Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Ronde van Vlaanderen 1997.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIAPPUCCI Claudio | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| 2 | DÍAZ ZABALA Herminio | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | SCIREA Mario | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | MAURI Melchor | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | CENGHIALTA Bruno | 15 | 7 | 8 | - |
| 6 | CALCATERRA Giuseppe | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 7 | CHIESA Mario | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | LEMARCHAND Francois | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | KONYCHEV Dmitri | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 10 | JALABERT Laurent | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | SØRENSEN Rolf | 12 | 5 | 7 | - |
| 12 | SCIANDRI Maximilian | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | ZÜLLE Alex | 10 | 5 | - | 5 |
| 14 | USHAKOV Serhiy | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | HOLM SØRENSEN Brian | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | JÄRMANN Rolf | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | POLI Eros | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | MUSEEUW Johan | 9 | 9 | - | - |
| 19 | LIETTI Marco | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | CAPIOT Johan | 9 | 6 | 3 | - |