Most wins
Which rider has the most victories to their name this season before the start of Paris - Bourges 1998?
| # | Rider | Victories | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TCHMIL Andrei | 5 | |
| 2 | AUS Lauri | 4 | |
| 3 | PLANCKAERT Jo | 4 | |
| 4 | ZBERG Beat | 4 | |
| 5 | CHANTEUR Pascal | 3 | |
| 6 | DURAND Jacky | 3 | |
| 7 | HERVÉ Pascal | 3 | |
| 8 | MAGNIEN Emmanuel | 3 | |
| 9 | O'GRADY Stuart | 3 | |
| 10 | BÄCKSTEDT Magnus | 2 | |
| 11 | BARTHE Stéphane | 2 | |
| 12 | DEN BAKKER Maarten | 2 | |
| 13 | HØJ Frank | 2 | |
| 14 | MAIGNAN Gilles | 2 | |
| 15 | NARDELLO Daniele | 2 | |
| 16 | TEYSSIER Francisque | 2 | |
| 17 | VAN BON Léon | 2 | |
| 18 | AGNOLUTTO Christophe | 1 | |
| 19 | AUGER Guillaume | 1 | |
| 20 | BELLI Wladimir | 1 | |
| 21 | BROCHARD Laurent | 1 | |
| 22 | CAPELLE Ludovic | 1 | |
| 23 | CUEFF Stéphane | 1 | |
| 24 | DE CLERCQ Eric | 1 | |
| 25 | DESBIENS Laurent | 1 | |
| 26 | FOFONOV Dmitriy | 1 | |
| 27 | HOLST KYNEB Mikael | 1 | |
| 28 | JULICH Bobby | 1 | |
| 29 | KOERTS Jans | 1 | |
| 30 | KORFF André | 1 | |
| 31 | LINO Pascal | 1 | |
| 32 | NELISSEN Danny | 1 | |
| 33 | NIELSEN Michael Steen | 1 | |
| 34 | SILOVS Juris | 1 | |
| 35 | SPRUCH Zbigniew | 1 | |
| 36 | SWEET Jay | 1 | |
| 37 | VANDERAERDEN Gert | 1 | |
| 38 | VOIGT Jens | 1 | |
| 39 | WIRZ Guido | 1 | |
| 40 | WUYTS Peter | 1 | |
| 41 | ZHUKOV Oleg | 1 |