Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Tour du Languedoc-Rousillon 2004.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZÜLLE Alex | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | BRAMATI Davide | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | ROBIN Jean-Cyril | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | BROCHARD Laurent | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | BELTRÁN Manuel | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | RUBIERA José Luis | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | ROUS Didier | 13 | 10 | - | 3 |
| 9 | PADRNOS Pavel | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | SEIGNEUR Eddy | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | CAMENZIND Oscar | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | ARMSTRONG Lance | 10 | 9 | - | 1 |
| 13 | CHAURREAU Íñigo | 10 | 4 | - | 6 |
| 14 | MENGIN Christophe | 9 | 8 | - | 1 |
| 15 | MISSAGLIA Gabriele | 8 | - | 7 | 1 |
| 16 | BESSY Frédéric | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | GOUBERT Stéphane | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | AERTS Mario | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | GUESDON Frédéric | 8 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 20 | MOREAU Christophe | 8 | 8 | - | - |