Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Tour of Sweden 1989.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PEDERSEN Dag Erik | 5 | - | 5 | - |
| 2 | NIJDAM Jelle | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 3 | CORNILLET Bruno | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 4 | PENSEC Ronan | 3 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 5 | KVÅLSVOLL Atle | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 6 | REINAV Toivo | 0 | - | - | - |
| 7 | DOMIN Janusz | 0 | - | - | - |
| 8 | FREY John | 0 | - | - | - |
| 9 | CHMELININ Serge | 0 | - | - | - |
| 10 | PEGESTAM Peter | 0 | - | - | - |
| 11 | ANDERSSON Allen | 0 | - | - | - |
| 12 | MATWEW Robert | 0 | - | - | - |
| 13 | VOS John | 0 | - | - | - |
| 14 | LURVIK Olaf | 0 | - | - | - |
| 15 | PEDERSEN Atle | 0 | - | - | - |
| 16 | DAAMS Hans | 0 | - | - | - |
| 17 | VAN DEN AKKER John | 0 | - | - | - |
| 18 | EKIMOV Viatcheslav | 0 | - | - | - |
| 19 | CORDES Tom | 0 | - | - | - |
| 20 | MEINERT-NIELSEN Peter | 0 | - | - | - |
| 21 | JASKUŁA Zenon | 0 | - | - | - |
| 22 | LEŚNIEWSKI Marek | 0 | - | - | - |