Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Tirreno-Adriatico 1996.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PETITO Giuseppe | 17 | 2 | 11 | 4 |
| 2 | ABDUZHAPAROV Djamolidine | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | FIDANZA Giovanni | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | SØRENSEN Rolf | 11 | 4 | 7 | - |
| 5 | MASSI Rodolfo | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | ROSCIOLI Fabio | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | GELFI Luca | 9 | - | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | FONTANELLI Fabiano | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 9 | SAITOV Asiat | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | ZEN Marco | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | BORTOLAMI Gianluca | 8 | 3 | 5 | - |
| 12 | MUSEEUW Johan | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| 13 | SVORADA Ján | 8 | 3 | 5 | - |
| 14 | HEPPNER Jens | 8 | 4 | 4 | - |
| 15 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 7 | 6 | - | 1 |
| 16 | PEETERS Wilfried | 7 | 6 | - | 1 |
| 17 | COPPOLILLO Michele | 7 | - | 5 | 2 |
| 18 | BRAMATI Davide | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 19 | TAFI Andrea | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | BALDATO Fabio | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 |