Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Giro di Lombardia 1981.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PANIZZA Wladimiro | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 |
| 2 | GAVAZZI Pierino | 11 | 2 | 9 | - |
| 3 | KUIPER Hennie | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | DE MUYNCK Johan | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | CHINETTI Alfredo | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | MOSER Francesco | 9 | 1 | 8 | - |
| 7 | BARONCHELLI Gianbattista | 9 | 2 | 7 | - |
| 8 | JULIEN Ferdinand | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| 9 | VANDI Alfio | 6 | 1 | 5 | - |
| 10 | CONTI Franco | 5 | - | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | SARONNI Giuseppe | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| 12 | CORTI Claudio | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| 13 | CRIQUIELION Claude | 4 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 14 | PRIM Tommy | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 15 | SIMON Pascal | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 16 | BRUN Frédéric | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 17 | ARGENTIN Moreno | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 18 | WAMPERS Jean-Marie | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 19 | RABOTTINI Luciano | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 20 | BOMBINI Emanuele | 1 | - | 1 | - |