Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Setmana Catalana 1998.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COLAGÈ Stefano | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 2 | CIPOLLINI Mario | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | JALABERT Laurent | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MASSI Rodolfo | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | ZÜLLE Alex | 12 | 6 | - | 6 |
| 6 | JÄRMANN Rolf | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | ESCARTÍN Fernando | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 10 | 8 | - | 2 |
| 9 | BELLI Wladimir | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | FERRIGATO Andrea | 7 | 3 | 4 | - |
| 11 | PICCOLI Mariano | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | MINALI Nicola | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | DONATI Massimo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | BOSCARDIN Bruno | 6 | 3 | 3 | - |
| 15 | CUESTA Iñigo | 6 | 2 | - | 4 |
| 16 | NOÈ Andrea | 6 | - | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | JONKER Patrick | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | DOMÍNGUEZ Juan Carlos | 5 | - | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | PIEPOLI Leonardo | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | ZARRABEITIA Mikel | 5 | 1 | - | 4 |
| 21 | FAGNINI Gian Matteo | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | BLIJLEVENS Jeroen | 5 | 3 | - | 2 |
| 23 | ARRIETA José Luis | 5 | 2 | 3 | - |
| 24 | ZABEL Erik | 5 | 4 | - | 1 |
| 25 | FERNÁNDEZ GINÉS Manuel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | LUTTENBERGER Peter | 4 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 27 | FRIGO Dario | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 28 | BOOGERD Michael | 3 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 29 | FINCATO Marco | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 30 | CASAGRANDE Filippo | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| 31 | BOUVARD Gilles | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 32 | VELO Marco | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 33 | GONZÁLEZ DE GALDEANO Igor | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 34 | SMETANINE Serguei | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 35 | CONTE Biagio | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 36 | BETTINI Paolo | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 37 | GARZELLI Stefano | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 38 | BARTHE Stéphane | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 39 | HERAS Roberto | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 40 | ETXEBARRIA Unai | 0 | - | - | - |