Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Tirreno-Adriatico 2002.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCIREA Mario | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 |
| 2 | CIPOLLINI Mario | 21 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 3 | LELLI Massimiliano | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | KONYCHEV Dmitri | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 5 | SVORADA Ján | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| 6 | FARESIN Gianni | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 |
| 7 | FONTANELLI Fabiano | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| 8 | BRAMATI Davide | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 |
| 9 | ELLI Alberto | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| 10 | BALDATO Fabio | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 11 | CABELLO Francisco | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | OLANO Abraham | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | SCIANDRI Maximilian | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 14 | ZANINI Stefano | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 15 | BORTOLAMI Gianluca | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | LANFRANCHI Paolo | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 17 | LEONI Endrio | 13 | - | 8 | 5 |
| 18 | HAMBURGER Bo | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | ALDAG Rolf | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | CASERO Ángel Luis | 12 | 5 | - | 7 |