Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Rund um Köln 2006.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZABEL Erik | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | PETACCHI Alessandro | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | PERON Andrea | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | O'GRADY Stuart | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | GLOMSER Gerrit | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | MORI Massimiliano | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | SCHMIDT Torsten | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | SCHRECK Stephan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | BLAUDZUN Michael | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | LUDEWIG Jörg | 5 | 3 | - | 2 |
| 11 | BROŻYNA Tomasz | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | HASELBACHER René | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | BERNUCCI Lorenzo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | FÖRSTER Robert | 4 | 1 | 3 | - |
| 15 | BECKE Daniel | 4 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 16 | WROLICH Peter | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 17 | KORFF André | 3 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | GIORDANI Leonardo | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| 19 | GRABSCH Ralf | 3 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | SCHOLZ Ronny | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |