Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Olympic Games ME - ITT 2000.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZÜLLE Alex | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | JALABERT Laurent | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | OLANO Abraham | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | TETERIOUK Andrei | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | KASPUTIS Artūras | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | DEKKER Erik | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | BOARDMAN Chris | 8 | 6 | - | 2 |
| 9 | HONCHAR Serhiy | 7 | - | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | HVASTIJA Martin | 7 | - | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | ARMSTRONG Lance | 7 | 6 | - | 1 |
| 12 | ULLRICH Jan | 7 | 4 | - | 3 |
| 13 | GONZÁLEZ Santos | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | MOERENHOUT Koos | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | HAMILTON Tyler | 5 | 4 | - | 1 |
| 16 | MOREAU Christophe | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 17 | ANDERSSON Michael | 5 | - | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | PEÑA Victor Hugo | 5 | - | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | AUS Lauri | 3 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 20 | VINOKUROV Alexandr | 3 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 21 | KLÖDEN Andreas | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 22 | GAMITO Vitor | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 23 | RITTSEL Martin | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 24 | RUMŠAS Raimondas | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 25 | OZOLS Dainis | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 26 | MILLAR David | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 27 | BELOHVOŠČIKS Raivis | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 28 | WADECKI Piotr | 0 | - | - | - |
| 29 | KONEČNÝ Tomáš | 0 | - | - | - |
| 30 | MATVEYEV Sergiy | 0 | - | - | - |
| 31 | HASELBACHER René | 0 | - | - | - |
| 32 | O'NEILL Nathan | 0 | - | - | - |
| 33 | WOHLBERG Eric | 0 | - | - | - |
| 34 | WACKER Eugen | 0 | - | - | - |
| 35 | PETROV Evgeni | 0 | - | - | - |
| 36 | HUSHOVD Thor | 0 | - | - | - |
| 37 | EL NADI Amer | 0 | - | - | - |