Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Giro del Trentino 1979.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PANIZZA Wladimiro | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| 2 | DE VLAEMINCK Roger | 10 | 3 | 7 | - |
| 3 | VAN LINDEN Rik | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | ANTONINI Alessio | 8 | 2 | 6 | - |
| 5 | KNUDSEN Knut | 7 | 2 | 5 | - |
| 6 | MOSER Francesco | 6 | 1 | 5 | - |
| 7 | CHINETTI Alfredo | 6 | 1 | 5 | - |
| 8 | ALGERI Pietro | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| 9 | SCHUITEN Roy | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 10 | ALGERI Vittorio | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 11 | MARTINELLI Giuseppe | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| 12 | FATATO Giuseppe | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 13 | TORELLI Claudio | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 14 | VISENTINI Roberto | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 15 | SARONNI Giuseppe | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 16 | CONTINI Silvano | 0 | - | - | - |
| 17 | BERTACCO Tullio | 0 | - | - | - |
| 18 | MANTOVANI Giovanni | 0 | - | - | - |
| 19 | MORANDI Dante | 0 | - | - | - |
| 20 | BERTO Nazzareno | 0 | - | - | - |