Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Scheldeprijs 1998.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEBALDI Valerio | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 10 | 8 | - | 2 |
| 3 | ALDAG Rolf | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | VAN BON Léon | 5 | 4 | - | 1 |
| 5 | NELISSEN Danny | 4 | 3 | - | 1 |
| 6 | KNAVEN Servais | 4 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 7 | CASAGRANDE Filippo | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| 8 | LEYSEN Bart | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 9 | VAN HEESWIJK Max | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 10 | AGNOLUTTO Christophe | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 11 | VAN STEEN Martin | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | LARSEN Nicolaj Bo | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 13 | MATTAN Nico | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 14 | VIERHOUTEN Aart | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 15 | PIERI Dario | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 16 | ROSBORG Michael | 0 | - | - | - |
| 17 | HOTZ Franz | 0 | - | - | - |
| 18 | SILOVS Juris | 0 | - | - | - |
| 19 | OMLOOP Wim | 0 | - | - | - |
| 20 | VAN DE WOUWER Kurt | 0 | - | - | - |
| 21 | HAMMOND Roger | 0 | - | - | - |
| 22 | DE NEEF Steven | 0 | - | - | - |
| 23 | VINOKOUROV Alexandre | 0 | - | - | - |