Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Paris - Roubaix 1997.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCIREA Mario | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | LEMARCHAND Francois | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | KUMMER Mario | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | SØRENSEN Rolf | 12 | 5 | 7 | - |
| 5 | ROSCIOLI Fabio | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 6 | SCIANDRI Maximilian | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | HOLM SØRENSEN Brian | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | POLI Eros | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | MUSEEUW Johan | 9 | 9 | - | - |
| 10 | ZANINI Stefano | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 11 | MOREAU Francis | 9 | 7 | 2 | - |
| 12 | CAPIOT Johan | 9 | 6 | 3 | - |
| 13 | TAFI Andrea | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 8 | 7 | - | 1 |
| 15 | BALDATO Fabio | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | BALLERINI Franco | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | DURAND Jacky | 7 | 5 | 2 | - |
| 18 | TCHMIL Andrei | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | CAPELLE Christophe | 7 | 4 | 3 | - |
| 20 | SPRUCH Zbigniew | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |