Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 1997.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SKIBBY Jesper | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | DÍAZ ZABALA Herminio | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | DE LAS CUEVAS Armand | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | CABELLO Francisco | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | MUSEEUW Johan | 9 | 9 | - | - |
| 6 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 8 | 7 | - | 1 |
| 7 | PEETERS Wilfried | 8 | 7 | - | 1 |
| 8 | ANDREU Frankie | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | BOMANS Carlo | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| 10 | CANZONIERI Angelo | 6 | - | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | EDO Ángel | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | FARAZIJN Peter | 5 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 13 | CEREZO Francisco Javier | 5 | - | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | ZABEL Erik | 4 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 15 | DESBIENS Laurent | 4 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 16 | ZARRABEITIA Mikel | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 17 | GAMITO Vitor | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 18 | FREITAS Cássio | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 19 | DOMÍNGUEZ Juan Carlos | 3 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | PEÑA Miguel Ángel | 3 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | DEKKER Erik | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 22 | HINCAPIE George | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 23 | BELTRÁN Manuel | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | LIVINGSTON Kevin | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 25 | DERAME Pascal | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 26 | GONZÁLEZ Santos | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 27 | SMETANINE Serguei | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 28 | LIBERATO Manuel | 0 | - | - | - |
| 29 | BUGALLO Aitor | 0 | - | - | - |
| 30 | MCEWEN Robbie | 0 | - | - | - |
| 31 | IVANOV Sergei | 0 | - | - | - |
| 32 | FERNÁNDEZ Bingen | 0 | - | - | - |
| 33 | HAMILTON Tyler | 0 | - | - | - |
| 34 | VANDERAERDEN Gert | 0 | - | - | - |
| 35 | OSA Unai | 0 | - | - | - |
| 36 | ETXEBARRIA David | 0 | - | - | - |
| 37 | VANHAECKE Michel | 0 | - | - | - |
| 38 | PLANCKAERT Jo | 0 | - | - | - |
| 39 | DAELMAN Danny | 0 | - | - | - |
| 40 | JEMISON Marty | 0 | - | - | - |
| 41 | SALMERÓN Ginés | 0 | - | - | - |