Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Olympic Games ME - ITT 2008.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRUSEGHIN Marzio | 16 | 6 | 10 | - |
| 2 | BOTERO Santiago | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | MENCHOV Denis | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | GRABSCH Bert | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | KARPETS Vladimir | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | LEIPHEIMER Levi | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | EVANS Cadel | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | SÁNCHEZ Samuel | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | ZABRISKIE David | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | BODROGI László | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | CANCELLARA Fabian | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | ROGERS Michael | 6 | 5 | 1 | - |
| 13 | KIRCHEN Kim | 5 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 14 | BELOHVOŠČIKS Raivis | 5 | 3 | 2 | - |
| 15 | HESJEDAL Ryder | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | CLEMENT Stef | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | SCHUMACHER Stefan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | JURČO Matej | 3 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | CONTADOR Alberto | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 20 | GRIVKO Andrey | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 21 | NIBALI Vincenzo | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 22 | LARSSON Gustav Erik | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 23 | MONFORT Maxime | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | VANDBORG Brian Bach | 3 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | MIZUROV Andrey | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| 26 | GEORGE David | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 27 | CUMMINGS Steve | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 28 | SØRENSEN Chris Anker | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | KIRYIENKA Vasil | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 30 | ŠPILAK Simon | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 31 | KOSTYUK Denys | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 32 | KVASINA Matija | 0 | - | - | - |
| 33 | MÉDICI Matías | 0 | - | - | - |
| 34 | ASKARI Hossein | 0 | - | - | - |
| 35 | TUFT Svein | 0 | - | - | - |
| 36 | NIEMIEC Przemysław | 0 | - | - | - |
| 37 | TAARAMÄE Rein | 0 | - | - | - |
| 38 | BEPPU Fumiyuki | 0 | - | - | - |
| 39 | GESINK Robert | 0 | - | - | - |