Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Paris - Roubaix 1998.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CENGHIALTA Bruno | 17 | 8 | 9 | - |
| 2 | MAURI Melchor | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | DÍAZ ZABALA Herminio | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | SØRENSEN Rolf | 13 | 6 | 7 | - |
| 5 | ROSCIOLI Fabio | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | FONTANELLI Fabiano | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | RODRÍGUEZ José Luis | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | BORTOLAMI Gianluca | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | POLI Eros | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | MOREAU Francis | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | ZANINI Stefano | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 12 | BALDATO Fabio | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 13 | URIARTE José Ramón | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | MUSEEUW Johan | 10 | 10 | - | - |
| 15 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 10 | 8 | - | 2 |
| 16 | CAPIOT Johan | 9 | 6 | 3 | - |
| 17 | SIBONI Marcello | 9 | 4 | 5 | - |
| 18 | TAFI Andrea | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | ANDREU Frankie | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | PEETERS Wilfried | 9 | 8 | - | 1 |