Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Milano-Sanremo 2004.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCIREA Mario | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 |
| 2 | CIPOLLINI Mario | 25 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| 3 | SVORADA Ján | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| 4 | BRAMATI Davide | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 5 | BALDATO Fabio | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| 6 | PICCOLI Mariano | 20 | 2 | 11 | 7 |
| 7 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | SCIANDRI Maximilian | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | ZANINI Stefano | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 10 | FORNACIARI Paolo | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 11 | BROCHARD Laurent | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | ALDAG Rolf | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | LOMBARDI Giovanni | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 14 | TAFI Andrea | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 15 | DURAND Jacky | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | ZABEL Erik | 14 | 10 | - | 4 |
| 17 | REBELLIN Davide | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 18 | NARDELLO Daniele | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | GUIDI Fabrizio | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 20 | PADRNOS Pavel | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 |