Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Tour of Japan 1996.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IMANAKA Daisuke | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 2 | NEGRINI Emanuele | 0 | - | - | - |
| 3 | ONO Naoshi | 0 | - | - | - |
| 4 | OLGITI Giorgio | 0 | - | - | - |
| 5 | DURACKA Jean-Philippe | 0 | - | - | - |
| 6 | DE POEL Robert | 0 | - | - | - |
| 7 | MIZUTANI Masahiro | 0 | - | - | - |
| 8 | HASHISAKO Naokiyo | 0 | - | - | - |
| 9 | OUVRARD Olivier | 0 | - | - | - |
| 10 | SUNG Hwan Ji | 0 | - | - | - |
| 11 | SUZUKI Shinri | 0 | - | - | - |
| 12 | CARTER Norm | 0 | - | - | - |
| 13 | BURKE Baden | 0 | - | - | - |
| 14 | FUJINO Tomokazu | 0 | - | - | - |
| 15 | LAURIA Mirko | 0 | - | - | - |
| 16 | REZZANI Michele | 0 | - | - | - |
| 17 | MÜLLER Roland | 0 | - | - | - |
| 18 | LANGELLA Anthony | 0 | - | - | - |
| 19 | IIJIMA Makoto | 0 | - | - | - |
| 20 | O'NEILL Nathan | 0 | - | - | - |