Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Grand Prix Tell 1998.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BÖLTS Udo | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | JÄRMANN Rolf | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | SIMON François | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DEN BAKKER Maarten | 9 | 6 | - | 3 |
| 5 | JEKER Fabian | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | ALDAG Rolf | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | SPRUCH Zbigniew | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | BOSCARDIN Bruno | 7 | 3 | 4 | - |
| 9 | NARDELLO Daniele | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | ZBERG Beat | 6 | 5 | 1 | - |
| 11 | MEIER Roland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | VELO Marco | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| 13 | MEIER Armin | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 14 | IVANOV Sergei | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 15 | WIRZ Guido | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 16 | JONASSON Danny | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 17 | KIVILEV Andrei | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 18 | ZUCCHI Simone | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 19 | VAN KESSEL Miguel | 0 | - | - | - |
| 20 | SCHNIDER Daniel | 0 | - | - | - |
| 21 | FALZARANO Alfonso | 0 | - | - | - |
| 22 | KORFF André | 0 | - | - | - |
| 23 | THIJS Erwin | 0 | - | - | - |
| 24 | HEULE Christian | 0 | - | - | - |
| 25 | HUNTER Robert | 0 | - | - | - |
| 26 | DI LUCA Danilo | 0 | - | - | - |
| 27 | MÜLLER Roland | 0 | - | - | - |
| 28 | GRAF Urs | 0 | - | - | - |
| 29 | VON FLUE Daniel | 0 | - | - | - |