Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Setmana Catalana 1997.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BREUKINK Erik | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | MAURI Melchor | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | RIIS Bjarne | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | BAFFI Adriano | 15 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| 5 | MARTINELLO Silvio | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 6 | STEPHENS Neil | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | JÄRMANN Rolf | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | ZÜLLE Alex | 10 | 5 | - | 5 |
| 9 | DÍAZ DE OTAZU Luis María | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 10 | HEPPNER Jens | 9 | 5 | 4 | - |
| 11 | BRUYNEEL Johan | 8 | 5 | - | 3 |
| 12 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 8 | 7 | - | 1 |
| 13 | VOSKAMP Bart | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | BONTEMPI Fabrizio | 7 | - | 4 | 3 |
| 15 | EDO Ángel | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | CASAGRANDE Francesco | 5 | - | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | PANTANI Marco | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | ARTUNGHI Marco | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | NOÈ Andrea | 4 | - | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | GONZÁLEZ DE GALDEANO Álvaro | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| 21 | BLIJLEVENS Jeroen | 4 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 22 | GAMITO Vitor | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 23 | JONKER Patrick | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 24 | DOMÍNGUEZ Juan Carlos | 3 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | MONCASSIN Frédéric | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 26 | ZARRABEITIA Mikel | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 27 | HINCAPIE George | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 28 | BOOGERD Michael | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 29 | ULLRICH Jan | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| 30 | BOUVARD Gilles | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 31 | TRAVERSONI Mario | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 32 | MOREAU Christophe | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 33 | VILLA Marco | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 34 | VOGELS Henk | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 35 | SMETANINE Serguei | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 36 | JEMISON Marty | 0 | - | - | - |
| 37 | HERAS Roberto | 0 | - | - | - |
| 38 | SARREIRA Luis Miguel | 0 | - | - | - |
| 39 | HAMILTON Tyler | 0 | - | - | - |
| 40 | IVANOV Sergei | 0 | - | - | - |
| 41 | O'GRADY Stuart | 0 | - | - | - |
| 42 | JEMISON Craig | 0 | - | - | - |