Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Tirreno-Adriatico 1998.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIAPPUCCI Claudio | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| 2 | BUGNO Gianni | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| 3 | TEBALDI Valerio | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | COLAGÈ Stefano | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | UGRUMOV Piotr | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| 6 | CIPOLLINI Mario | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | KONYCHEV Dmitri | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 8 | SØRENSEN Rolf | 13 | 6 | 7 | - |
| 9 | MARTINELLO Silvio | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 10 | BORTOLAMI Gianluca | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 11 | RICHARD Pascal | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 12 | VANZELLA Flavio | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | FURLAN Giorgio | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | ELLI Alberto | 12 | 8 | 4 | - |
| 15 | JÄRMANN Rolf | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | SVORADA Ján | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 17 | GIANETTI Mauro | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | HEPPNER Jens | 10 | 6 | 4 | - |
| 19 | TAFI Andrea | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | FONDRIEST Maurizio | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 |