 0 | - | - | - |