Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Tirreno-Adriatico 1999.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCIREA Mario | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 |
| 2 | CALCATERRA Giuseppe | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| 3 | RIIS Bjarne | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | KONYCHEV Dmitri | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | UGRUMOV Piotr | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| 6 | CIPOLLINI Mario | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| 7 | JALABERT Laurent | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | LELLI Massimiliano | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | BUENAHORA Hernan | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | USHAKOV Serhiy | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 11 | ELLI Alberto | 13 | 9 | 4 | - |
| 12 | SCIANDRI Maximilian | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | SVORADA Ján | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 14 | RICHARD Pascal | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | JÄRMANN Rolf | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | BORTOLAMI Gianluca | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 17 | BALDATO Fabio | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 18 | URIARTE José Ramón | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | ZANINI Stefano | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 20 | GIANETTI Mauro | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 |