Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Paris - Roubaix 1978.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VAN SPRINGEL Herman | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | DE VLAEMINCK Roger | 9 | 3 | 6 | - |
| 3 | GODEFROOT Walter | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | VAN KATWIJK Jan | 9 | 4 | - | 5 |
| 5 | ZOETEMELK Joop | 8 | 7 | - | 1 |
| 6 | KUIPER Hennie | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | TEIRLINCK Willy | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| 8 | OSLER Marcello | 6 | 1 | 5 | - |
| 9 | DEMEYER Marc | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MOSER Francesco | 5 | 1 | 4 | - |
| 11 | DE CAUWER José | 5 | 3 | - | 2 |
| 12 | VAN KATWIJK Piet | 4 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 13 | PRIEM Cees | 4 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 14 | HÉZARD Yves | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 15 | BEYSSENS Herman | 4 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 16 | VERSCHAEVE Roger | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | MAERTENS Freddy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | BAL Kees | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 19 | VERSCHUERE Pol | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | MALFAIT Lieven | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | DESAEVER Alain | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 22 | MARCUSSEN Jørgen | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 23 | RAAS Jan | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 24 | VAN DEN HAUTE Ferdi | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 25 | THURAU Dietrich | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 26 | VAN SWEEVELT Guido | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 27 | NAEGELS Walter | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 28 | ALING Jan | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 29 | LUBBERDING Henk | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 30 | BERTIN Yvon | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 31 | VAN VLIERBERGHE Frans | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 32 | BAERT Dirk | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 33 | DE MEYER Ronan | 0 | - | - | - |
| 34 | BRAUN Gregor | 0 | - | - | - |
| 35 | DUCLOS-LASSALLE Gilbert | 0 | - | - | - |
| 36 | HINAULT Bernard | 0 | - | - | - |
| 37 | JACOBS Jos | 0 | - | - | - |
| 38 | MORITZ Co | 0 | - | - | - |
| 39 | DE GENDT Franky | 0 | - | - | - |
| 40 | DE KEYSER Luc | 0 | - | - | - |