Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of GP Veith-Pirelli 1959.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REITZ Franz | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | JUNKERMANN Hans | 3 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | FRIEDRICH Lothar | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 4 | VAN DER BORGH Martin | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 5 | LÖDER Mathias | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 6 | ALTWECK Otto | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 7 | FISCHERKELLER Friedhelm | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 8 | OMMER Winfried | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 9 | POMMER Reinhold | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10 | DEBUSMANN Günther | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 11 | REINECKE Emil | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 12 | WEIß Günther | 0 | - | - | - |
| 13 | SCHMITZ Pierre | 0 | - | - | - |
| 14 | VÖPEL Heinz | 0 | - | - | - |
| 15 | FRANSSEN Willi | 0 | - | - | - |
| 16 | FARR Franz | 0 | - | - | - |
| 17 | BORGHARD Josef | 0 | - | - | - |
| 18 | KEULERS Gérard | 0 | - | - | - |
| 19 | DONIKE Manfred | 0 | - | - | - |
| 20 | JAROSCEWICZ Hans | 0 | - | - | - |
| 21 | ZIEGLER Günther | 0 | - | - | - |
| 22 | BRINKMANN Hans | 0 | - | - | - |
| 23 | BUGDAHL Klaus | 0 | - | - | - |
| 24 | VERGOOSZEN Gerard | 0 | - | - | - |