Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Scheldeprijs 1985.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MARTENS René | 10 | 7 | - | 3 |
| 2 | PLANCKAERT Walter | 9 | 5 | - | 4 |
| 3 | PEETERS Ludo | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | JACOBS Jos | 7 | 5 | 2 | - |
| 5 | VAN HOUWELINGEN Jan | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | VAN HOUWELINGEN Adri | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | VAN VLIET Leo | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 8 | WYNANTS Jan | 5 | 3 | - | 2 |
| 9 | PLANCKAERT Eddy | 5 | 3 | - | 2 |
| 10 | TACKAERT William | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 11 | VAN DER POEL Adrie | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 12 | DE WILDE Etienne | 4 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 13 | VAN GEEL Marc | 4 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | BOGAERT Jan | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 15 | DEVOS Werner | 3 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 16 | LIECKENS Jozef | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 17 | FOUBERT Diederik | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 18 | NEVENS Jan | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 19 | SOMERS Marc | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 20 | VAN HOOF Eddy | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | COLYN Luc | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 22 | WOUTERS Alois | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 23 | VAN BINDSBERGEN Frits | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 24 | VERMAELEN Francis | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 25 | FRISON Herman | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 26 | VAN OYEN Franky | 0 | - | - | - |
| 27 | VAN IMPE Peter | 0 | - | - | - |
| 28 | ILEGEMS Roger | 0 | - | - | - |
| 29 | COTTENIES Filip | 0 | - | - | - |
| 30 | LIPPENS Danny | 0 | - | - | - |
| 31 | POELS Twan | 0 | - | - | - |
| 32 | VERCAMMEN Marc | 0 | - | - | - |
| 33 | BRUYNDONCKX Raoul | 0 | - | - | - |
| 34 | WIJNANT Willem | 0 | - | - | - |
| 35 | MEUWISSEN André | 0 | - | - | - |
| 36 | DAAMS Hans | 0 | - | - | - |
| 37 | VAN CAMP Jan | 0 | - | - | - |
| 38 | VAN LANCKER Eric | 0 | - | - | - |