Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Milano-Sanremo 1997.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIAPPUCCI Claudio | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| 2 | SKIBBY Jesper | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | ROMINGER Tony | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | RIIS Bjarne | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | SCIREA Mario | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | ABDUZHAPAROV Djamolidine | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | BAFFI Adriano | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| 8 | CALCATERRA Giuseppe | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 9 | CHIESA Mario | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 10 | ZAINA Enrico | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 11 | TEBALDI Valerio | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | MARTINELLO Silvio | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 13 | KONYCHEV Dmitri | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | LELLI Massimiliano | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 15 | SØRENSEN Rolf | 12 | 5 | 7 | - |
| 16 | JALABERT Laurent | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | ELLI Alberto | 11 | 7 | 4 | - |
| 18 | CIPOLLINI Mario | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 19 | SCIANDRI Maximilian | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | ZEN Marco | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 |