Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Milano-Sanremo 1998.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIAPPUCCI Claudio | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| 2 | BUGNO Gianni | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| 3 | SCIREA Mario | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 4 | MAURI Melchor | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | ZAINA Enrico | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| 6 | COLAGÈ Stefano | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 7 | UGRUMOV Piotr | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| 8 | KONYCHEV Dmitri | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 9 | LELLI Massimiliano | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | CIPOLLINI Mario | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 11 | JALABERT Laurent | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | SØRENSEN Rolf | 13 | 6 | 7 | - |
| 13 | MASSI Rodolfo | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | MARTINELLO Silvio | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 15 | ELLI Alberto | 12 | 8 | 4 | - |
| 16 | FONTANELLI Fabiano | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 17 | BORTOLAMI Gianluca | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | VANZELLA Flavio | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 19 | RICHARD Pascal | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 20 | USHAKOV Serhiy | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 |